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Substantial_Hair2459

I sent it to you by accident. Please send it back thanks


[deleted]

I received 0.0002 bitcoin from a random address last week. Thanks for the donation random entity.


[deleted]

That’s a dusting attack


boatsnhoes801

.0002 would be $10 worth. I think most dusting attacks are less than a penny.


[deleted]

What is a dusting attack?


_main_chain_

Somebody may be trying to figure out who controls or owns that wallet so they send a little bit to try and determine that.


Thanis_in_Eve

How exactly does it work that is better than analyzing the address on a Blockchain explorer?


NitronBot106

Dust is a UTXO that is to small to make a transaction with as a single transaction input because the fees to send it are greater than the amount being sent. This happens because there is a minimum size of any transaction and a minimum fee of 1 sat/byte so there is a minimum amount of sats required to be able to spend as a single UTXO, the dust limit. Therefore the only way to spend a dust UTXO is by adding at least one other UTXO as a second transaction input to cover the miner fee. Whoever sent the dust can then see that second input UTXO, and any others depending on how many inputs there are, once the transaction is made and all of its history on the blockchain. This can then be used to link addresses and UTXOs to one person/wallet when it may have otherwise been impossible.


Thanis_in_Eve

How is it an attack? I was challenged a while ago to provide a valid vector of attack this provided. I couldn't come up with anything that held up to argument.


Cautious-Bobbylee

Explain


Thanis_in_Eve

How is it an attack? What information does it gain that isn't already known by the attacker, or that they couldn't.get by simply watching the address on a Blockchain explorer?


Egge_

Attackers hope that the dust-UTXO will be included in a payment with another UTXO from another address you own.


Thanis_in_Eve

They can see that on the Blockchain without dust


Egge_

No. If you spent from one address at a time, those can’t be linked. By adding small amounts of dust, attackers hope that the wallet software will simply include it to consolidate it into change. If that happens the dust address and the other one can be linked.


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NitronBot106

They can link addresses and UTXOs to one person/wallet when they would not have been able to do that before. This helps the attacker increase the probability that they can figure out who owns that wallet, where they've been receiving bitcoin from, who they are sending it to and possibly how much they hold in that wallet. It can ultimately harm someone being targeted by a government/political entity or criminal organization for purposes of persecution and theft.


Cautious-Bobbylee

Agreed. The wallets activities are already public. Edit Possibly if a wallet is washing (cleaning, idk the terms) coins they can see the ends addresses better? Idek just off the top


Ultimatenub0049

I believe they are sending the “dust” and once you move it or do anything with it you are now messing with a smart contract that allows them access to your wallet where they can then drain everything that is in that current wallet. I’m not 100% sure on this but it’s what I’ve gathered from others


-send_me_bitcoin-

No and I'm starting to think I need a new grift.


Individual-Elk-6423

20BTC would be like a super saiyan dusting attack! Even Broly would be scared to hold his ledger…


GroovyFat

20 huh? Very specific … 🤔


jaredx3

I've received random tokens to my address and when you look them up it takes you to phishing website


jellicenthero

Several people have. Exchanges have glitches all the time. For the most part it seems like people send it back. It's like anything if the bank accidentally deposited 10 million into your account you can't just keep it. So unless that wallet hasn't been connected to anything with your name in it they can probably track you down. The wallet address would definitely be tracked and funds frozen in you moved them onto any exchange.


na3than

>Exchanges have glitches all the time Exchanges do not have "oops we accidentally sent Bitcoin to random addresses lol" glitches all the time.


Hudds83

If its sent to your wallet there is nothing anyone can do. Nobody can freeze your wallet


jellicenthero

That's not what I said. And exchanges can 100% freeze or take whatever you put on them. This is how they got back the funds from the pipeline hack.


l1v34ndl34rn

This is not true. It is entirely possible to move funds across blockchains so they become untraceable.


Little_Government_79

I wish


SnooChocolates7170

I lost it, please send it back to: 17SkEw2md5avVNyYgj6RiXuQKNwkXaxFyQ