Quote from: wmabern on May 29, 2016, 05:15:46 PM

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Quote from: wmabern on May 29, 2016, 03:36:33 PM

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Was there a payment made from the Kano pool for .0001 BTC @ approximately 6:18 AM EST May 29?

It was only for $0.05, but I have no idea where it came from.

It doesn't show on the "Payments" page.

Anyone else get a mystery nickel?

Let's find some BLOCKS! Grin

+1

I also got it, not sure why. I'll read back the thread in case it was expected.

It seems many people did.

https://btc.blockr.io/tx/info/15ac7b673182c4e2edd09d509ca10c6ac6563d0ffe62192a48468496befe21e0

Spammers regularly harvest addresses from block explorers and send minuscule amounts to them. This is one example and didn't come from the pool.

Really? Wow. Is there any danger from them sending coins to an account?
Thanks for the info!

Edit: What do they gain since a person cannot really tell where it came from? Is it just to verify an account is active at that address?
Very interesting.

It is to attempt to scam people. If you check at blockchain.info, which is the block explorer most people use I think, your allowed to add a message for the transaction in the blockchain.info web wallet. If you look at the transaction, the message on top is advertising a ponzi scam, that probably doesn't even pay out.

There isn't any danger, other than making a transaction larger if the small 5 cents is included as an input.