According to Decrypt, due to software limitations, the Ledger hardware wallet has prevented some Cardano users from participating in the Midnight Foundation's two month distribution of NIGHT tokens across eight blockchain ecosystems; Glacier Drop” Activity. The reason is that Ledger's implementation of the CIP-8 protocol limits messages to 31 bytes, while airdrop messages have 251 bytes, which the current firmware cannot support. Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson stated that this is a problem unique to Cardano in Ledger software, which was reported in July, but Ledger did not provide an update time. Midnight Foundation Chairman Fahmi Syed confirmed the matter, stating that he is in communication with Ledger and that XRP and Avalanche are also facing similar situations. It is expected that a solution will be launched in the coming weeks.
Although Ledger has not yet released a fix, Cardano developers are working on a workaround. According to Hoskinson, the system will use a combination of“ Glacier airdrop; The payload is used as metadata for empty transactions, rather than traditional message signatures. This alternative solution will be integrated into“ Glacier airdrop; In the agreement, for affected users to apply for tokens.
