Can't MetaMask be trusted from now on?

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Quote from: Quidat on April 07, 2022, 04:15:32 PM

Quote from: ultrloa on April 07, 2022, 08:11:21 AM

Quote from: Ararbermas on April 06, 2022, 02:45:55 PM

Correct @rodskee, while you it's not too late OP dump your money in it then find new one to store because infact it's the only one decentralized wallet that available in app stores. And of course bear in mind to pick which is good as well to use within the country because i have doubts there's something wrong with metamask in your country reason all of you have the same issue when it comes to it.

Btw i am a metamask user as well and that's my common wallet when it comes play2 earn games but so far i don't have such problems and i never see such errors when everyday i'm using it.

I guess majority use metamask for NFT games and I guess this issues didn't occur to anyone since I never also encounter such issues. Maybe I will just take precaution on it and never store anything huge amount on metamask. Also before blaming some platform maybe we should check first the platforms where we connect our metamask since sometimes that is the reason why we experience bad for using it so I guess for this we need to be careful also.

Not really that surprising that there would really be some blaming time on a service or wallet or something which is something decentralized whenever they had lost their assets or being
exploited or being hacked because of their own error and now they do really give out the blame which is totally inappropriate.I do still trust Metamask and in most cases into those
lost assets are mostly been caused by human error.We should really be that mindful in safe keeping of our keys or phrases if you dont like to experience some problems.

Its part of defensive mechanism that to blame other on what mistake they do so I think this kind of issue is not totally a problem with metamask since if there's some exploits or problem happened to them for sure they announce it and warn their users about what currently happen to them. But for seeing this issue I guess the problem is with the user since for so many Defi projects and NFT airdrops where you need to connect your wallet for getting those or play for sure one of them compromised some users.

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Quote from: Quidat on April 07, 2022, 04:15:32 PM

Quote from: ultrloa on April 07, 2022, 08:11:21 AM

Quote from: Ararbermas on April 06, 2022, 02:45:55 PM

Correct @rodskee, while you it's not too late OP dump your money in it then find new one to store because infact it's the only one decentralized wallet that available in app stores. And of course bear in mind to pick which is good as well to use within the country because i have doubts there's something wrong with metamask in your country reason all of you have the same issue when it comes to it.

Btw i am a metamask user as well and that's my common wallet when it comes play2 earn games but so far i don't have such problems and i never see such errors when everyday i'm using it.

I guess majority use metamask for NFT games and I guess this issues didn't occur to anyone since I never also encounter such issues. Maybe I will just take precaution on it and never store anything huge amount on metamask. Also before blaming some platform maybe we should check first the platforms where we connect our metamask since sometimes that is the reason why we experience bad for using it so I guess for this we need to be careful also.

Not really that surprising that there would really be some blaming time on a service or wallet or something which is something decentralized whenever they had lost their assets or being
exploited or being hacked because of their own error and now they do really give out the blame which is totally inappropriate.I do still trust Metamask and in most cases into those
lost assets are mostly been caused by human error.We should really be that mindful in safe keeping of our keys or phrases if you dont like to experience some problems.

The problem with the Metamask wallet is that it has almost a monopoly on the field so that it has no real competitor in the market. Which explains the panic that afflicts users whenever news appears about them.
There are many services that use Metamask, such as trading platforms and platforms connected to the Ethereum network. Not having an alternative to this wallet makes users a real problem because they will have to trust it.

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Quote from: ultrloa on April 07, 2022, 08:11:21 AM

Quote from: Ararbermas on April 06, 2022, 02:45:55 PM

Correct @rodskee, while you it's not too late OP dump your money in it then find new one to store because infact it's the only one decentralized wallet that available in app stores. And of course bear in mind to pick which is good as well to use within the country because i have doubts there's something wrong with metamask in your country reason all of you have the same issue when it comes to it.

Btw i am a metamask user as well and that's my common wallet when it comes play2 earn games but so far i don't have such problems and i never see such errors when everyday i'm using it.

I guess majority use metamask for NFT games and I guess this issues didn't occur to anyone since I never also encounter such issues. Maybe I will just take precaution on it and never store anything huge amount on metamask. Also before blaming some platform maybe we should check first the platforms where we connect our metamask since sometimes that is the reason why we experience bad for using it so I guess for this we need to be careful also.

Not really that surprising that there would really be some blaming time on a service or wallet or something which is something decentralized whenever they had lost their assets or being
exploited or being hacked because of their own error and now they do really give out the blame which is totally inappropriate.I do still trust Metamask and in most cases into those
lost assets are mostly been caused by human error.We should really be that mindful in safe keeping of our keys or phrases if you dont like to experience some problems.

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Quote from: Ararbermas on April 06, 2022, 02:45:55 PM

Correct @rodskee, while you it's not too late OP dump your money in it then find new one to store because infact it's the only one decentralized wallet that available in app stores. And of course bear in mind to pick which is good as well to use within the country because i have doubts there's something wrong with metamask in your country reason all of you have the same issue when it comes to it.

