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Cardano is facing renewed questions about the strength of its network after an incorrect transaction caused a temporary fork in the chain this week.
An anonymous X developer known as Homer J caused the November 21 incident and revealed that it relied on artificial intelligence tools.
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Why did Cardano experience a temporary fork on the chain?
The developer claimed that he had no malicious intent and that the action was a “failed personal challenge”.
“I didn’t sell any Ada before my ‘test in production’ debacle, shorted it (I don’t even know how to do that) or worked with someone on it or their plans long and hard. I have a lot to lose as a result of my actions. Sorry, Cardano community, I’m very sorry,” said the developer.
In analyzing the problem, Intersect said, it is Organization in the Cardano ecosystemthat the large hash that caused the bug passed the initial verification tests.
This led to the creation of Temporal split Between the chain carrying the poisoned transaction and a second healthy chain.
Intersect explained: “While the underlying Cardano protocol remains robust, this vulnerability in severe cases has introduced a tendency to disruption. The transaction was specifically created to activate this flaw in the main network after it was first discovered on the preview network, leading to the contention of consensus between the nodes that processed the transaction and those that did not.
Intersect said the error was hidden for years by older versions of the ledger and standard transaction tools.
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It only appears in modern Node versions built with specialized rendering methods.
While the fork has caused many wallets and decentralized applications to crash, blocks continue to be produced.
“It is important to note that the network did not shut down. Block production continued on both chains throughout the incident, and at least some identical transactions appeared on both chains,” said Intersect.
After the incident, staking pool operators were required to upload an updated node version, allowing the ecosystem to join the two chains to a unified date.
meanwhile, Charles Hoskinson, founder of the Cardano blockchain, noted The attacker may face legal consequences for their actions.
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“Cardano worked so quickly that we split, fixed and took the guy in a day,” Hoskinson said. “He was very active on the fake Fred’s Discord. It was absolutely personal and now he’s trying to back off because he knows the FBI is already involved.”
Cardano’s techniques are highly praised
Cardano’s technical response to the incident drew unexpected praise from outside its community.
On November 23, he was praised Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko WithDecision of the Cardano agreement While he praised the network’s response to the problem.
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The Solana network is one of Cardano’s biggest competitors, and the two often compete for the attention of developers and investors.
Yakovenko noted that maintaining network continuity without proof of work is “very difficult,” and argued that the protocol behaved as it should under pressure.
His comments stand out in an industry where competing systems rarely praise each other’s architecture.
Cardano’s developers and operators treated this recognition as evidence of the network’s ability to withstand severe failures without widespread disruption.
“All of this was only possible because of Ouroboros, our Nomoto consensus, and the way the community, SPOs and developer teams came together,” said Cardano representative Dori. Pointing.
