Theory Of Dusting Attack; How It Can Affect Bitcoin_
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Theory Of Dusting Attack; How It Can 
Affect Bitcoin?
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● Even though there are some doubts regarding its real founder, but most of us 
are familiar with this name only. So let’s not indulge in digging research to 
find its real founder. 
● Now since Bitcoin is a digital technology, so it does carry a risk of becoming 
vulnerable to hackers and scammers, who with their clever tactics cheat 
crypto users by cracking the privacy and send little coins to their personal 
wallets. This practice is known as dusting attack. 
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Meaning Of Dust In Cryptocurrency
● Before hopping on to our main subject on dusting attack, let us have a brief 
understanding of the dust in the context of cryptocurrency. In terms of 
cryptocurrencies, the word dust signifies a very small amount of tokens or 
coins. This amount is so tiny that it does not come under the notice of users. 
Let us take Bitcoin as an example to explain clearly. 
● Suppose if the little unit of this currency is 1 satoshi, then it indicates dust, 
which means the number of satoshis. Another meaning which defines dust is 
the little amounts of coins that get stuck on accounts of users when the 
implementation of trading orders is done. Even though dust balances cannot 
be traded, still, converting them to BNB is done possibly by the Binance 
users.
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● In the case of Bitcoin, dust cannot be officially defined, as the execution of 
every software might seem to have a contrasting approach. Dust in terms of 
Bitcoin Core can be explained as an output of a transaction, which is lesser in 
comparison to that transaction fees. 
● This is called dust limit. If you go by technicality, then the calculation of the 
dust limit is based on inputs and outputs size. They generally determine 546 
satoshis for constant transactions of Bitcoin, and 294 satoshis for related 
transactions of SegWit. 
● This makes us understand about the daily transaction, whether equivalent or 
much little than the 546 satoshis will fall under spam and is certainly not 
going to be accepted by authenticated nodes.
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Dusting Attack On Bitcoin
● The reason for the occurrence of dusting attack is when users don’t pay 
much heed to smaller quantity appearing in the wallets. This brings 
opportunity for the scammers to take undue advantage by dusting majority 
of addresses and sending some satoshis to their wallets. After this task, the 
next step they use as a dusting attack is to include a number of analysis of 
many addresses to point out the ones belonging to a similar wallet. 
● The main objective of these scammers is to cleverly attach the wallets and 
addresses that are being dusted to their own firms. And if they are lucky 
enough to track down the knowledge, then it gives them the power to pit 
against their prey through attacks by cyber or by phishing.
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● Initially, Bitcoin became the first target of dusting attack. But now this threat 
is also affecting other cryptocurrencies that are operating top on the 
blockchain which can be traced. It all happened in the year 2018 when there 
was an announcement by the developers of the Samourai Wallet of Bitcoin, 
about the threat of dusting attack on their users. The developers even 
warned them about this possible attack, and how they must defend 
themselves from it. The team of Samourai Wallet even initiated an alert 
reading ‘’Do Not Spend’’. It was regarding help for the users to know about 
funds that seem to be misleading.
● Bitcoin is no matter a cryptocurrency that made many people including the 
highest bitcoin holder in India and others from different countries. But since 
it is a digital currency, then it needs to be protected from security threats like 
hacking and spams.
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Conclusion
So this was all about dusting attack. Though it is not so easy to hack or 
disrupt Bitcoin blockchain, wallets often fall under the risk of such 
threats, which becomes a concerning matter. While creating an account, 
personal information is not being shared by the users. In that case, it 
becomes difficult for users to prove any theft committed by hackers by 
accessing their coins for personal gains.
Sources
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