Odaily News Chainlink community member Zach Rynes posted on X stating, “Paxos accidentally minted 300 trillion unsupported PYUSD tokens. Currently, the funds are safe; it was just an operational error, and the excess supply has been destroyed, maintaining a 1:1 peg. But this is a great example of how Chainlink's proof of reserve could have prevented an entire PR nightmare. Specifically, asset issuers could integrate Chainlink's PoR into the minting function of their token contracts as a verification check, preventing the issuance of additional tokens unless Chainlink's PoR first verifies that there are sufficient off-chain reserves available to maintain 100% collateralization. This can prevent 'infinite minting attacks,' which involve minting large amounts of unsupported tokens, putting all listed tokens and the markets supporting those tokens at risk.”
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Chainlink community members advocate for Paxos to adopt Chainlink PoR verification to avoid potential "infinite minting attacks".
Odaily News Chainlink community member Zach Rynes posted on X stating, “Paxos accidentally minted 300 trillion unsupported PYUSD tokens. Currently, the funds are safe; it was just an operational error, and the excess supply has been destroyed, maintaining a 1:1 peg. But this is a great example of how Chainlink's proof of reserve could have prevented an entire PR nightmare. Specifically, asset issuers could integrate Chainlink's PoR into the minting function of their token contracts as a verification check, preventing the issuance of additional tokens unless Chainlink's PoR first verifies that there are sufficient off-chain reserves available to maintain 100% collateralization. This can prevent 'infinite minting attacks,' which involve minting large amounts of unsupported tokens, putting all listed tokens and the markets supporting those tokens at risk.”