Address Poisoning Attacks: How a 0.00 Transaction Drains Wallets
Address poisoning sends a $0 dust transfer from a look-alike address, then waits for you to copy-paste it. Billions of transactions later, users keep losing millions.
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Address poisoning sends a $0 dust transfer from a look-alike address, then waits for you to copy-paste it. Billions of transactions later, users keep losing millions.
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