Harmony Protocol Confirms Irregular ONE Minting, Plans Chain Rollback
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Harmony Protocol disclosed a major abnormal ONE minting incident caused by a cross-shard receipt validation exploit, with reconstructed issuance reaching ~3.01T ONE. Although the vulnerability is patched and Mainnet v2026.1.1 is deployed, bridge services are suspended and a rollback to block 92,730,034 is being prepared. The event raises immediate concerns around token supply integrity, chain finality, and ecosystem liquidity.
Impact level
● High
Affected assets
ONE/USDT-13.61%
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▼ Bearish
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Harmony Protocol said it detected an abnormal minting incident involving ONE on Aug. 12, after an attacker exploited a flaw in cross-shard receipt validation to create counterfeit tokens. The team's investigation found the first mint at 4 billion ONE, while the latest on-chain reconstruction puts total unauthorized issuance at about 3.01 trillion ONE. Harmony has patched the issue and released Mainnet v2026.1.1, deployed at 14:30 (UTC+8) on Aug. 12. Bridge services have been suspended as the protocol works with partners to freeze funds. Harmony also said it is preparing a network rollback to block 92,730,034.