Btw i am a metamask user as well and that's my common wallet when it comes play2 earn games but so far i don't have such problems and i never see such errors when everyday i'm using it.

I guess majority use metamask for NFT games and I guess this issues didn't occur to anyone since I never also encounter such issues. Maybe I will just take precaution on it and never store anything huge amount on metamask. Also before blaming some platform maybe we should check first the platforms where we connect our metamask since sometimes that is the reason why we experience bad for using it so I guess for this we need to be careful also.

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Correct @rodskee, while you it's not too late OP dump your money in it then find new one to store because infact it's the only one decentralized wallet that available in app stores. And of course bear in mind to pick which is good as well to use within the country because i have doubts there's something wrong with metamask in your country reason all of you have the same issue when it comes to it.

Btw i am a metamask user as well and that's my common wallet when it comes play2 earn games but so far i don't have such problems and i never see such errors when everyday i'm using it.

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Quote from: 5W-KILO on March 11, 2022, 12:13:30 PM

Unfortunately metamask wallet is no more decentralized, I will now call this a practice of a closed source wallet, users from Iran and Venezuela are reporting problems with accessing their digital wallets with hundreds of users saying none of their transactions sent through MetaMask was successful, unfortunately metamask is now a closed source wallet fully centralised..

https://cryptoslate.com/metamask-blocks-ethereum-transactions-in-several-jurisdictions-citing-compliance-issues/

Then you should stop using their wallets as there are so many options to choose in which Decentralized still.

I don't want to be a user that needed to make this as an issue when the company's decision is valid and legit, maybe we used to believe and trust their decentralization in the past but we must understand the business is business and they will do what ever they think best for the company's interest .

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Quote from: Taskford on April 02, 2022, 07:02:42 AM

Quote from: Chato1977 on April 02, 2022, 05:35:23 AM

Quote from: 5W-KILO on March 11, 2022, 12:13:30 PM

Unfortunately metamask wallet is no more decentralized, I will now call this a practice of a closed source wallet, users from Iran and Venezuela are reporting problems with accessing their digital wallets with hundreds of users saying none of their transactions sent through MetaMask was successful, unfortunately metamask is now a closed source wallet fully centralised..

https://cryptoslate.com/metamask-blocks-ethereum-transactions-in-several-jurisdictions-citing-compliance-issues/

I can't say anything more because i stopped using Metamask years ago, but having those issues now? i think i will definitely prevent from using this once again as i planned of doing recently but the problem now makes me decide the opposite ways

Some of my NFT collection are in metamask and so far I didn't experience on what OP trying to point out and what we can say here is maybe he pick the wrong metamask since cloning it is so rampant and might he got caught by one of them.

But eventhough we didn't experience this kind of issue still we need to be careful on the balances or collection we store there and always vigilant upon clicking the right link and avoid get phished.

At first, I am also thinking about that but then realized they can actually put limitations on their service in any specific region. Actually, metamask use infura to access the blockchain, and infura is unavailable in a certain area due to jurisdictions. I think metamask has nothing to do with it except changing infura if possible. We should wait for an official statement from metamask.

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Quote from: Kavelj22 on March 20, 2022, 05:46:12 PM

From what i could understand, even by using a VPN, it's not possible to use the app from one of the restricted regions.
The extension becomes more powerful to detect the ip from the operating system of your device. This proves that MetaMask wasn't a decentralized app since its lunch and that it can be controlled by a centralized power.
Till now, it's not yet clear which regions are banned from using the app and for what reasons, as Russian users seems to be not in the list of the restricted countries. However we can find Iran and Syria as well, and this was confirmed by users from my local board who live in Syria.

When using a VPN, and a site like ipleak.net can't tell the real ip, then MetaMask doesn't know it too. Perhaps it sends data about language setting of operating system or browser to the server that has the node. Or worse, the node could have a blacklist of Eth addresses that have been used from these regions in the past. Or proxyban, then only some VPN should be affected.

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Well, it seems that it's on the news since last week that they've been blocking some areas of concern. I still don't know how they've become like that.
I'm looking for some threads and articles that will explain how and why metamask has become like this. There were only a few articles about it and I've got to do some digging as to why they've acted like being centralized such as what OP has brought into attention.

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Quote from: Chato1977 on April 02, 2022, 05:35:23 AM

Quote from: 5W-KILO on March 11, 2022, 12:13:30 PM

Unfortunately metamask wallet is no more decentralized, I will now call this a practice of a closed source wallet, users from Iran and Venezuela are reporting problems with accessing their digital wallets with hundreds of users saying none of their transactions sent through MetaMask was successful, unfortunately metamask is now a closed source wallet fully centralised..

https://cryptoslate.com/metamask-blocks-ethereum-transactions-in-several-jurisdictions-citing-compliance-issues/

I can't say anything more because i stopped using Metamask years ago, but having those issues now? i think i will definitely prevent from using this once again as i planned of doing recently but the problem now makes me decide the opposite ways

Some of my NFT collection are in metamask and so far I didn't experience on what OP trying to point out and what we can say here is maybe he pick the wrong metamask since cloning it is so rampant and might he got caught by one of them.

