The network executed an emergency hard fork following private key leaks that cost 683.1 million ZIL, one of several smart contract failures reported across the day. Emergency forks are a blunt instrument, effectively rewriting network state to undo the damage, and they tend to reopen the argument about what immutability is worth when the alternative is absorbing a nine-figure token loss. It adds to a rough stretch that already included the Coldcard exploit and the BTCPay Server disclosure.
September 3, 2026
Zilliqa Hard Forks in an Emergency After 683 Million Tokens Vanish
Original reporting: Bitcoin News Digest ↗