Burnt My $500k Stack: Dodge The Latest Scam Alert in Ethereum's Smart Contracts

[Rajesh]

Guys, I just got burned for a half mil on the new Ethereum contract that was "guaranteed" to make me a quick million. It looked legit, even got recommended by a popular 'influencer' in the space, but it turns out it was a complete scam. Does anyone have any insight on what went wrong, or was this a straight-up hack?

 

[TopLevel]

Discussion: strategies

 

[andis6666]

Thoughts on best practices?

 

[Yasgio]

Discussion: new trends

 

[mfm]

Dude, that's crazy! I've been noticing some sketchy contract behavior too, think we need to get the devs to investigate ASAP. Anyone got a link to the specific contract that got hacked?

 

[ildar513]

Thoughts on new trends?

 

[nels]

What's your take on new trends?

 

[gayka]

Anyone experienced with best practices?

 

[Luchka]

Anyone experienced with opportunities?

 

[POVILITEL]

Thoughts on market updates?

 

[ghostlamer]

Discussion: market updates

 

[Kostya1]

Anyone experienced with new trends?

 

[Анатолий90]

Thoughts on new trends?

 

[Alexx7]

Dude, I feel for ya. I was hit by the same issue last week, lost $30k on a fake yield farm. Definitely going to be more careful with smart contracts in the future, you live and learn

 

[vladis6]

Discussion: best practices

 

[dkvnai48]

Yooo, got hit by a similar thing last week, 100k burned, thanks for the warning bro. Can't stress enough how important it is to audit and review smart contracts manually, no matter how legit they look. Anyone have a good resource for contract audit tools?

 

[saclv06y]

Dude, I feel you. I just got hit by a fake validator trying to squeeze some ETH from my stack. Anybody got info on the specific smart contract involved so we can make a collective report?

 

[Кейт]

Dude, that's a crazy 1st world problem. Was it a honeypot trap or a legit vulnerability? Anybody confirm the audit results yet?

 

[olavBY]

Dude, I feel your pain. Just had a friend lose a pretty penny in a similar scam. You should reach out to the Ethereum dev team, they might be able to help you recover some of your funds.