But eventhough we didn't experience this kind of issue still we need to be careful on the balances or collection we store there and always vigilant upon clicking the right link and avoid get phished.

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Quote from: 5W-KILO on March 11, 2022, 12:13:30 PM

Unfortunately metamask wallet is no more decentralized, I will now call this a practice of a closed source wallet, users from Iran and Venezuela are reporting problems with accessing their digital wallets with hundreds of users saying none of their transactions sent through MetaMask was successful, unfortunately metamask is now a closed source wallet fully centralised..

https://cryptoslate.com/metamask-blocks-ethereum-transactions-in-several-jurisdictions-citing-compliance-issues/

I can't say anything more because i stopped using Metamask years ago, but having those issues now? i think i will definitely prevent from using this once again as i planned of doing recently but the problem now makes me decide the opposite ways

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Quote from: Kavelj22 on March 20, 2022, 05:46:12 PM

This proves that MetaMask wasn't a decentralized app since its lunch and that it can be controlled by a centralized power.

Looks like you misunderstood the Metamask problem here, you better read the responses of some of the members above or read the full news. This also only happens on the ETH network, not with other networks. The only solution is to replace it with an alternative RPC or run your own local node, then your Metamask will be decentralized again. Find alternative RPC here: https://rpc.info. There are some RPC server that may not be listed, please use google search.

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Quote from: jc12345 on March 13, 2022, 03:22:11 PM

How sure are you that it is Metmask itself that is blocking the people from sanctioned countries? Is it not perhaps the browser or the IP address that gets blocked before it hits Metamask?

From what i could understand, even by using a VPN, it's not possible to use the app from one of the restricted regions.
The extension becomes more powerful to detect the ip from the operating system of your device. This proves that MetaMask wasn't a decentralized app since its lunch and that it can be controlled by a centralized power.
Till now, it's not yet clear which regions are banned from using the app and for what reasons, as Russian users seems to be not in the list of the restricted countries. However we can find Iran and Syria as well, and this was confirmed by users from my local board who live in Syria.

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How sure are you that it is Metmask itself that is blocking the people from sanctioned countries? Is it not perhaps the browser or the IP address that gets blocked before it hits Metamask?

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This is caution, so forward on MetaMask could access denied our transactions also restricted any region to use their services as centralized exchange does! This is horrible feelings after reading such statement from affected users. Those countries yet not affected but might be possible also affected later on, should make a move and report it to their administration. Anyway, Is it still safe to use or need to pick any other options?

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Quote from: Jawhead999 on March 13, 2022, 03:44:32 AM

But from this news we need to learn Metamask doesn't fully open source, similar like Trust wallet... partially open and closed source. It seems you must have a hardware wallet if you want to hold altcoins.

Care to explain more why do you think Metamask is partially open sourced? Their browser extension as does the mobile app are still being maintained and developed publicly, seems they are still going that way for me. The issue is their RPC node which is Infura, which is the one who responsible. The problem is when Metamask wipes the RPC custom settings functionally, then it will get worse.

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This is interesting, many people said Metamask is open source non custodial wallet... it can be said as the best free wallet for Ethereum and other chains token, similar like how Electrum is the best free wallet for Bitcoin. But from this news we need to learn Metamask doesn't fully open source, similar like Trust wallet... partially open and closed source. It seems you must have a hardware wallet if you want to hold altcoins.

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There is open source alternative in making called, 'tally'[1] - there will be incentives for people to move from metamask and also airdrop for people who swap in early access.

[1] https://tally.cash

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Quote from: AB de Royse777 on March 12, 2022, 12:27:05 PM

Quote from: cryptoaddictchie on March 12, 2022, 01:09:40 AM

Never heard of it. But will look into this, Ive been a metamask user and so far I dont have much complain when using it except sometime when RPC isnt working. But the problem on stuck or block transaction if its real then its a serious problem. Everyone has been using this wallet for altcoin and for me its the most convenient one but if its compromise metamask should give feedback or response on this kind of issue.

I do not know how their technology works but for tokens in bounty management I use them. In fact for some established coins I use them with my Ledger wallet. My question is - with Ledger wallet am I still in danger?

No you should be fine with other wallets. Just avoid using metamask or connect to it via another wallet until things get more clear.
The most doubtful part is that there is no official announcement from the team working on it. Honestly, i didn't think that this is even possible with metamask without having access to the navigator in which it's installed.

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Quote from: cryptoaddictchie on March 12, 2022, 01:09:40 AM

Never heard of it. But will look into this, Ive been a metamask user and so far I dont have much complain when using it except sometime when RPC isnt working. But the problem on stuck or block transaction if its real then its a serious problem. Everyone has been using this wallet for altcoin and for me its the most convenient one but if its compromise metamask should give feedback or response on this kind of issue.

I do not know how their technology works but for tokens in bounty management I use them. In fact for some established coins I use them with my Ledger wallet. My question is - with Ledger wallet am I still in danger?

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