On December 21, #数字资产市场洞察 , an important reminder was issued by the Ethereum community. A phishing attack incident involving 50 million USDT has drawn the attention of the community foundation, which spoke out directly on X.



The core advice is straightforward: stop using ellipses to truncate wallet addresses. As you can see, many people habitually display addresses like this 0x1234...abcd, which looks neat, but this habit gives scammers an opportunity. Fully displaying address information is the correct approach — this can significantly reduce the risk of phishing.

This incident has sounded an alarm for holders of mainstream coins like $ETH, $BNB, and $SOL. In the cryptocurrency market, security is always the top priority. A small detail missed could mean your assets being transferred away.
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LiquidatedNotStirredvip
· 8h ago
The ellipsis truncating the address is really brilliant; I used to think it was safer this way... but instead, it opened the door for scammers, and 50 million just disappeared.
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staking_grampsvip
· 8h ago
Wow, 50 million USDT just disappeared like that? I've used the ellipsis trick before, but I didn't expect it to actually be a loophole.
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