Definitely most of us here are aware and already heard of that sentence countless times. Recently I found something related to, there's a guy who lost few thousand dollars worth of crypto in two weeks of span times and tried to blame gambling influencers/streamers (or whatever you called them) for its losses. afaik the mentioned influencers didn't take responsibility for what happened to him.



I'm sorry for him, I'm posting its case not to judge. Meanwhile, it could be a good lesson for us to not repeat the same mistake.

Just a few hours ago electrum has released up - Electrum-4.0.9

Release notes -> https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES

- Fixes a regression introduced in 4.0.8, that prevents from paying BIP70 invoices (#6859)
- Reflect frozen channels and disconnected peers in the displayed 'can send/can receive' amounts.

Download link: https://electrum.org/#download

P.S. For the first time I update my electrum wallet twice in a day, lol

Electrum 4.0.6 has been released up

Release notes -> https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES

- Fix 'Max' button issue for submarine swaps button (#6770)
- Fix 'Max' button in kivy (#6169)
- Various fixes for Kivy/Android install wizard
- More robust account keypath for BitBox02 (#6766)

Download link: https://electrum.org/#download

[What happened:]

What happened: Another Ponzi website that offering ridiculous returns of investments up to 4.+% hourly with malicious ware inside and fake certificate as well.

Website Link:

Code:

https://orionbit.cc/

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20201120193932/https://orionbit.cc/

Domain Information: https://whois.domaintools.com/orionbit.cc/

27 days old
Created on 2020-10-24
Expires on 2021-10-24
Updated on 0000-12-31

   



Additional Note:
Malicious ware detection on virustotal.com - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/85d1d39ab2ca77cc26bafe158faba94b73492cf4936b2959fa25ac6ea73ec463/details

Electrum has released an update to 4.0.5

Fixes an issue with MacOS Big Sur, LN is enabled by default, and some minor changes on user interfaces

# Release 4.0.5 - (Nov 18, 2020)
 * Fix .dmg binary hanging on recently released macOS 11 Big Sur (#6461)
 * Lightning:
   - bugfix: during LN channel opening, if the client crashed at the
     wrong moment, the channel might not get fully persisted to disk,
     and would need manual console-tinkering to recover (#6656)
   - Lightning is enabled by default. Electrum will not connect to
     the Lightning Network until the user opens a channel. (#6639)
   - smarter node recommendation (to open channels with) (#6705)
 * user interface: some minor changes that aim to improve usability
 * Ledger:
   - fix enumerating devices with new bitcoin app (1.5.1) (b78cbcff)
   - fix compat with HW.1 (200f547a)
 * A few other minor bugfixes.

Download link: https://electrum.org/#download

[Txid]

As of today looks like someone has just made another mistake on sending his/her Bitcoin, s/he has apparently paid around 2.66BTC ($47) in fees to send a 0.01088549BTC ($194) transaction.

Txid

Code:

3ba0c9eaf3185898164518cda7e3433d1d2049188d737f2b2a7e188aaeb8b4de

Sources:
[1] https://decrypt.co/48730/bitcoin-transaction-mistake-47k
[2] https://twitter.com/BtcBlockBot/status/1329073154581381130

[What happened:]

What happened: Another Ponzi website that offering unrealistic returns of investments up to 25% daily

Website Link:

Code:

https://RichieBit.biz

Archive: https://archive.is/wip/PiwPl

Domain Information: https://whois.domaintools.com/richiebit.biz/

38 days old
Created on 2020-10-11
Expires on 2021-10-11
Updated on 2020-10-27

So lately there's one of DeFi platforms (Akropolis) that has admitted they got hacked (over 2 million in DAI) through a flash loan attack recently.

“At ~14:36 GMT we noticed a discrepancy in the APYs of our stablecoin pools and identified that ~2.0mn DAI had been drained out of the yCurve and sUSD pools,” the project reported in a statement released the evening of November 12.

[...]

The attacks seemingly come as a surprise for Akropolis, which said the pools had undergone two independent audits. “However, the attack vectors used in the exploit were not identified in either audit,” it said “The essence of the exploit in question is a combination of a re-entrancy attack with dYdX flash loan origination.”

Read the full article -> https://decrypt.co/48081/defi-platform-akropolis-admits-to-being-hacked-for-2-million

Previously there are several DeFi got the flash loan attack as well such as Harvest finance and bZx.
What's your thought about it? Does DeFi are too vulnerable to be attacked?

[What happened:]

What happened: Another shit DeFi project that copied contents from various sources plus using fake photo. There's no contract address published and their token sales are through shoppy.gg which is fishy enough, imo.

Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2864189
ANN Thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5281419.0
Archive: https://archive.is/fKB2i
Website Link: https://smartspec.finance/
Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20201011213407/https://smartspec.finance/

Whois Info: https://whois.domaintools.com/smartspec.finance/

Created on 2020-10-11
Expires on 2021-10-11
Updated on 2020-10-11

Flag type 1: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=2384

Original resources:
https://dappradar.com/ethereum/defi/core-vault
https://medium.com/@cvaulthiro/introducing-ccore-a-core-finance-clone-with-lower-supply-8b1c826484b4
https://medium.com/@nowex/xcore-liquidity-generation-event-now-is-live-f05f0b6f7688
https://en.witdesign.nl/our-team/

 

 

 

 

Additional Notes: Their response after I pointed out the copied contents to them

Hello, thanks for your interest. The smart contract is built on the same model.
End goal is different. We intend to connect various GPT markets with Decentralized Finance. Core protocol is a very good fit for our needs.
Please make sure to read the start of the about page.

We will issue a new self moderated thread soon to inform users we have similarities with other DeFI smart contracts.

[Note:]

Based on my curiosity after seeing some projects nor people on social media that use tipbot to giving away certain amounts of cryptocurrencies for their community, then I try to compile and share some of tipbots here that might you can use to giving cryptos for your social media community. Since I am not really good at making an introduction and can't write it in a long story, so just immediately we jump to the list

Note: I didn't affiliate with all of these tipbot services below, I just spreading words about their existences. All of the pieces of information on this topic are presented based on my own short views, maybe there are some of them not really accurate. Please do your own research before you start using it. It is not recommended to hold your funds for long periods of time at these services below, kindly move your funds asap after your tipping activities are done.

1. CoinKit

Coinkit is the most recent popular tipbot which is operated by Blockcurators GmbH, supports some various currencies and major social media platforms for crypto community.

Supported Currencies:
Bitcoin, Bitcoin (LN), Litecoin, Nimiq, Devault, Dogecoin, DigiByte, UFO, Trezarcoin, Tezos, Bittube, Feathercoin, BinanceCoin, QTUM, Nexus, ARK.

Supported Platforms:
Discord, Slack, Telegram, Twitter

Pros:
- PvP RPS (Rock, Paper, Scissors) game is available, only for slack.
- Support coins converting.
- Support Multi-Tips.
- Create and reedem gift codes.

Cons:
- All of the tips are executed at on-chain, you need to cover tx fee on each tip you do.
- Gift codes only supported on Twitter.

2. CCTip

CCTip is another most popular social media tipbot service among the internet and support major social media platforms as well. Probably CCTip is one of tipbot with the most features and the most coins listed (includes unexchangeable shitcoins).

Supported Currencies:
BTC, ETH, BCH, BSV, DASH, LTC, USDC, TRX, DOGE, WHALE, UNI, DAI, BAT, USDT, IDRT, etc.

Supported Platforms:
Discord, Reddit, Telegram, Twitter, WeChat

Pros:
- Free cross-platform transfer with "Fund Transfer" feature (need to bind the same email on each platform you have).
- Support swap and convert your coins/token.
- Support mobile iOS and Android app
- Anti-bot
- Daily rewards pool

Cons:
- Too many shitcoins

3. XRP TipBot

XRP TipBot was created by Wietse Wind (software developer from Netherlands) for XRP community in 2017.

Supported Currencies:
Ripple (XRP)

Supported Platforms:
Discord, Reddit, Twitter.

Pros:
- Support mobile iOS and Android app
- Have partnership with Uphold

Cons:
- Only support one currency
- Have to link an Uphold account (KYC/AML required)

4. tip.cc

tip.cc is a cryptocurrency tipbot dedicated for discord which was created around two years back, at the moment they are trying to make it wider by adding one platform more (Telegram, still on the process).

Supported Currencies:
BTC, ETH, BCH, DOGE, DGB, BTG, EOS, ETN, USDT, LTC, TRX, ALEX, USDC, etc.

Supported Platforms:
Discord

Pros:
- Support a lot of coins/tokens
- There's no minimums and no fees on tips
- Multi-tips

Cons:
- Only support one platform

5. WRKZ Tipbot

WRKZ tipbot has launched recently after a year of testing on discord, its an open source tipbot that created by WrkzCoin project.

Supported Currencies:
BTC, BCH, DASH, DOGE, LTC, XMR, LOKI, WRKZ, TRTL, DEGO and many more.

Supported Platforms:
Discord, Telegram

Pros:
- Faucet available
- No TX fees for tipping
- Have some games such as sokoban, 2048, etc.
- Create and reedem gift codes

Cons:
- Coins convert not available

6. RocketBot

RocketBot is the bot that bridges the divide between cryptocurrencies and social media, offering, among its features, a wallet for storing supported coins and exchanging them on social platforms.

