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AI agents are becoming capable of meaningful work, from generating media to executing complex workflows. As they begin generating real economic value, the next step is enabling them to escrow payments and settle work trustlessly through standards like ERC-8183.

At Etherscan, we've enabled Address Cards across 30+ explorers we support, along with preset filters for common projects and actions.

This issue, we look at the rise of address poisoning attacks on Ethereum and the one rule to follow to protect yourself.

Address Poisoning Attacks Are Rising on Ethereum

Address poisoning attacks are becoming more widespread on Ethereum as automation and lower transaction costs enable high-volume scams. We go through:

• How Address Poisoning Campaigns Have Evolved
• Why They Are So Easy To Run At Scale
• One Simple Rule To Remember To Protect Yourself

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Earn on your crypto with Nexo

Nexo is a digital wealth platform that enables clients to generate interest, borrow against their crypto, and trade a range of digital assets. It is returning to the U.S. with an enhanced platform and 30-day access to exclusive privileges for new clients. Geographic restrictions and terms apply.

Introducing Strawmap, a Strawman Roadmap by EF Protocol

The Strawmap offers a holistic view of potential long-term Ethereum L1 upgrades for researchers, developers, and governance participants.

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How Crypto Actually Works: The Missing Manual

A free, open-source book that explains how crypto works. Up to date and comprehensive, with 15 chapters covering the key concepts in crypto.

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The Aave DAO Civil War

Aave DAO key contributors BGD Labs and ACI exit over concerns that Aave Labs has gained too much control over the protocol's direction and treasury.

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Uniswap Win Sets New Legal Precedent for DeFi

U.S. judge dismisses Uniswap scam token class action, reinforcing that open-source developers are not liable when scammers misuse their code.

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Visualization of AI Agent Swarms Looking for the Best Yield

Giza World shows a real-time view of its autonomous agents managing capital onchain and moving funds between markets to optimize yield.

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OpenZeppelin Skills

9 AI agent skills for secure smart contract development using OpenZeppelin Contracts libraries, including project setup and upgrades.

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Uniswap AI

7 AI agent skills giving structured access to core Uniswap protocol actions, including hooks, trading, CCA, swap and liquidity planner.

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evmresearch - a Structured Agentic Knowledge Graph

It maps the EVM ecosystem, covering Solidity, vulnerabilities, exploits, security patterns, and DeFi mechanics as a reference for EVM security.

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The Complete Evolution of Decentralized Finance

This paper surveys the evolution of DeFi, its core protocols, and underlying mechanics, from early experiments to a $130B onchain financial ecosystem.

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Transaction: Claiming ETH From a Decade-Old Contract

cart00n.eth reverse-engineered the 2015 FunDistributor contract and claimed ~$0.36 worth of ETH that had sat untouched for over a decade.

Address: EF Made a 2,016 ETH Staking Deposit

This marks the start of staking ~70,000 ETH from its treasury to earn rewards for the EF treasury while helping secure Ethereum.

As the world goes onchain, here are some apps you can explore:

Ambire
A smart wallet designed to make self-custody easier, with features like transaction batching, programmable account logic built on EIP-7702, and a chain-abstracted Gas Tank.

Virtuals Protocol
A platform for launching AI agents that can be tokenized, transact onchain, coordinate work through the Agent Commerce Protocol, and earn revenue as autonomous economic actors.

Note: We're highlighting apps by the community, please do your own research before using them!

Get verifiable insights into an address's trust and reputation
On the address page in Etherscan, open the Cards tab and look for zScore - Reputation Score. The Reputation Passport shows an analysis of the address's onchain behavior and persona.

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