Any idea why they would describe the code error as "a single additional characte...

taspeotis · on Feb 18, 2017

I think the single character fix is this [1], GP seems to be describing [2].

ianmiers · on Feb 18, 2017

That is a one character change. And it is labeled "urgent fix". So it's certainly possible.

But that change appears to do exactly what the variable name suggests setting it to zero would to : stop zcoin tx's from being included in a block.

That strongly suggests someone attempted to fix the issue by simply disabled all private transactions.

ianmiers · on Feb 18, 2017

I have no idea. If you can find a single character edit in the commit history, I will look at it.

But this certainly is a bug. And it would allow you to steal funds.