How a crypto scam pushed Ethereum transactions to an all-time high – DL News
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- Ethereum transactions hit an all-time high.
- A kind of crypto scam is driving the activity.
- Address poisoning attacks are getting worse.
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Ethereum transactions are soaring — but scams seem to be driving the surge.
On January 16, daily transactions hit an all-time high of more than 2.8 million, according to data from BitInfoCharts. The same day, new Ethereum addresses created in the past 30 days topped 12.6 million, the highest rolling 30-day total ever, according to Etherscan.
The record-breaking transaction bump, however, was mostly caused by a mass address poisoning attack, according to research by Andrey…
