Ripple Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz posted on social media that the Bitcoin source code is highly likely to have a serious bug that could allow the creation of a larger number of tokens, exceeding the 21 million cap.
If exploited, the vulnerability could erode confidence in Bitcoin and cause huge losses to exchanges.
However, David Schwartz said that such a vulnerability should never be discovered or exploited by malicious actors, and if you’re a long-term Bitcoin holder, don’t worry about it.