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Welcome to the largest and most detailed repository of cryptocurrency scams, hacks, and frauds in the world. Our goal is to merge all the separate repositories and lists for various hack, scam, and fraud events in the cryptocurrency space. Find information on all cases - both major and minor events. Use the repository to research the best security practices, compare policy decisions, and evaluate procedures for handling what may come.

Access Case Studies

Case studies are all free to access. You can search for a case using the search bar. Lists of cases are also available below.

Global List of All Cases - All case studies. The full repository.

Centralized Exchange Cases - Case studies for scams, hacks, and frauds on centralized exchange platforms.

All Smart Contract Cases - Case studies for scams, hacks, and frauds involving smart contracts.

List of Case Study Lists - Even more lists which may be useful for specialized research or analysis.

Award Winning Case Studies - A list of the "top" case studies in terms of completion, most damaging, most notable.

Random Case Study Page - Find a random case study which you can learn about or contribute to.

Prevention Policies

A key goal of the repository is to find a complete set of best practices to prevent losses for individuals, organizations, and regulators. Compiling the best practices together create frameworks which you can access below. By implementing a framework, you can protect against all historic incidents.

Prevention Policies for Individuals - The best practices you can use to secure your funds and protect yourself against theft.

Prevention Policies for Platforms - The best practices which platforms can use to better secure their services and users against attacks.

Prevention Policies for Regulators - A set of effective regulatory policies to prevent theft and other criminal activity on the blockchain.

Contribute To Cases

This is an open wiki. We invite you to contribute and we need your help! If you are new, here are some guides to help you get started:

General Tutorial on Wikis - For new wiki editors - some basic insights and guidance to get started!

Anatomy of a Case Study - Read about how we format and structure cast studies in our repository.

List of Known Case Issues - A "task list" of known problems/issues you can help tackle quickly.

Current Case Study Leads - Case study leads. New websites, articles, or events. Drop links here.

Recently Modified Cases - Go here to see which recent case study changes should be reviewed.

Random Case Study Page - Find a random case study which you can learn about or contribute to.

Adding New Cases

To help expand the repository with new cases, see these sections:

Process For Adding New Cases - The process for adding to the automated case lists.

Criteria for Case Inclusion - We have criteria for what gets included and doesn't.

Known Case Repositories - Other sources online which often contain case studies.

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-== About this Repository ==
+Welcome to the largest and most detailed repository of cryptocurrency scams, hacks, and frauds in the world. Our goal is to merge all the separate repositories and lists for various hack, scam, and fraud events in the cryptocurrency space. Find information on all cases - both major and minor events. Use the repository to research the best security practices, compare policy decisions, and evaluate procedures for handling what may come.
-Welcome to the largest global repository of cryptocurrency scams, hacks, and frauds in the world, which anyone can contribute to. Our goal is to merge all the separate repositories and lists for various hack, scam, and fraud events in the cryptocurrency space, combining together every source of information on both major and minor events. This makes it easier to conduct research into best security practices for individuals and firms, effective policy decisions for regulators, and what procedures make sense when things go wrong.
-Together we can prevent a lot of needless human suffering. Human suffering is bad.
+== Access Case Studies ==
+Case studies are all free to access. You can search for a case using the search bar. Lists of cases are also available below.
-== Access Case Studies ==
+[[Global List of All Cases]] - All case studies. The full repository.
-Case studies are all free to access. You can search up a case using the search bar. The following organized lists are also available of relevant case studies.
-[[Global List of All Cases]] - Here is a list of all case studies which have presently been completed. Some presently exist in the old website system, and have not yet been migrated over to the wiki format.
+[[Centralized Exchange Cases]] - Case studies for scams, hacks, and frauds on centralized exchange platforms.
-[[Centralized Exchange Cases]] - Here is a list of all case studies involving scams, hacks, and frauds on centralized exchange platforms. Cases in this category have to do with centralized custodial exchanges, or entities that claimed to allow you to buy or sell bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
+[[All Smart Contract Cases]] - Case studies for scams, hacks, and frauds involving smart contracts.
-[[All Smart Contract Cases]] - Here is a list of all case studies involving scams, hacks, and frauds involving smart contracts.
+[[List of Case Study Lists]] - Even more lists which may be useful for specialized research or analysis.
-[[List of Case Study Lists]] - This list page features even more lists that organize cases into particular categories which may be useful for more detailed research or analysis.
+[[Award Winning Case Studies]] - A list of the "top" case studies in terms of completion, most damaging, most notable.
 [[Special:Random|Random Case Study Page]] - Find a random case study which you can learn about or contribute to.
-== How to Contribute ==
+== Prevention Policies ==
-This is an open wiki that anyone can contribute to. If you are new, here are some places you can get started:
+A key goal of the repository is to find a complete set of best practices to prevent losses for individuals, organizations, and regulators. Compiling the best practices together create frameworks which you can access below. By implementing a framework, you can protect against all historic incidents.
+[[Prevention Policies for Individuals]] - The best practices you can use to secure your funds and protect yourself against theft.
+[[Prevention Policies for Platforms]] - The best practices which platforms can use to better secure their services and users against attacks.
+[[Prevention Policies for Regulators]] - A set of effective regulatory policies to prevent theft and other criminal activity on the blockchain.
+== Contribute To Cases ==
+This is an open wiki. We invite you to contribute and we need your help! If you are new, here are some guides to help you get started:
+[[General Tutorial on Wikis]] - For new wiki editors - some basic insights and guidance to get started!
-[[Anatomy of a Case Study]] - Read about the general format of articles and how they should be structured.
+[[Anatomy of a Case Study]] - Read about how we format and structure cast studies in our repository.
-[[List of Known Case Issues]] - Go here for a list of case studies with known problems that you can help tackle. Depending on your background, you should find issues that you can tackle more easily.
+[[List of Known Case Issues]] - A "task list" of known problems/issues you can help tackle quickly.
-[[Current Case Study Leads]] - Go here for a list of case study leads to follow up on. Leads are websites, articles, or names of events which have information that likely hasn't yet been included in the repository. As you conduct research, you'll likely come across more sources and incidents than you can investigate, so feel free to add some more material here for someone else to follow up on.
+[[Current Case Study Leads]] - Case study leads. New websites, articles, or events. Drop links here.
-[[Special:RecentChanges|Recently Modified Cases]] - Go here to see which cases/pages have been most recently changed and should be reviewed.
+[[Special:RecentChanges|Recently Modified Cases]] - Go here to see which recent case study changes should be reviewed.
 [[Special:Random|Random Case Study Page]] - Find a random case study which you can learn about or contribute to.
 == Adding New Cases ==
-To help expand the repository, see these sections:
+To help expand the repository with new cases, see these sections:
+[[Process For Adding New Cases]] - The process for adding to the automated case lists.
-[[Process For Adding New Cases]] - The full process for how new cases get added to the wiki.
+[[Criteria for Case Inclusion]] - We have criteria for what gets included and doesn't.
-[[Criteria for Case Inclusion]] - We have some basic criteria for what gets an article and what doesn't. Be sure to read this guide before adding any new articles.
+[[Known Case Repositories]] - Other sources online which often contain case studies.
-[[Known Case Repositories]] - Other sources online which often contain list of events that can be studied and merged into the wiki as leads.
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