A 2015-era Ethereum wallet successfully transferred $4.6 million in ether despite being targeted by automated address-poisoning scams immediately following a test transaction.
A single dormant wallet from Ethereum's 2015 genesis block moved 2,154.94 ETH (about $4.6 million) on Monday. The transfer itself is a routine on-chain event far too small to shift ether's price, and the story's focus — a bot-driven address-poisoning attempt — does not change supply, demand or network fundamentals.
A long-dormant Ethereum wallet from the 2015 genesis block transferred 2,154.94 ETH, valued at approximately $4.6 million, on Monday. The owner successfully navigated an address-poisoning attempt, where scammers deployed lookalike addresses within three minutes of a test transaction to intercept the funds. The incident highlights the growing prevalence of address-poisoning spam on the Ethereum network.
Unlikely. A single transfer of about 2,154.94 ETH is tiny relative to ether's overall trading volume, and the funds stayed on-chain rather than being sold.
Scammers send tiny dust payments from lookalike addresses so that a copied 'recent recipient' from a wallet's history points to the scammer; in this case the owner avoided the trap and sent the money to the correct address.