A Zero-Day Hack Triggered a 13-Block Reorg on Litecoin: Are User Funds Actually Safe?

Litecoin (LTC) took a hit on April 25, and not a small one. What exactly triggered the chaos, and whether the hack damage is truly contained, deserves a closer look.A zero-day vulnerability in Litecoin’s codebase was exploited on April 25, triggering a 13-block reorganization that temporarily halted transaction finality across major mining pools. The attack vector: un-updated nodes incorrectly accepted invalid …