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ZCASH JUST PATCHED A CRITICAL VULNERABILITY A flaw in the Orchard Shielded Pool could have allowed attackers to create unlimited counterfeit ZEC without being detected. Even more concerning, the vulnerability had existed since 2022, and there is currently no way to verify whether it was ever exploited in the wild. The good news: the patch has been deployed, eliminating the risk on mainnet. But the incident highlights a key challenge of privacy-focused blockchains: The stronger the privacy, the harder it is to verify. The harder it is to verify, the harder it is to detect hidden risks. The vulnerability is fixed, but one major question remains: Has anyone been quietly exploiting it over the past three years? #ZECOrchardInfiniteMint $ZEC