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According to analytics service Blockchair, the number of active public Dogecoin nodes plummeted from 647 to a mere 205 during this attack, highlighting a severe risk for the network. The Doge Reaper vulnerability allows attackers to crash nodes simply by entering an IP address and port. While there was initial panic over these incidents, the price of Dogecoin remained stable, leaving many in the community to breathe a sigh of relief.