I've been seeing a number of 1 sat deposits in my wallet. Thanks, I guess.
But it makes me wonder...
What stops a bad actor from spamming wallets with 1 sat deposits, to abuse or harass someone via the message field?
Seems a ridiculously cheap, low cost attack.
You wouldn't want to abandon the wallet, if others had the address cached and it could still receive legitimate transaction.
Abuse concerns are something nostr / lightning / wallets will have to address if they want serious public adoption.
#infosec #dev #client #lightning #abuse
/ Innocent Bystander
npub1yn…zdky6
2023-09-09 23:17:07
Author Public Key
npub1yn80la48xacksarttgudx6d4lczj4njzt8lr0t6zy6x3w04k4ztquzdky6Published at
2023-09-09 23:17:07Event JSON
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