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Welcome to the largest detailed 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 and have worked in the past for effectively handling various common situations.

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. Many organized lists of categorized case studies are also available.

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.

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

Prevention Policies

The end goal of the repository is to come up with a complete set of best practices to prevent losses for individuals, organizations, and regulators. As each case is reviewed, we compare against particular policies which would have prevented the loss. Compiling the policies together can create frameworks which you can access below.

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 that anyone can contribute to and we need your help! If you are new, here are some places you can 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, see these sections:

Process For Adding New Cases - The full process for how new cases get added to the wiki.

Criteria for Case Inclusion - We have some basic criteria for what gets included and doesn't. Be sure to read this guide before adding any new cases.

Known Case Repositories - Other sources online which often contain list of events that can be studied and merged into the wiki as leads.