Back to collectionA New Domain Tests the Airdrop Safety Guide
After a malicious fork of the repository stole keys the previous week, the community had been telling newcomers to use official entry points. As community members drafted the airdrop safety post, the phishing site returned under a new domain. The post's purpose shifted from cataloguing known addresses to helping newcomers assess unfamiliar entry points.
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After a malicious fork of the repository stole keys the previous week, the community had been telling newcomers to use official entry points. On Saturday, some members wanted to gather scattered warnings into an airdrop safety post, but found that a list of old links could quickly become outdated.
As community members drafted the airdrop safety post, the phishing site returned under a new domain. They briefly disagreed over whether to list suspect URLs or teach readers to recognize attempts to lure them into direct messages and onto imitation pages. They put both kinds of clues in the draft and advised anyone facing such a lure to contact an administrator first.
The post's purpose shifted from cataloguing known addresses to helping newcomers assess unfamiliar entry points. Old addresses could still serve as comparisons, but not as a complete blacklist. The writers planned to check the wording and official entry points; whether the post could keep pace with changing domains remained uncertain.