Stablecoin issuer Tether accidentally created $5 billion-worth of its USDT stablecoin at the weekend, before promptly destroying them again.
The mess-up occurred when the company was helping cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex conduct a chain swap, moving tethers from the Omni to the Tron blockchains, according to Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino.
In another post, he explained that the error had occurred because there had "Been an issue with the token decimals" when when preparing the issuance for the swap.
Poloniex, which is owned by crypto finance firm Circle, confirmed the error in its own tweet, adding, "An incorrect amount of USDT was accidentally minted, and this has since been resolved to the intended value."
The mistakenly issued coins have now been destroyed, or "Burned," with Ardoino providing links to the burn transactions here and here.
"Unfortunately we have to play with different toolchains across multiple and sometimes issues happen. We're working anyway to prevent this from happening in the future."
Tether Accidentally Minted $5 Billion of Its Stablecoins, Then Deleted Them
gepubliceerd op Jul 16, 2019
by Coindesk | gepubliceerd op Coinage
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