Web3 Security Glossary
Your comprehensive guide to understanding Web3 and onchain security terminology.
Address Poisoning
A deceptive tactic malicious actors use to trick users into sending cryptocurrency to an incorrect address.
Blind Signing
Blind Signing refers to the act of approving a transaction on a hardware wallet without full visibility of its details.
Bypass
A term used by malicious actors to describe methods that allow drainers to prompt a malicious transaction without the transaction being flagged by security providers.
Decentralized Application (dApp)
A website that uses the blockchain as its backend infrastructure, allowing users to perform onchain interactions such as reading onchain state or executing smart contract functions.
Hardware Wallet
A hardware wallet is a secure physical device for storing cryptocurrency private keys offline, safeguarding them from online threats such as hacking.
JSON-RPC
A protocol used for making remote procedure calls in a simple, stateless, and lightweight format. Used in blockchain environments for communication between clients and servers, enabling them to request and receive data in a structured way.
