Dormant 2015 Ethereum wallet moves $4.6M, avoids address-poisoning scam

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An Ethereum wallet dating back to the network's 2015 launch became active and transferred $4.6 million. Automated bots detected the movement almost immediately and inserted lookalike addresses into the wallet's transaction history, a tactic known as address poisoning. The owner nonetheless sent the funds to the intended recipient rather than to the impostor address. The episode shows how quickly scammers now react to long-dormant wallets waking up on-chain.

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