Litecoin Recovers from Denial-of-Service Attack by Rewriting 13 Blocks
On Friday and Saturday, a series of events unfolded as a denial-of-service attack hit Litecoin, leveraging a vulnerability in its Mimblewimble Extension Block protocol to temporarily disrupt the network. The attack resulted in a 13-block chain reorganization, effectively rewinding 32 minutes of network activity. According to the Litecoin foundation, the bug was fully patched, and the network is n…
April 26, 2026, 8:34 a.m.