Cryptocurrency1 Jun 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: Whitehat developer unlocks $2 million stuck in a 2016 Ethereum ICO contract for…

0xflorent, a security researcher, found an integer-overflow flaw in the HongCoin token sale contract that lets the team unlock funds for 48 original investors.…

0xflorent, a security researcher, found an integer-overflow flaw in the HongCoin token sale contract that lets the team unlock funds for 48 original investors. It is the second such recovery he has publicized in eight days. A security researcher known as 0xflorent helped the team behind a failed 2016 HongCoin ICO unlock about 1,003.62 ETH, or roughly $2 million, that had been trapped in its smart contract for nine years. By coordinating with HongCoin’s multisig wallet holders, he used an unpatc…

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