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Strange block 74638
Jeff Garzik posts the first public alert of the value-overflow incident, sharing the raw block data for #74638 with two outputs of 92,233,720,368.54277039 BTC each.
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Value overflow incident — 184 billion BTC created in Block 74638
An integer overflow bug (CVE-2010-5139) was exploited to create 184 billion BTC in Block 74638. Satoshi published a fix within 5 hours; the corrected chain overtook the invalid one within 15 hours.
bitcoinarchive
The day 184 billion BTC was minted — the centralization paradox, soft-fork rescue, and a 5-hour response
Structural reading of the 2010-08-15 overflow incident — soft-fork rescue mechanics, why a 5-hour response was only achievable then, transaction-shape forensics, and the centralization paradox.
bitcoinarchive
knightmb: The Man Who Saved Bitcoin's Worst Day, And The Legend That Swallowed Him
The August 2010 overflow recovery rested on knightmb's snapshot. Secondary sources have since attached a misattributed 10%-holder claim and a contested Tennessee identification to the same handle.