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Board Altcoin Discussion
Re: ON-CHAIN ADDRESS POISONING ATTACK
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vv181
on 04/12/2022, 07:18:05 UTC

I don't know why would you shorten the link.

The actual referred link is: https://mirror.xyz/x-explore.eth/cL3d_CyNujXq8XY7ueP4omNXx_IY1EG5Dz0FD0vJ90M

And the recommendation based on the article are:

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In order to avoid further harm, we recommend that:

    The Wallet App helps users distinguish addresses through color or other prompts, and does a good job of alerting users.

    Users should carefully distinguish and double check historical transaction addresses when transferring funds, preferably by keeping an address book on their own.



Generally, Adress Poisoning Attack is the recent 0$ transaction issue that is widely spread. Regarding the recommendation, I think it is pretty much a temporary fix. In the first place, the faulty token implementation is one that should be fixed. In the meantime, it is better for users to triple-check their address, what I usually do instead of when checking the first and last characters, I also check the middle one.