#数字资产市场动态 Malicious Address Recognition Becomes a Standard in Wallets, Security Defense Further Upgraded

Recently, there has been industry discussion suggesting that crypto wallets should take on more responsibility for risk prevention. Simply put: before users make a transfer, wallets should be able to automatically identify and alert known scam addresses, or even directly intercept the transaction. This is not a new concept, but there are still few products that have truly implemented it.

Some leading exchanges' wallets have already put this mechanism into place—when a user attempts to transfer to a blacklisted address, the system immediately pops up a risk warning. It sounds simple, but the underlying logic is quite complex. You need to maintain a real-time malicious address database and have the ability to update it continuously. What would be an ideal solution? The industry could establish a joint security information sharing mechanism, where everyone collaborates to maintain a blacklist database that wallet providers can access.

This idea is quite good, but what about reality? Competitive pressure is there. Wallet software developers compete with each other, and truly collaborating to maintain a unified scam address database is easier said than done—each has their own concerns. But on the other hand, someone has already taken the lead, and that’s progress.

For ordinary users, this kind of security upgrade is truly a blessing. Many beginners have lost their assets due to a wrong address—it's heartbreaking. If wallets can help screen these risks, at least they can block a large portion of low-level scams. Of course, this also highlights an important issue: in the crypto market, self-protection awareness always comes first. Wallet protection is just the second line of defense; your own vigilance is the final fortress.