soft-fork rescue

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Defined in: 184 billion BTC in one block: a centralization paradox, a soft-fork rescue and a five-hour response

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Event August 15, 2010 Added February 8, 2026 Updated November 9, 2026 Article

Bitcoin v0.3.10 - overflow bug emergency fix

Emergency release of Bitcoin v0.3.10 to fix a value overflow vulnerability exploited to create 184 billion bitcoins in a single transaction. Satoshi coordinated the rapid soft-fork deployment.