Supported Currencies:
Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dash, Merge, Markist, and many more.

Supported Platforms:
Discord

Pros:
- Prices and markets tracker
- Coins exchange available
- No tipping fees

Cons:
- Only support one platform

7. Thenanobot

Thenanobot is a cryptocurrency tipbot that allows you to send and tipping NANO coins through Whatsapp.

Supported Currencies:
Nano

Supported Platforms:
Whatsapp

Pros:
- Nano prices tracker
- Faucet is available
- Address tracker (premium only)

Cons:
- Only support one platform
- Only support Nano coin

8. NanoTipBot

NanoTipBot allows users to send the Nano cryptocurrency to users using only their Twitter or Telegram handle.

Supported Currencies:
Nano

Supported Platforms:
Telegram, Twitter

Pros:
- Multi-languages
- Private tips (DM) is available

Cons:
- Only support Nano coin
- Multi-tips not supported

9. SmartCash TipBot

SmartCash TipBot is a bot that allows twitter/discord/twitch users to send SmartCash SMART to each other through comments/tweets/Stream Chat.

Supported Currencies:
SmartCash

Supported Platforms:
Discord, Twitch, Twitter, Steemit (coming soon)

Pros:
- SmartCash prices tracker (Discord only)

Cons:
- Only support one coin
- Multi-tips not supported



Refferences
https://coinkit.de/
https://wiki.coinkit.de/#getting-started
https://cctip.io/
https://doc.cctip.io/
https://selembardigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CCtip.jpg
https://www.xrptipbot.com/
https://coil.com/p/wietse/XRP-TipBot-Important-message-Action-required-/qXTjYub8d
https://twitter.com/WietseWind
https://i2.wp.com/allthingsxrp.com/kb/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/xrptipbot-large-300x139.png?resize=300%2C139
https://tip.cc/
https://www.wrkz.work/thread-302.html
https://twitter.com/wrkzdev
https://rocketbot.pro/
https://thenanobot.com/index
https://nanotipbot.com/
https://smartcash.cc/tip/#toggle-id-4

[What Happened:]

What Happened: Found FAKE uniswap airdrop website with malicious link inside

Refferences link:

Code:

https://uniswap-claim.com
https://yip.su/2omud3

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20201002164751/https://uniswap-claim.com/

Whois Info:

1 days old
Created on 2020-10-01
Expires on 2021-10-01
Updated on 2020-10-01

https://whois.domaintools.com/uniswap-claim.com

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/07781cf6908fb858f4d8093f8099fd474fca890146144cce1c07f64fec61b540/detection

[What happened:]

What happened: Today I found someone that advertising/selling MLM/Ponzi based smart contract script such as forsage on this forum

Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2857975
Website Link: https://maticz.com/
Archive: https://archive.is/Oiqug
ANN thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5278274
Archive: https://loyce.club/archive/posts/5526/55264936.html

https://whois.domaintools.com/maticz.com

208 days old
Created on 2020-03-01
Expires on 2021-03-01
Updated on 2020-03-01

[...]
There are two options is starting Smart Contract MLM like Forsage.io, They are:

Option - 1

Building a Smart Contract MLM platform from scratch (i.e) Building an MLM website and then by integrating Smart Contracts built on a blockchain platform.

Blockchain Platform – Based on the client’s requirements (Ethereum, TRON, EOS, NEO, etc…)

Professional Smart Contract Based MLM Development Company are there in market to build your MLM Platform.s

Option - 2

Get ready-made customizable Forsage Clone Script to kick-start your Smart Contract MLM platform in a week!

Forsage Clone Script is completely a white-label solution (Ethereum based) that looks & performs 100% similar to Forsage.io.

Forsage Clone script is a 100% Decentralized self-executing Ethereum Smart Contract MLM Clone Script, that enables you to Start a Smart Contract based Cryptocurrency MLM project on Ethereum blockchain that operates like forsage.io.

Forsage Tron Clone Script to Start TRON Smart Contract Based MLM like Forsage TRON.

Maticz’s Smart Contract MLM Software is designed in a way to support all types of MLM business plans like:

Ponzi or Pyramid MLM Plan

Binary MLM Plan

Broad MLM Plan

Matrix MLM Plan

Uni-level MLM plan

Hybrid MLM Plan

Australian Binary MLM Plan

Generation MLM Plan

Stair Step MLM Plan

Mono-line MLM Plan

Spill Over Binary MLM Plan

Australian X-Up MLM Plan

[What happened:]

What happened: Another FAKE Binance airdrop wherefore leveraging on recent defi hype

Website Link:

Code:

https://binance-defi.net/
https://binance-defi.net/btc/
https://binance-defi.net/eth/
https://binance-defi.net/tether/

Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20200918234057/https://binance-defi.net/
Domain Information: https://whois.domaintools.com/binance-defi.net

Created on 2020-09-18
Expires on 2021-09-18
Updated on 2020-09-18

 



 

[What happened:]

What happened: Plagiarized website contents, pharaparshing some contents such as app information and roadmap of Xfinance website.

Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2676424 (I guess he just promote it)
ANN Thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5275306.0 (archive)
Website Link: https://rfinance.io/ (archive)
Domain Information: https://whois.domaintools.com/rfinance.io

12 days old
Created on 2020-09-06
Expires on 2021-09-06
Updated on 2020-09-06

Copied content:
https://xfinance.io/ (archive)

 

Additional Notes:
Both RFinance and XFinance ANN thread was created by the same account and I guess XFinance also a scam project which was created to deceive people in the current defi hype.
Edit:
The prev ANN was locked (all of the contents inside been deleted as well) and create new one

New ANN Thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5276907 (archive)
Pofile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2852348

[1. Regulators]

Did you feel confused with the title? Perhaps not since most of you already talking about it lately and based on that I'm trying to discover what are the things makes people putting their money into defi. Anyway "the fi" was inspired by the latest newsletter from shitcoin.com

1. Regulators
In July, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made a major change by approving defi project for the first time (Arca - built on ethereum blockchain). This is welcome and important sign, since the major challenges in financial innovation is the hostile environment created by old regulations written for an olden era.

2. Mainstream players are getting involved
There are some high financial institutions are starting to accept defi and looking for a ways to participate in. For example, 75 major banks are trialling blockchain payments network as part of the Interbank Information Network, including JP Morgan, ANZ and Royal Bank of Canada. Aside from that, major asset management funds are starting to take defi seriously as well. Most prominent is Grayscale which is one of the largest crypto investment fund.

3. COVID-19
The pandemic has encouraged global interest rates even lower. In this case, defi potentially offers higher returns e.g compound has been offering an annualized interest rate of 6.75% for those who save with tether. Not only get interest, you also receive Comp tokens which is an additional attraction.

Read the full article here - https://theconversation.com/what-is-defi-and-why-is-it-the-hottest-ticket-in-cryptocurrencies-144883

[What happened:]

What happened: FAKE/Phishing stellar airdrop with possibility of malware inside

Website Link:

Code:

https://claim-stellar.com

Archive: https://archive.is/17xZD

Possible Malware:

Code:

https://yip.su/2oiay3

Website Information: There is no many informations on whois

Deleted And Available Again

Source: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/a1377ae8b92034a54147ddc68c39408d310ca29195702c65547911aed56d8833/detection

[What happened:]

What happened: Another DeFi project with plagiarized website contents

Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2846644
ANN Thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5272028
Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20200828183635/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5272028

Website: https://torchnet.online/
Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20200828183111/https://torchnet.online/

Original Source: https://defipie.com/

Support/oppose the flag: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=2271

 

 

 

 

Firstly I want to say that I am not really familiar or having any experience with a trading bot
Recently I had seen a trading bot service^[1] that offering ROI on average up to 25% in my opinion it was too good to be true since according to the practical comparison of bots^[2] made by PremiumCodeX it only has an average 10% ROI.

So, what do you think about that service? And what are your main points when choosing a bot?

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5270562.0
[2] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1944274.0

[What happened:]

What happened: I found this user a few months back and he was promoting a fishy site at the time, after seeing his post history he also doing the same thing last year

Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=13817
Reference Link:
1. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5163966.0 (Archive)
2. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5258464.0 (Archive)

Today I have received a message from my friend about this project. She told take a look.

My thoughts: Damn, again some shit.

First thing which I liked - it is based on Ethereum blockchain Smart Contract. All is transparent.

Risk? I can loose my 0.05 ETH (15$ on current rate) will be returned with the first referral.
My TX https://etherscan.io/tx/0x9cc0b2e3a5448b671dc0024fd7d45d4fab040441f991bcdacaa5efc98c6a9e0a

Potential worth - more then 100 ETH. Only 1k participants now.

Will be posting report here regularly.

Join us. Will help to understand whole process.

BTW very detailed instructions and registration are on the website

Additional Notes:
- He usually active once per year (probably already inactive for now) and every times when woke up from his long sleep he always promoting a scam site.
- The first site that he promote still active until now
- The second site already down

[What happened:]

What happened: Ponzi Scheme Oferring ROI 130% daily up to 300% per 3 days

Website Link:

Code:

https://minersexpert.uk

Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20200823041830/https://minersexpert.uk/

Domain Information: https://whois.domaintools.com/minersexpert.uk

18 days old
Created on 2020-08-04
Expires on 2021-08-04
Updated on 2020-08-04

As you can see from the image above, they also displaying fake stats (the online days) on the site