Litecoin Falls Victim to Denial-of-Service Attack, Rolls Back 13 Blocks to Mitigate Damage
On Friday and Saturday, a series of events unfolded as a 13-block chain reorganization occurred on the Litecoin network, effectively rewinding 32 minutes of network activity. This was in response to an attack that leveraged a vulnerability within the Mimblewimble Extension Block (MWEB) protocol, allowing for the execution of a denial-of-service attack against major mining pools. The attack enable…
April 26, 2026, 8:34 a.m.