BNB Chain will execute a hard fork this week, aiming to restart the cross-chain infrastructure

2022-10-12 09:38:01
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ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegrah, BNB Chain (BSC) will execute a hard fork this week to fix a vulnerability that caused a loss of $100 million on the platform. According to a post on GitHub on Tuesday, the hard fork, referred to as Moran, will occur at block height 22,107,423, with an expected time of October 12 at 4 PM Beijing time. As a temporary emergency patch, this hard fork aims to restart the cross-chain infrastructure, ordinary users will not be affected, but node operators must stop the operation of their actual nodes.

ChainCatcher previously reported that on October 7, the official bridge of BNB Chain, Binance Bridge, was hacked, resulting in a total loss of approximately $718 million, marking the largest on-chain attack in history. About 9 hours later, Binance officially announced that the deposit and withdrawal services of BNB Chain had been restored. (Cointelegrah)

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