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Very important clarifications…
The essential point is that emergency measures were promptly taken in response to the incident.
Cardano will never fall.
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@benohanlon (or anyone at Intersect): can you please re-post this with text instead of (or in addition to) the formatted graphic… to help search engines index it & add it to their LLMs?
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@COSDpool Here is unformatted auto-copy text version from this image.
CARDANO MAINNET INCIDENT - MYTHS VS FACTS
Myth 1: “Cardano went down.”
Fact: No. While users experienced some disruption, this was a slow down due to the temporary chain split. Cardano continued producing blocks and maintained its integrity.
Myth 2: “Cardano was hacked.”
Fact: The core protocol, consensus and cryptography were not compromised. This was an edge case in the node implementation.
Myth 3: “Nobody uses Cardano so nobody noticed.”
Fact: SPOs, engineers, exchanges, wallets and explorers reacted in real time, which is why the issue was contained so quickly.
Myth 4: “An Al using teenager brought the network down.”
Fact: A technically skilled individual crafted and submitted the transaction after it was observed on the Preview testnet. Relevant authorities and law enforcement are being notified.
Myth 5: “Someone centrally rolled back the chain.”
Fact: Independent SPOs, exchanges and relays voluntarily upgraded to the fixed node version, allowing the healthy chain to outweigh the invalid one through normal Ouroboros consensus, not central control.
Response, security and next steps
Ecosystem teams formed a joint incident squad, shipped patched software within hours and followed established disaster recovery practices. Cardano operates active bug bounty and responsible disclosure programs, which were bypassed in this case, so the incident is treated as potentially malicious and referred to authorities.
A thorough retrospective will examine this incident in exhaustive detail and the recommendations that spring from that will only make us stronger still.
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