The creator of Uniswap spoke about a new scam scheme with ENS domains

The creator of DEX Uniswap, Hayden Adams, spoke about a new vector of attacks on cryptocurrency users using the Ethereum Name Service (ENS).

first time I've seen this scam, so posting it as a heads up for users and interfaces

someone bought the ens”[myEthereumAddress].eth”

so when you paste in my address, the top result in some UIs is an ens match instead of the resolved ENS name

impt for UIs to filter these out pic.twitter.com/0cQAL5tQ0T

— hayden.eth 🦄 (@haydenzadams) February 14, 2024

The entrepreneur discovered that someone bought the ENS domain in the form of his Ethereum address 0x11E4857Bb9993a50c685A79AFad4E6F65D518DDa.

As a result, in some interfaces the preferred search option is the name 0x11E4857Bb9993a50c685A79AFad4E6F65D518DDa.eth, which has a completely different wallet associated with it.

ENS domains allow you to use easy-to-read addresses instead of multi-digit numbers. So, for Hayden himself it is hayden.eth, and, for example, for the founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin – vitalik.eth.

cc @nicksdjohnson @spencecoin

fun fact: this scam vector is why we originally broke registrations & resolutions for all 0x… names in the early MEW days (in addition to rugging a slew of vanilla js hex handling bugs/vulns)

— Tay 💖 (@tayvano_) February 14, 2024

ENS lead developer Nick Johnson of the Ethereum Foundation noted that interfaces should, in principle, not automatically populate the address field as it is “too dangerous.”