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Technical Postmortem

Syscoin identified and responded to a bridge exploit involving the Syscoin UTXO-to-NEVM bridge. The incident resulted in the unauthorized release of 5 billion SYS on the UTXO side. The funds have since been returned to the official Syscoin recovery address, and were subsequently burned

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Syscoin Ecosystem Update 2026.05.05

Including zkSYS bridge development, Syscoin’s modular ZK roadmap, proving and data availability work, based bridging research, launch of Sysnode, DevRel growth in LATAM, and updates from Pali Wallet, Lunos, and SuperDapp as the ecosystem continues moving foundational infrastructure toward broader use.

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zkSYS Genesis Public Testnet Is Live: The Future of Bitcoin-Powered Smart Contracts Starts Now

Syscoin has officially launched the zkSYS Genesis public testnet, marking a major step toward a Bitcoin-secured, modular blockchain future where high-performance smart contracts run on scalable ZK rollups while settling to Bitcoin through Syscoin’s merge-mined infrastructure. The testnet introduces zkSYS Genesis as the first Edgechain, combining zero-knowledge proofs, modular architecture, and Bitcoin-grade security to enable fast, low-cost execution without sacrificing decentralization, while opening the door for developers, builders, and users to explore Bitcoin-powered DeFi, dApps, and sovereign chains.

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