What Is a Dusting Attack? How Crypto Dust Gets Used Against You

A dusting attack is when someone sends a tiny amount of crypto, called dust, to many wallets at once. The sender wants to track those wallets or lure their owners to a scam site. Dust alone can’t hurt you. Interacting with it can. I run more than 100 wallets a year for airdrop farming. Random tokens land in them all the time. Most are harmless spam, and some are bait. Here is how to tell them apart. What Is Crypto Dust? Dust is a balance so small that moving it costs more in fees than it’s worth.