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JollyMort
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Looks like it was being exploited on Bytecoin

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For example, these 2 transactions spend the output twice!

http://chainradar.com/bcn/transaction/cef289d7fab6e35ac123db8a3f06f7675b48067e0dff185c72b140845b8b3b23

http://chainradar.com/bcn/transaction/7e418cc77935cc349f007cd5409d2b6908e4130321fa6f97ee0fee64b000ff85

Notice how the key image differs only in last 2 digits! That's because it's forged - ie 2 slighthly different key images for 1 output, allowing you to spend it twice.

Note that it's later patched in the code, but the patch applies only after Bytecoin block 1267000, so those double-spend transactions are still in the Bytecoin chain and have artificially inflated the supply.

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