Crypto
Flaw found in Babylon staking code may delay block production
A vulnerability has been discovered in Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon that could allow a malicious validator to disrupt the consensus process by omitting the block hash field, Cointelegraph reported on Jan. 9. The defect occurs in Babylon’s BLS vote extension and could cause conflicts among validators, delaying block production. An anonymous contributor warned it can trigger a panic in a critical code path. No exploitation has been confirmed so far.
