Quote from: Butterfly Protocol on September 13, 2019, 07:11:47 AM

Quote from: mikeywith on May 09, 2018, 02:04:03 PM

Quote from: AlexAtom on May 09, 2018, 03:02:55 AM

i was carelessly using public dns because my isp using it. later dns hijacked occured.
My wallet got hacked by it. i lost about 700 usd of it.
now i am no longer using myetherwallet, time to use metamask or other more secure wallet.

sorry about your loss, i tried to warn as many people as i could by then on Ether Mining group on FB some people got away but most were to late to act! anyway

why not get a hardware wallet? any logical explanation behind this?

thanks

Phishing and Hijacking are not to be neglected! Using public DNS is dangerous if your IP is exposed, a plethora of misdeeds can occur.

If you take a look at what Butterfly is doing, you will find that much more enthralling than using a standard, centralized DNS.

Butterfly enables individuals to execute a single transaction and own their domain name forever, free of future payments, which are currently standard, as simple as that. Once a domain name is created and acquired, the initial registrar is its sole owner. This in itself is a major breakthrough in how domain name ownership works. Butterfly has also developed an inherent ecosystem with a native cryptocurrency token, which allows users to create, sponsor, and execute domain names and their creation.

lets clear a few things up shall we using a Public DNS isnt dangerous so stop with the crap already... is it more likely to be targeted? yes as more people use it but its also alot more likely to have the latest software and patches applied... next there are many Public Dns's out there hell even cloudflare brought one out 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 (your welcome) its not hard to do a few checks. if your really paranoid use the bloody ip addresses so you can get Middle man attacked (DNS hijacked)
VPNs can be a good option as most of the time they user there own DNSbut the easiest and best option is look at your address bar... see the green lock... its there for a reason it means that site is who its claiming to be. quick easy stuff will keep you safe against the 99% of scams out there and always ALWAYS try to use 2FA that way if you log in to a bad website youll still have a 2nd line of defense even if they grab your password they cant hijack the email (unless your one of those that use the same password for everythign in which case good luck.