One scary thing about hacks is that your wallet might have been compromised 2 years ago


And you wouldn't even know
The hacker already has your private key or an unlimited approval sitting on your wallet
But your wallet only has $50 in it
It's not worth draining yet
So they wait
They set up a bot that monitors your wallet 24/7
You go about your life. Farming. Swapping. Bridging
Months pass. You start making real money. Your wallet grows
$200. $500. $1000. $5000
The hacker sees every deposit watching and waiting
Then one day you deposit a big bag of $10,000 and within seconds all of it is gone
You didn't click anything that day. You didn't visit any sketchy site. You didn't sign anything suspicious
The compromise happened 2 years ago. The drain happened today
The hacker was just patient enough to wait for the right amount
Something similar happened real life just few months back
This is why you should never reuse a wallet you don't fully trust
If there's even a 1% chance your keys were exposed
create a new wallet. A fresh wallet costs $0
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