PANews August 6 news, according to Decrypt report, Ledger hardware wallet has software limitations that prevent some Cardano users from participating in the Midnight Foundation's two-month 'Glacier Drop' event to distribute NIGHT tokens across eight blockchain ecosystems. The reason is that Ledger's implementation of the CIP-8 protocol restricts messages to 31 bytes, while the airdrop message is 251 bytes, and the current firmware cannot support it. Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson stated that this is a Cardano-specific issue in Ledger's software, which was reported in July, but Ledger has not provided an update time. Fahmi Syed, chairman of the Midnight Foundation, confirmed this matter and stated that they are in communication with Ledger, and that XRP and Avalanche are also experiencing similar situations, with a solution expected to be launched in the coming weeks.
Although Ledger has not yet released a fix, Cardano developers are rolling out a workaround. According to Hoskinson, the system will use empty transactions containing the 'Glacier Drop' payload as metadata instead of traditional message signatures. This workaround will be integrated into the 'Glacier Drop' protocol to allow affected users to claim tokens.
