Core DAO prepares emergency hard fork after validator reward issue

Core DAO plans to deploy an emergency hard fork after validators received excess rewards, according to Cointelegraph. The network said the incident has been contained and outlined the upgrade as a forward-looking change rather than a reversal of past activity. Core stated that the hard fork will not roll back the network or undo transactions that have already been confirmed. The development is directly relevant to CORE, the native asset associated with Core DAO. Cointelegraph published the report on September 2, 2026. No further details about the size of the excess rewards, the timing of the hard fork or the specific validator addresses involved were provided in the supplied material.