so your theory is these are small amount accounts are a result of dust attacks? Could some be 'left over change' during a transaction that is lost/forgotten about?
Dust attacks typically use the minimum amount (546 sat), so that's quite likely. From this data, I can't count the addresses that hold a dust input and a larger amount too.
Feel free to check a few:
1EM72MRxX5teiLDZDkp6vpB7Fs4gVcsBWF 546
197uWhobsZ4boSR8LjZTCpKkHuCQL15y4N 546
1DcjMsvCj1AATH6kQubsikK3pUeyFhSngp 546
1P2o8eACQFFDHHq4zZHSwPaTr347raGNNM 546
1ECYdDEmzRKm53i7H4PhCEar2SdtTemfgC 546
1J9xAa2fFabDZmPmapiczcRoeeSqtXLSC9 546
12wj7j4RSduvEt6TqoKTgH6W92Zdh1MUmL 546
1F1qvANdwZkSFosjxVY9VHD7phnZyhnXhH 546
1FN4QEPDT6K2QT6SNETmgPJdL4Qajx5x2K 546
1JzAdzFR89jT8rTCi8LzV6kj57NeXaBXd1 546
1Mik1tJvn6aunTgSbN2UzitzdZBoxeqV5E 546
3LGrNL6toFoeJb9DGYRKvvaheyVg9jCJq6 546
19gXeh5v5T2UTLJrPPWok424EuyTAtr3vK 546
3Pimkc1JiSiMVvMF4fATmWW1Z76TzVQQex 546
1EB6PXMKDE8fkN9DZPPuzH1qoN6nzuqjN6 546
1DVzTh1zA8azcjWvcHnwKvKc8ACYhSLRwd 546
3BSK1KX3WzdXcQDSoXL39g3X7HH1CKsUqy 546
17c6ii1kBTBDhEhB5DVjY5DLFe9pyYtf4y 546
1AKSbLMPjwErAsijTPUrNF87XfjMzEF7Jt 546
1C7tsDp4SGGsWzySycobW5SKZNDtGdzYd6 546
3BPMryLEyp6eCSgdbayrSroF1abU52H5Ti 546
3JbUHH3ZdfjMar6PDEFVxZVJcL4g3wxFZ1 546
1Km9HaKxEntE8NPaBp1ataTMVKeaMiZe4x 546
3Be4gfZBe2zfWNAR3zjqXpr2aCSwgJ9CkH 546
18kgQniviHyMxTEmhojASfvB39cuwayv19 546
1Nzzx5jFFv8NWoNSAMVxKK5EuVEnr91x2r 546
13CHpohNridm8L6VMSsZ4NqvVdbwqdsCwN 546
1N99f4eC6TbzF7iHCDzMhhaC2HW9qZGc1R 546
18ESDDtFFqFSbHfpe1VfNWg7A2Ym17QCFr 546
14aPgqsQAxrHktVDe4yHwHdmzNAb5pFiBB 546
39ZjTnjbFbXBHmPPm3SxHw8eBV34ggDzL7 546
19AhE5cFabYu1k7EZf1rCNMWz2nmZ4agx1 546
16owPsPAATsEz8mMC2SJEZkcnRC5n9Djb9 546
I only checked
the last one, and it's someone who was smart enough not to include the dust in his transactions. This way he doesn't overpay on fees.
I'm now kinda curious how much was paid in fees (and how much data got added to the blockchain) because of people who included the dust in their transactions. It's
a lot of data so I can't quickly get a number for this.
If wallets would start ignoring dust inputs by default, that would be great!