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Etherscan, a block explorer for the Ethereum blockchain, announced on April 10<\/strong><\/a> a feature that is designed to prevent users from falling victim to scams.<\/p>\n

Etherscan to hide zero-value transfers<\/h2>\n

Etherscan said that, in order to protect users from scams called address poisoning attacks, it will hide zero-value token transfers by default.<\/p>\n

While the site previously greyed out zero-value transactions, those transactions are now hidden entirely under the new feature, as seen below.<\/p>\n

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During an address poisoning attack, a scammer creates a “spoofed” address that is nearly identical to one that their target has previously transacted with. The scammer then sends zero-value transfers from the spoofed address to the target's address. The target may confuse the two similar addresses and direct funds to the spoofed address by mistake.<\/p>\n

Because this approach depends on user error and is a type of phishing, hiding transactions that contain no value can make the scam far less alluring to its victims.<\/p>\n

Etherscan noted that preventing scams in a neutral manner is “an infinite cat-and-mouse game” and said that it recognized the value of “uncensored” blockchain records. As such, users will be able to toggle the option in settings, it said.<\/p>\n

Etherscan already includes other anti-scam features: for example, it flags addresses that are known to be involved in scams and hacks.<\/p>\n

Zero-value attacks increasingly common<\/h2>\n

The type of scam in question has gained wider attention in the crypto industry. Two blockchain firms, X-explore and WuBlockchain, estimated that zero-value transfer phishing and related attacks have resulted in up to $32 million<\/a> in thefts on Ethereum.<\/p>\n

Coinbase, meanwhile, suggested that this type of attack originated in November 2022 and had led to $19 million of thefts on various platforms by February 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Ethereum-focused wallet Metamask also warned of address poisoning scams<\/a> in January 2023 and provided users with ways to protect themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Etherscan, a block explorer for the Ethereum blockchain, announced on April 10 a feature that is designed to prevent users from falling victim to scams. Etherscan to hide zero-value transfers Etherscan said that, in order to protect users from scams called address poisoning attacks, it will hide zero-value token transfers by default. 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