Litecoin’s official X account fired back at critics on Sunday, one day after a 13-block reorganization that reportedly exposed a vulnerability in its Mimblewimble Extension Blocks privacy layer and triggered fresh questions about the project’s disclosure practices.
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Litecoin’s network suffered a 13-block reorg on April 25, 2026, due to a reported exploit of an MWEB zero-day bug, according to the team’s testimony. Github commits show Litecoin devs patched the MWEB flaw privately in March 2026, 37 days before the exploit hit. Litecoin’s @litecoin X account told critics to “stay on the shallow end,” drawing hundreds of hostile replies. Litecoin X Account Mocks Critics After Network ReorgMining pools reportedly coordinated a defensive reorg over approximately three hours to reverse those invalid transactions. No valid transactions were lost. Litecoin’s official account posted this summary on April 25:
What the incident made plain is that Litecoin’s communications strategy carries its own risk. Holders and observers who watched the account respond to a serious security event with a one-liner telling critics to stay in the shallow end walked away with a clear picture of how the project handles pressure. Or at least the newly hired intern.
