Dormant Ethereum Wallet Moves $4.6M Safely, Dodging Address-Poisoning Scam

TL;DR An Ethereum wallet dormant since the network’s 2015 launch moved 2,154.94 ETH worth about $4.6 million after first sending a small test transaction. Within three minutes, attackers launched an address-poisoning attempt using lookalike addresses and repeated dust transfers designed to contaminate the wallet’s transaction history. The owner avoided the trap, verified the destination with another transfer and ultimately sent the full balance to the intended address without losing funds. An Ethereum wallet dating to the network’s 2015 launch moved about $4.6 million in ETH after more than a decade without an outgoing transaction, while avoiding an address-poisoning attempt that appeared within minutes. The wallet address first received ether in Ethereum’s genesis block and later accumulated another 755 ETH in March 2016.

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