Jan 27To Collab.Land or not to Collab.Land?NFTs are all about community and token gated access. Do you authenticate your holdings via Collab.land? You’re either camp: Yes ✅ Hell No ❌ Here’s why I think you can join Camp ✅, even on a hardware wallet. What is collab.land? Collabland is a Discord bot, that is used to…5 min read5 min read
Jan 11How ChatGPT will become a threat for web3 usersGranted, the headline is a bit clickbaity. The essence of that still holds true from my security point of view. The internet, especially the web3 community has been celebrating the release of ChatGPT for a while. Of course, it has got the ability to write better threads than most of…4 min read4 min read
Jan 6Web3 browser extensions: Yay or nay?My first published article for 2023: Happy new year, everyone! The number of web3 scams is so high, that there has been some massive innovation about browser extensions in web3. I do often get the question, if there are any Browser extensions I can recommend. First off: I’m an advocate…5 min read5 min read
Nov 20, 2022WiiMee’s 2022 World Cup Simulation TournamentHey guys, this is not something you’d expect on this web3 security blog — but who cares! I need a place to post all the stuff concerning the simulation tourney I’m doing for people who followed me. We’re simulating the World Cup 2022 in the Steam Game “Pixel Soccer…3 min read3 min read
Nov 16, 2022How to: Add 2FA to your Twitter accountHey everyone, maybe you’ve read the news: Twitter is getting rid of SMS for the two-factor authentication. This is great news because it’s super easy to SIM swap telephone numbers in certain countries. Why is this crucial? Because two-factor authentication normally includes a physical device (like your phone or a key…3 min read3 min read
Nov 12, 20223 things to stay away from on mint / claim websites!Hey there, here are 3 bullets you need to dodge when visiting mint / claim websites in web3. This will help you to stop getting your funds / assets stolen while minting NFTs. Before we start with what to look out for, here’s the #1 rule you should follow when…5 min read5 min read
Nov 12, 2022View NFTs with rainbow.meThis article is a fairly short one. I want you to know about rainbow.me — which is a wallet viewer that lets you inspect a wallet and the NFTs that are in that given wallet just by knowing the address. No wallet connection needed. The first time I found out…2 min read2 min read
Nov 11, 2022Someone’s in control over my wallet?!Hey there! Got a DM from someone telling you they are controlling your wallet? Of course: This is a scam. People don’t actually have control over your wallet. If they did— they would’ve been selling your NFTs or transferred them out of the wallet as soon as possible. …2 min read2 min read
Nov 10, 2022Buying a verified Twitter account?!Yep, you heard that right. Yesterday (11/10), it has become a thing to just buy a verified badge for any Twitter account. Even worse: For as little as 8$ a month. What this means from a security POV? A lot more scams and impersonators incoming, because it just got A LOT…2 min read2 min read
Nov 7, 2022How To: Mint from a smart contract via etherscan.ioDid you know: You can mint directly from a smart contract, without having to visit the website of the project? This is great from a security point of view, as, I’d say 90+ % of scams happen on some random websites that were created to send you malicious approvals or…4 min read4 min read
