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Oct 31, 2026

b14g Bitcoin staking protocol loses $1.47 million in exploit

Bitcoin staking platform b14g suffered a $1.47 million exploit on October 31, losing approximately 97 million CORE tokens through zero-token withdrawal vulnerability. The protocol paused contracts and says staked BTC was unaffected.

Oct 31, 2026·2 sources
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Sep 2, 2026

Core DAO plans emergency hard fork after validators extract excess CORE rewards

Core DAO is coordinating an emergency hard fork after a small group of validators exploited the blockchain to claim more CORE token rewards than the protocol was designed to issue. Several exchanges have halted CORE transfers in response to the incident.

Sep 2, 2026·3 sources
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Top claims

  • ▪Exchange partners froze approximately 9 million stolen CORE tokens linked to the b14g exploit attacker following the October 31, 2026 exploit of b14g
  • ▪The attacker behind the October 31, 2026 b14g exploit exploited b14g by submitting 99 zero-value withdrawal requests against unfunded staking positions, which Core's staking contract interpreted as instructions to withdraw entire balances
  • ▪Blockchain analytics firm Bitquery reported that the $1.47 million b14g exploit occurred at 09:29 UTC on October 31, 2026, draining 91 staking positions in a single transaction

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Smart contract vulnerabilitiesCrypto hacksBitcoinInput validation flawDeFi exploitsMining & StakingDeFiCrypto securityConsensus mechanismsBlockchain governanceCrypto exchangesTokenomics