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A layer-1 blockchain froze for 4 hours to stop a $4.9 million hack, then claimed it was just an upgrade
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The network stayed secure at the consensus level, but the emergency response jailed validators and disrupted exchange transfers. Injective, a layer-1 blockchain network, produced no new block for nearly four hours during an emergency response to an exploit that researchers.
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