O que é Social engineering?
Manipulating a person rather than attacking a system — the most effective attack vector in Bitcoin by a wide margin.
The cryptography is not the weak point. The weak point is a person under time pressure who trusts the wrong screen or the wrong voice.
Nearly every variant depends on manufactured urgency. Slowing down and verifying through a channel you chose yourself defeats most of them.
Termos relacionados
Phishing
Tricking someone into revealing secrets or authorising a transfer by impersonating a service they trust.
Security & scamsCommon Bitcoin scams
Recurring fraud patterns: fake giveaways, impersonated support, romance-investment schemes, fake exchanges…
Keys & custodySeed phrase
Twelve or twenty-four words from which every key in a wallet is derived. Anyone with the words has the coins.
Esta definição faz parte do glossário da Bitcoin Logical. Para a explicação completa, comece por Aprender, ou veja os números ao vivo em O Sinal Bitcoin.