Dusting Attack
By CoinGecko | Updated on Aug 13, 2021
A new form of malicious activity in which hackers and scammers attempt to undermine the privacy of cryptocurrency users by sending little amounts of money to their wallets. The attackers then track the transactional activity of these wallets, combining several addresses to deanonymize the person or entity behind each wallet.
Related Terms
Margin Call
Margin call takes place when investor's margin account falls below the required amount to stay afloat.
Oracles
In the context of crypto, oracles refers to services which verify real-world and provide data to blockchains/smart contracts.
Replay Attack
A replay attack is a form of network attack when valid data transmission is fraudulently intercepted, then delayed or resent to mislead the receiver into doing what the hacker wants.
Stale Block
Double mined blocks that are not included in the blockchain.
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