Walletbeat impact log
- 2025-12: Walletbeat publishes the L1 Provider Independence Test: https://x.com/walletbeat/status/2002818293741301777
- 2026-01: Reaction: Ambire fixes its L1 RPC configuration option to be available at wallet setup time: https://x.com/walletbeat/status/2017683277730001010 / https://x.com/Ivshti/status/2017967726782783683
- 2026-07: Faced with a regression, Ambire commits to an integration test to avoid further regressions: https://x.com/Ivshti/status/2075451993838002660
- 2026-07: Reaction: MetaMask (quietly) fixes its hard-reliance on a Consensys token metadata service when sending tokens: https://x.com/walletbeat/status/2066296900785942850
- 2026-07: Walletbeat contributor 0xMattmatt shows how multiple wallets handle a malicious Ethereum transaction that caused a user to lose ~300k USD: https://x.com/0xMattmatt/status/2081106605463289971
- Reaction: Ambire fixes this in their next release: https://x.com/borislavItskovv/status/2081582575790006360
- Reaction: WalletChan fixes this in their next release: https://x.com/walletbeat/status/2082293464071373094
- Reaction: Ambire thanks Walletbeat for bringing this issue to their attention: https://x.com/ambire/status/2082816470560747558
- 2026-08: Walletbeat contributor @0xMattmatt shows how multiple wallets handle address poisoning attacks, following a real-world incident where a victim lost ~$39,889 after copying a poisoned address from their transaction history.
- Reaction: WalletChan releases an update to warn users against address poisoning attacks: https://x.com/apoorveth/status/2098155766699946058
- Reaction: SafeWallet releases an update automatically flagging potential address poisoning attacks: https://x.com/safelabs_/status/2095159299244802208
- Reaction: Coinspect adds address poisoning protection to its Wallet Security Ranking: https://www.coinspect.com/blog/wallet-security-ranking-fourth-edition
- 2026-08 - Walletbeat contributor 0xMattmatt shows how multiple wallets handle unlimited token approvals that caused a user to lose ~$500K: https://x.com/0xMattmatt/status/2089770628828237918
- Reaction: Ambire pushed an update to flag unlimited token approval for untrusted contracts also thanked Walletbeat for its work: https://x.com/borislavItskovv/status/2090566092808982840
- Reaction: Ambire’s official update for flagging unlimited token approval credits Walletbeat contributor @0xmattmatt for the research.
- Reaction: Ambire pushed an update to flag unlimited token approval for untrusted contracts also thanked Walletbeat for its work: https://x.com/borislavItskovv/status/2090566092808982840
- 2026-08: Walletbeat contributor polymutex points out that flagging IPFS gateways such as
.eth.limoreduces incentives for Ethereum applications to move to IPFS (which would make them more secure and censorship-resistant).- Reaction: Ambire unflags IPFS gateways: https://x.com/borislavItskovv/status/2090563980549042476 & https://x.com/ambire/status/2090483593407529375
- 2026-09: Walletbeat asked: Can your wallet send and receive tokens without exposing your transaction history to others?: https://x.com/walletbeat/status/2099669827568996377 & https://x.com/walletbeat/status/2099669769343439312
- Reaction: Ambire announces they’re fixing this very soon: https://x.com/ambire/status/2099770434400969010
- Reaction: Ambire announces they’re working hard to change soon their score on privacy transfers: https://x.com/0xSuperKalo/status/2099864981852262633 & https://x.com/0xSuperKalo/status/2099863323193827407