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Etherscan rolls out lookalike address warning to fight address poisoning

  • —The tool scans addresses on a page and highlights those suspiciously similar to each other
  • —USDT dust transfers reportedly jumped 612% in some periods, USDC dust transfers rose 473%
  • —The average success rate of address poisoning attacks is about 0.01%
  • —A highlight is a warning, not a verdict; no highlight does not guarantee an address is safe
Why it matters: Address poisoning remains a cheap, high-volume scam on Ethereum; the new flag lowers the risk of misdirected transfers but users still need to verify the full address.
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Source: Crypto Briefing
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