No, Bitcoin Did Not Nearly Crash, Bugs Never Get to Production Release

While Bitcoin (BTC) is the first, largest, and the most popular cryptocurrency, it is certainly not perfect. Even though the it is often seen as a standard for the crypto world, a single flaw in the right place would be enough to bring it down.
One such flaw was detected quite recently, and this Tuesday, Bitcoin Core developers successfully released a new software version that patched the vulnerability. Despite the fact that the developers reacted quickly, and the flaw was handled in no time, it