According to the latest reports from CoinVoice and Decrypt, Ledger hardware wallets are preventing some Cardano users from participating in the Midnight Foundation's two-month 'Glacier Drop' event, which distributes NIGHT tokens across eight blockchain ecosystems due to software limitations.
The reason is that Ledger's implementation of the CIP - 8 protocol limits the latest witness to 31 bytes, while the airdrop's latest witness 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 back in July, but Ledger has not provided an update. Fahmi Syed, chairman of the Midnight Foundation, confirmed this, stating that they are in communication with Ledger, and that XRP and Avalanche are also experiencing similar issues, with a solution expected to be released 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 'Glacier Drop' payload as metadata, instead of the traditional latest witness signature. This workaround will be integrated into the 'Glacier Drop' protocol, allowing affected users to claim their tokens. [Original link]
