Trust Wallet Launches Automatic Address Poisoning Protection on 32 EVM Chains

Trust Wallet recently announced the full deployment of an automatic address poisoning protection mechanism in its wallet client, covering 32 EVM-compatible blockchain networks, including Ethereum, BSC, and Polygon. This feature intelligently identifies abnormal transaction address patterns and proactively blocks maliciously constructed similar addresses, effectively reducing the risk of fund loss due to address copy errors or phishing attacks. This protection system is based on a continuously updated threat intelligence library, which can analyze the character similarity of on-chain addresses, transaction history behavior, and community reporting data in real time. Once potential "address poisoning" attack signs are detected, the system will immediately pop up a high-risk warning, preventing users from transferring funds to suspicious addresses. Compared with the traditional protection method that relies solely on manual verification by users, this automated mechanism significantly improves the response speed and coverage of security protection.

In recent years, address poisoning attacks have been on the rise in the crypto space. Attackers often use visually similar addresses (such as replacing "a" with "@" or subtle letter differences) to induce users to mistakenly transfer assets. According to security agencies, losses caused by such attacks exceeded $10 million in 2023, mainly concentrated in DeFi News user groups with high-frequency transactions. This upgrade by Trust Wallet is a systematic response to this common risk. As a leading wallet service provider in the industry, Trust Wallet has built a multi-layered security system covering multiple modules such as private key encrypted storage, transaction signature verification, and anti-phishing domain name detection. The addition of address poisoning protection further strengthens its technological barrier in user asset protection and provides a reference security practice paradigm for other wallet platforms.