The $ZEC Vulnerability Explained: - launched Orchard in 2022 as Zcash's most advanced privacy system - Orchard eventually held millions of ZEC inside its shielded pool - on May 29, 2026, security researcher Taylor Hornby discovered a critical bug in Orchard's cryptographic circuit - the flaw could have allowed attackers to create invalid shielded transactions - attackers could potentially double spend funds inside the Orchard pool - the bug lived inside Halo 2, the ZK proof system powering Orchard - Claude Opus 4.8 helped identify the missing cryptographic constraint - Zcash developers confirmed the vulnerability within hours - emergency patches were released and Orchard transactions were temporarily disabled. - the network underwent a security driven hard fork to permanently fix the issue - no evidence was found that anyone exploited the bug - user funds are safe - the 21 million ZEC supply cap remained safe Everything is Safu :)
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