Hack history / 2018 / Hack or exploit
Vertcoin
Hack or exploit on Dec 12, 2018 · Risk Parameter Abuse
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$100K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,728
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Vertcoin suffered a 51% attack on December 10-12, 2018 when an attacker gained majority hashpower using the Nicehash rental service. The attacker executed 22 deep chain reorganizations, 15 of which included double-spend transactions with the largest reorg exceeding 300 blocks. Estimated losses exceeded $100,000.
Details
- Date
- Dec 12, 2018
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Risk Parameter Abuse
- How in
- Price, oracle and governance
- Target
- Layer 1
- Chains
- Vertcoin
Reported by
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Vertcoin hack, Dec 12, 2018: $100K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htf4a3273653/ (data as of 2026-11-01).