Address poisoners target a 2015 genesis Ethereum wallet minutes after its test payment

Just under 3 minutes after an Ethereum wallet from the network’s 2015 genesis block sent funds for the first time in 11 years, scammers started spraying dust at it. The owner moved 2,154.94 ETH, worth some $4.6 million at the time, to the right place, disregarding the lookalike addresses. Two lookalikes ending in 1A44 copied the new recipient The address first obtained ether in Ethereum’s genesis block in July 2015, and another 755 ETH in March 2016. It didn’t send anything until late Monday, when it fired off a $106 test payment of 0.05 ETH at 22:04 UTC. Whale Alert flagged the transaction as a dormant pre-mine address with 2,155 ETH that has been active again after 11.3 years.

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