Cardano Swiftly Recovers From AI-Caused Chain Split

Cardano faced a temporary chain split on November 21 after a developer, Homer J, intentionally submitted a malformed transaction, which he later attributed to a "failed personal challenge" involving AI tools. The incident was caused by an oversized hash slipping through validation checks, creating a consensus disagreement between nodes. Although this caused many wallets and dApps to become inoperative, block production continued on both resulting chains. Intersect, an organization within the Cardano ecosystem, explained that the bug was masked for years and surfaced due to recent node releases combined with specialized submission methods. Staking pool operators downloaded an updated node release, allowing the network to consolidate back into a single history. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson suggested the attacker could face legal consequences, mentioning the FBI's involvement. Unexpectedly, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko praised Cardano's consensus design and response, noting the protocol functioned as designed under stress, validating the robustness of its Ouroboros consensus mechanism.

(Source：BeInCrypto)