A different kind of weekly update 🌍

On Sep 19, an attempt to exploit a VM-level issue caused invalid state changes, and network progression was paused to protect users

What happened:
🔍 An actor exploited a VM-level atomicity issue; a fix was prepared the same day
🧩 The root cause: an order-of-operations mistake in edge cases, contained fast thanks to the validators' rapid response

Where things stand:
🛡 The incident is contained; the attacker's accounts have been identified and frozen with major exchanges, and law enforcement is engaged
🔧 Recovery will be a coordinated hard fork from a known-good checkpoint, rehearsed on Testnet and Devnet with validators first
⚙️ The code is ready and public, and testing is ongoing

⏸️ Until the all-clear: don't submit or rebroadcast transactions, and don't use EGLD/ESDT deposit and withdrawal routes on exchanges or bridges. Exchanges and bridges will reopen in stages after the restart.

A full technical incident report will follow.
Thank you to the validators, partners and everyone who stood with the network this week. Our regular recap returns once the network is back, with two weeks of building to catch up on.

Mainnet is back online.

All-clear for normal network activity.

The recovery upgrade has been deployed successfully, block production has resumed, and engineering has completed the recovery checks. You can resume using the network.

Exchange availability may differ. Trading, deposits and withdrawals may remain paused at some exchanges for a few more days while they complete their own reopening processes. Please check your exchange’s official updates before using these services.

We will continue monitoring the network and coordinating with our partners. A full technical incident report will explain what happened, how the recovery was carried out and the measures taken to address the issue.

We know this disruption and the wait have been difficult. Thank you to our community for your patience, your support and your belief in what we’re building together.

To the engineers, validators and partners who worked side by side to bring the network back online: thank you for your dedication.

We move forward together. We continue to build.

Last week in MultiversX 🌍

✅ MultiversX is back online + all-clear
🚀 Supernova is live: fix deployed, users and funds secured
🔧 Recovery hard fork: Testnet + Devnet rehearsal + Mainnet v2.1.3.0 + v2.1.5.0 restart
🧑‍💻 How the chain was restored, from Robert Sasu
🌉 MultiversX–Ethereum bridge reopened
🏛 The work continues, incident report to follow
💰 Staking rewards after the restart, explained
📲 xPortal streak repairs airdropped
⚡️ 21,798 TPS measured by Chainspect
🛡 Hatom MEX post-mortem: no value extracted, users compensated
🦖 Dinos DEX + $VOXEGLD liquid staking live
💳 xMoney checkout sandbox + Autoworld client story
🛠 Weekly #multiversxtech

🙌 Ecosystem highlights: STARS & STRS • XADAM • DBCrypto • Colombia Staking • Bitcoin Couteau • Andrei • AI Nexus • Purple Studio • HG.EGLD • AllenOneDC • Zarw0x • Evolgo • Axel • Stake24 • CryptoGR • Mihai • StakeNEST • Staking4All • Boboc Daniel • OneDex • SuperRareBears

🌎 MultiversX
9.26M accounts • 629M transactions • 14.3M staked

📲 xPortal
3M+ users • 100k+ users stake $EGLD

⚡️ xExchange
$4.60M TVL • 0.8M USD 7d Volume

Last week in MultiversX 🌍

✅ $EGLD deposits & withdrawals reopened: Binance US + Kraken + Bitget Wallet
🚀 Beniamin Mincu: quick notes on Supernova, exchanges and the security report
🛡 Mainnet v2.1.7.0: further VM hardening
🔍 Anatomy of a bridge attack attempt, from Robert Sasu
🤖 What always-on agents need from a chain + How a live shard stays honest
🦊 FoxLeague V2 is live
🏀 Nova Dunk: arcade basketball on MultiversX
🍕 xMoney powers PizzaLab payments across Bulgaria
🛠 Weekly #multiversxtech

🙌 Ecosystem highlights: WallStreetX • Daniel Veroc • PastaBeanFras • LEON • Scylla • Andreas • Brother ChriS • Florin • Dens • bearly prophet • WayDYOR • Drew • MVXTrade

🌎 MultiversX
9.27M accounts • 630M transactions • 14.3M staked

📲 xPortal
3M+ users • 100k+ users stake $EGLD

⚡️ xExchange
$4.62M TVL • 1.1M USD 7d Volume

Oh hello there! 👊

https://x.com/FinanceCompute/status/2107529046695539056?s=20

Boom. Moving forward!

Finance computer, first use case. 🔥

https://x.com/beniaminmincu/status/2107896070751826098?s=20

Go time! Another step forward.

Finance computer, second use case. 🔥

https://x.com/beniaminmincu/status/2108701449194815821?s=20

Last week in MultiversX 🌍

👋 Finance Computer says hello world
💶 Money, integrated into your business with one API
📈 Tradeville, one of Eastern Europe's largest brokers, is using Finance Computer
🍕 Domino's is using Finance Computer
💡 Beniamin Mincu: Finance Computer is a distribution-first product
✅ $EGLD deposits & withdrawals reenabled on Binance
🎙 Beniamin Mincu debates "The AI Era: Paradise or Apocalypse?" at IQ Digital Summit
💸 xMoney rebuilds Payment Links, now in beta + runnable checkout demos
⛽️ co_relayer: pay MultiversX fees in $USDC, launching Q4
🧑‍💻 Builder notes from Robert Sasu: a fair raffle on MultiversX + what a validator does in one round + contract-to-contract calls
🛠 Weekly #multiversxtech

🙌 Ecosystem highlights: Chainspect • XBoboc • SRB • Mack.EGLD • Joe Wu • XSnipe • McFly Krypto • Subject #2 • Axel aka Gandalf • AllenOneDC • WOODY

🌎 MultiversX
9.27M accounts • 632M transactions • 14.3M staked

📲 xPortal
3M+ users • 100k+ users stake $EGLD

⚡️ xExchange
$4.20M TVL • 1.8M USD 7d Volume

Finance has been unnecessarily complicated for far too long.

The Finance Computer changes that.

Great to see ProMotors, an automotive reseller LIVE with Finance Computer!

https://x.com/beniaminmincu/status/2109939952406462784?s=20

Finance is becoming vastly simpler.

Less friction. More business. Who would've thought?

Great to see Stock.estate, Romania’s largest real estate crowdfunding platform, now live on Finance Computer!

https://x.com/beniaminmincu/status/2112955420205891666?s=20

JUST IN. MULTIVERSX UNLOCKS POST-QUANTUM SECURITY FOUNDATIONS

Security is entering a fundamentally new era.

I've written about the accelerating threat landscape, and why formal methods are approaching a golden age. Mathematical guarantees are becoming necessities, not luxuries.

Quantum computing adds another existential dimension to this reality. The stakes are extraordinary.

https://x.com/beniaminmincu/status/2115842430646042827?a=fVd-TqH9sIXE5VxZtVo&s=20

MULTIVERSX UNLOCKS POST-QUANTUM SECURITY FOUNDATIONS

Security must evolve before the threats become reality.

We’ve put together an interactive experience exploring the significance of these milestones, the critical security advances underway, and what they mean for the future of MultiversX.

https://x.com/beniaminmincu/status/2117274892936839232?a=LJ8pA8NYHu6w9pQ3A1E&s=46