Etherscan Community Poll

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Etherscan Community Poll - March 2022

This month's quiz covers 'spoof' tokens - making it appear as if a token transfer was done by someone else. Answer the questions and you'll stand a chance to win $10 in ETH (don't worry about getting them right, but do click on View Accuracy for more learning!).

Responses should be made by 31 March 2022 to be in the running.

Is the block explorer being spoofed by these fake tokens? *

No; the block explorer shows data following the ERC-20 standard, some users are getting spoofed

No; these are legitimate tokens that are not spoofing

Yes; the block explorer is showing the wrong tokens transferred

Yes; the From and To fields are reversed for transactions involving these tokens

What is the difference between spoof and spam tokens? *

Spoof tokens make it look as if they are being sent From another address whereas spam tokens are simply sent To that address

There is no difference between the two

Spoof tokens have their contracts verified while spam tokens do not

One applies only for ERC-20 tokens while the other applies only for NFTs

What is an example of a legitimate token transfer that may appear as if it was a spoof? *

Transaction throwing a revert error asking user to go to another website

Using a smart contract to send tokens to many addresses in bulk

Mint of a pre-revealed NFT

Address that initiates the transaction does not match the token transfer From address

What are some harms caused by 'spoofing'? *

Bad user experience when exploring an address's token page

Increases the chances of a contentious hard fork

A user may be tricked into buying a worthless token

Slows down the speed of the blockchain

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How should Etherscan better support handling of these 'spoof' tokens?

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Not sure what these questions are about? Read the links below for reference:

https://blog.mycrypto.com/bad-actors-abusing-etherscan-to-trick-you
https://twitter.com/cryptocatvc/status/1498406376309235713?s=21

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