Topic: Are airdrops safe? - page 12. (Read 9486 times)
As for me ,doing bounties of a few interesting projects is much much more profitable than taking part in hundreds airdrops.But I have never had any issues with security of airdrops ,all of them were safe.
Participate in airdrop sometimes is very good and safe unless you do not send your private key, or required KYC, be aware that one scam project required KYC to stolen your identity.
Frankly speaking, this is entirely to do with our choice of Airdrop Campaign, if the selection is not good, it will not be helping anyone. However, if we make better selection, it will certainly help us to gain. If we join up random Airdrop Campaign, it will just take us nowhere, so this is where it is so vital that we put efforts into figuring out if it’s worthy or not and proceed only if we are certain, it’s not just about gains but also time which could be lost otherwise.
Yeah they are not any harm for me. If you are not sharing too much of your data like KYC or even private key for an airdrop. They normally need wallet information and some online identification that it. But now a days they are nothing but wasting of time for me. Most of the airdrops are priceless or so little in price that you can even changed it to othr coins. So I'd ont recommend airdrops now. So in my opinion they are not harmful but they not worthy of time.
Only few airdrops are legitimate and profitable, others might include phising links from hackers. Any airdrop offers with suspicious links should be avoided and that includes offer that require signing messages, they should be investigated instead. Rewards from real airdrops is small compared to bounties and it takes time before it is finally distributed.
The truth is u have to be careful of some links, u may not be aware they malicious links, but they are sent out to steal your information. And another thing is don't send any BTC or ETH to any Airdrop. Airdrop is supposed to be free, they can only ask u to do some tasks for you to get your tokens
even this one you questioning guys? instead of being thankful, duh! It's just a rewards and your just need claim it. How could it be unsafe?? Anyway. people nowadays are full of negativity thats why the complains and rants will be never ended!
The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.
Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?
I think sign message is not affect on bitcoin transaction. Because it is only prove that we are the owner of the address. And in bitcointalk, we do sign message too if we want and no problem come with it. And it is really helpful when we lose our account. Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?
I don't know of course some of them are genuine and most of them are scams so be careful before you try to do an airdrop.
You have to beware of airdrops that come up with any kind of signing stuff. It's taking them directly to your wallet address and if you have valuable tokens there, they will all be gone in a minute.
I dont think therw is any harm in filling out airdrop forms that do not require your private keys. Yes it might be free but you have to be guided. Exposing your private key in the process of filling a form is a no no
I prefer to join social media campaigns and participate in ICO or IEO projects with my own trust managers, rather than joining various airdrops where the results cannot necessarily be traded while we get them by doing KYC which I think is very detrimental because we don't know what was done to our identity after the campaign ended.
Most of the airdrop we have now are not safe anymore, it is either somebody somewhere is trying to steal the information of the people or someone somewhere is trying hard to scam the people, beware.
I never experienced something that i need to sign in to prove that i own the wallet, however there's some that are asking private key which is already a big red flag. Airdrops are meant to be free for all so if they're asking for a sign in or private key avoid it.
Back at the end of 2017 in early 2018, airdrop helped me earn a huge sum of money from the simple requirements of the project, at the time I thought airdrop was great, safe and made a lot of money. But now, a lot of airdrop shows take place, the project scams a lot, besides the airdrop stealing our information, some of it steals our data through software that needs downloading. when participating in the airdrop program
Usually airdrop forms don't ask for private keys. Though sometimes it can explore the identity of a person but it's
impossible to get your coins without accessing your wallet. If any airdrop form ask you to fill it with private keys that means it's a scam. Beware of them and you'll be safe.
impossible to get your coins without accessing your wallet. If any airdrop form ask you to fill it with private keys that means it's a scam. Beware of them and you'll be safe.
When i first joined the airdrop program as a newbie i saw some forms which allows me sign in message, like a way to use my private key to unlock rewards, cos i was too careful i wasn't a victim.
I always associate with Aidrop which has been printed on the exchange to prevent airdrop from being paid. for me time must be appreciated.
besides that KYC is a part that must be avoided when joining airdrop.
besides that KYC is a part that must be avoided when joining airdrop.
The way they usually work is they give you some string and you sign it to prove you own the address.
Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?
Could a malicious air drop make a transaction sending all your BTC to them, and then you sign it, and then they broadcast it to the network?
Or is signing a message different than signing a transaction?
I can't recall any airdrop asking to sign in then when I was still into it, I stopped I don't see it any good again. Majority of Airdrops now are Scam. Don't sign in to anything for any Airdrop
I think they are safe, as long as we don't enter excessive identities that will only be priced a few dollars, because it is feared that in some projects that are scam and in the name of ourselves. Therefore it is more researched in reading the whitepaper and reviewing the experts to enter airdrop.
I would say 8 from 10 airdrops are scam or they need just your personal data to sell it in darknet or for kyc purpose. Don't waste your time, better spend this time with your family.
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