Hack history / 2018 / Hack or exploit
Verge
Hack or exploit on Apr 4, 2018 · 51% attack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
The Verge network was attacked by 51% for the first time. According to Bitcointalk forum user ocminer, a malicious miner can use forged timestamps to mine blocks, thereby tricking the network into thinking that the new block was mined one hour ago, so that when the next mined block is immediately added to the network, it also added to the blockchain. This allowed the attacker to mine one block per second, which is said to have mined 250,000 XVG.
Details
- Date
- Apr 4, 2018
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- 51% attack
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Verge hack, Apr 4, 2018: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htb24d77d2f5/ (data as of 2026-10-31).