Litecoin Active Address Analysis Points to ‘Dusting Attacks’

Multiple addresses received “dust” amounts of LTC on at least two large-scale occasions in August and November, with other unusual spikes in transaction counts and wallet activity. An attack of this type is seemingly harmless, sending a small number of coins to known addresses.

The dust transactions link wallets and addresses otherwise not connected and may hamper blockchain investigations. The best approach to dusting attacks is to monitor personal wallets, and avoid re-spending the dust alongside other coins.

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