{"id":95912,"date":"2025-09-12T02:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T02:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=95912"},"modified":"2025-09-12T02:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T02:00:25","slug":"xrpl-prepares-firewall-defense-against-rising-scam-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=95912","title":{"rendered":"XRPL Prepares Firewall Defense Against Rising Scam Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A loose but growing push is under way in the XRP community to build what some people call an <a href=\"https:\/\/xrplfirewall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cXRP firewall\u201d<\/a> \u2014 a set of tools and checks meant to block scams on the XRPL.<\/p>\n<p>Vet, one of the dUNL validators on the XRP Ledger, has hinted at a big update that could change the fight against scams on XRPL.<\/p>\n<p>The feature, known as the XLS-86 Firewall, is still in development but is being described as a possible endgame for fraudsters.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent post, Vet said the amendment would act as a safeguard to stop losses of XRP, tokens, and NFTs when activated.<\/p>\n<p>If approved and rolled out, it could give users a much stronger line of defense against common traps that have cost the community millions over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Just recently a high-profile patch was published after developers found malicious packages related to the xrpl.js library on NPM, and that incident has sharpened urgency around better protections.<\/p>\n<h2>Tools And Reporting Systems<\/h2>\n<p>Several public resources already try to do the job of a firewall in pieces. According to XRPL.org, users can file <a href=\"https:\/\/ripple.com\/insights\/how-to-spot-and-report-crypto-scams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scam reports<\/a> and get guidance on suspicious activity.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s over for many scammers.<\/p>\n<p>XLS-86 Firewall is an amendment for the XRP Ledger that is in development.<\/p>\n<p>It will finally eliminate you losing your XRP, Tokens and NFTs entirely if you use this functionality.<\/p>\n<p>Given the victims we have had in the past, i can\u2019t wait for it!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vet  (@Vet_X0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vet_X0\/status\/1965878710785171945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reports have disclosed that forensics platforms such as XRplorer keep databases of addresses linked to fraud and illicit transfers; those lists are used by wallets and exchanges to warn or block interactions.<\/p>\n<p>The pieces exist, but they are spread across sites and teams, not bundled as one single shield for everyday users.<\/p>\n<h2>A Critical Software Warning<\/h2>\n<p>According to market watchers, the most recent shock came when developers discovered compromised or malicious versions of xrpl.js pushed to NPM, the package registry many apps use.<\/p>\n<p>The issue was patched on April 23, 2025 after maintainers removed the bad releases and urged users to update.<\/p>\n\n<p>How A Firewall Could Work<\/p>\n<p>A practical firewall would combine several simple features. It could auto-flag addresses with histories of fraud. Wallets might show a clear warning before a user approves a payment to a flagged account.<\/p>\n<p>Exchanges and node operators could share lists to reduce the chance that a scammer moves funds freely.<\/p>\n<p>Machine learning could be used to spot repeat patterns of phishing messages or cloned domains, while human teams would still verify hard cases.<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image from Meta, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A loose but growing push is under way in the XRP community to build what some people call an \u201cXRP firewall\u201d \u2014 a set of tools and checks meant to block scams on the XRPL. Vet, one of the dUNL validators on the XRP Ledger, has hinted at a big update that could change the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":95913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/95913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}