🛑 Time to Eliminate Wallet Poisoning Scams — Not Just Warn About Them
Wallet poisoning scams are one of the most preventable threats in crypto — yet users still lose funds every day.
Here’s the simple truth 👇
🧪 What wallet poisoning is
Scammers send tiny “dust” transactions to wallets, copying real addresses.
Users later copy the wrong address from history — and funds are gone.
This is not a user problem.
It’s an infrastructure problem.
🛡️ What the industry SHOULD be doing
✅ Automatic poison-address detection
Wallets can check if a receiving address is flagged as malicious — this is a simple blockchain query.
✅ Real-time blacklist sharing
Security alliances should maintain live databases of poison addresses that wallets check before sending.
✅ Pre-transaction warnings
If a user tries to send to a poison address, show a clear stop-warning.
(Binance Wallet already does this correctly.)
✅ Hide spam transactions
If a transaction value is dust-level, wallets should filter it out completely from UI history.
📉 Why this matters for traders
• Fewer accidental losses
• Cleaner transaction history
• Higher trust in self-custody
• Better protection during fast market moves
🎯 Bottom line
Wallet poisoning scams are not “part of crypto.”
They are solvable.
Protecting users isn’t optional — it’s a responsibility.
The tools already exist.
Now the industry needs to use them consistently.