According to Zak Cole, the survival of Bitcoin during a significant bug incident in 2010 was due to swift community intervention rather than the protocol itself.
On March 30, 2023, Corn co-founder Zak Cole revealed that a bug in Bitcoin's code on August 15, 2010, created approximately 184 billion BTC due to an integer overflow issue. This incident, known as the 'value overflow incident,' resulted in two addresses each receiving around 92.2 billion BTC. The crisis was averted within five hours thanks to community action, highlighting that Bitcoin's scarcity relies on human intervention rather than solely on code.