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Until last month, a bug in the code that the Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) blockchain runs on first discovered in 2019 could have brought the network to a halt until it got patched with an update last month. What Happened: According to a Tuesday Ethereum Foundation announcement titled Dodging a bullet: Ethereum State Problems, the network s software contained a critical vulnerability. The vulnerability was finally fixed on April 15 with the Berlin Ethereum network upgrade, which makes this kind of attack now about 50 times less effective. The post describes the bug as “a severe threat against the Ethereum platform” that has been an “open secret” given that it was previously publicly disclosed by mistake. ....