Vulnerability
vulnerability:unspendable_bitcoin_address_bug
Also: unspendable-address bug
Programming error in a replacement wallet system that sent withdrawals to addresses from which the Bitcoin could not be spent.
Programming error in a replacement wallet system that sent withdrawals to addresses from which the Bitcoin could not be spent.
“withdrawals actually sent Bitcoins to unspendable addresses”
Unspendable Bitcoin address bug AFFECTS Bitcoin
A programming error caused withdrawals to be sent to unspendable Bitcoin addresses, effectively destroying the coins.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Kim Nilsson EP 9 Details
“That meant that a number of withdrawals actually sent Bitcoins to unspendable addresses, which is the same as destroying Bitcoins.”