Litecoin Network Hit by Denial-of-Service Attack, Successfully Recovers with 13-Block Reorganization
On Friday and Saturday, a series of events unfolded as a 13-block chain reorganization occurred on the Litecoin network, effectively rewinding approximately 32 minutes of network activity. This reorganization was a response to a denial-of-service attack that exploited a vulnerability in the Mimblewimble Extension Block (MWEB) protocol, allowing invalid transactions to bypass nodes that had not be…
April 26, 2026, 8:34 a.m.