- Cardano’s Yoroi Wallet makes official statement warning the community.
- In detail, it warns users of a fake Yoroi Desktop Extension.
- The statement reminds users to refer only to Yoroi’s official website for the extension.
The Cardano blockchain’s latest announcements had a lot to do with the launch of the Midnight Sidechain, a chain that will boost interoperability and privacy by a lot in the crypto and blockchain space. However, the latest announcement comes as Cardano’s Yoroi Wallet makes official statement warning of a fake Yoroi Desktop extension. This is also connected to Midnight’s Glacier Drop.
Cardano’s Yoroi Wallet Makes Official Statement
The Cardano ecosystem has been hyping the launch of the Midnight sidechain for months and a huge part of this launch had to do with the Glacier Drop. To highlight, the Midnight Sidechain has been a huge passion project for Cardano Founder, Charles Hoskinson, who works 6 years to prepare the blockchain to deliver a chain that heightens privacy for its users and boosts collaboration between multiple blockchains.
In detail, the Midnight Sidechain would kick off by launching the Glacier Drop. This airdrop was a special airdrop where Hoskinson revealed months ago would include dropping the native assets of Midnight, NIGHT and DUST, to 37 million users across eight major blockchains, excluding VCs. He hoped to introduce a ‘collaborative economics’ model to the web3 sector.
This new model would further boost Hoskinson’s dream of elevating a true decentralization-centric nature for blockchains. Something he’s worked about a decade to build on Cardano and is expanding with the Midnight Sidechain. Once the Glacier Drop went live recently, Cardano announced an official claim the airdrop notice specifically for Yoroi Wallet users via the desktop version.
To specify, the official message from Yoroi Wallet explains how ADA holders and users of the Yoroi Wallet extension can claim NIGHT from the Glacier Drop. However, based on the information from the post above, it seems some malicious players have taken advantage of the claim announcement to get Yoroi Wallet holders to download a fake Yoroi Desktop Extension, causing havoc.
Beware of Fake Yoroi Desktop Extension
Like any venture online, users should always be careful to use authentic sources, lest they put their assets at risk, and the real Yoroi Wallet page shared a warning to its users to be vigilant and only access the extension through the official Yoroi Wallet site to avoid any losses or complications. It also revealed that it is working on removing the fake website as soon as possible and encourages users not to interact with the fake until then.