Overview
The Eternl Guard Registry is a free public list of known crypto scams that helps wallet users spot fake tokens, look-alike websites, and the addresses scammers use to collect funds. Wallet builders, security researchers, and everyday holders can read it, and anyone who finds a new scam can suggest adding it1. Think of it as a shared blocklist, like the lists email services use to filter spam, but for Cardano scams.
The registry is published on GitHub by Tastenkunst1, the Leipzig company named in the legal notice of the Eternl wallet2. It shares its name with Eternl Guard, a feature inside the Eternl Cardano wallet that uses a list of known scam tokens and domains to warn users before they interact with them3. Readers who want broader advice on avoiding scams can browse the directory's security guides.
Key Features
- One record per scam. Each entry groups the fake website domains, linked wallet addresses, and fake token fingerprints (unique token IDs) tied to a single scam, plus a short note on how that scam works1.
- Open to community reports. The Eternl Guard Registry invites anyone to copy the project and send a pull request, GitHub's way of proposing a change for the maintainers to review, whenever they find a scam the list misses1.
- A separate list of legitimate sites. Next to the scam entries, an allowlist file names real project domains, including those of DexHunter, Iagon, and Minswap4.
- Data that software can read directly. Entries are plain JSON files, a simple text format that apps and scripts can load without extra conversion1.
- A same-named feature in the Eternl wallet. Separately, the Eternl wallet has its own Eternl Guard feature, which labels known scam tokens as SCAM, adds a 10-second warning before connecting to a known malicious site, and offers one-click removal of scam tokens3.
What to Expect
Visitors land on a standard GitHub repository page. A short README explains the purpose and the entry format in a few lines. The entries folder holds one small file per scam, usually named after the fake site or the project being impersonated, along with a shared file of scammer addresses4. No account is needed to browse.
Eternl users meet the Eternl Guard feature as labels and warnings inside the app, without opening any files. Known scam tokens are marked SCAM in the token overview and transaction history, with their details grayed out. When a user views scam tokens under Assets, a Clean up button bundles them into a single transaction that sends them to a burn wallet (an address used to discard unwanted tokens) under the ADA Handle $burnit, a readable nickname for that address, which costs less than sending each token one by one3. The feature only marks tokens already on its list, so a brand-new scam token may not be flagged3.
For developers and researchers, the Eternl Guard Registry works as a small, readable dataset. The commit history shows which entries changed and when, and closed pull requests show how outside reports were handled1. Contributing takes a GitHub account and a basic understanding of the entry format described in the README.
