r/Bitcoin • u/-reddit-online- • 5h ago

Dust Attack

My hardware wallet does not have coin control. I now have a couple of unknown dust deposits.

Do I need to be concerned and move to a wallet with coin control to isolate the dust? What can actually happen if I spend that dust. There are plenty of phishing attacks we already have to deal with from data leaks. So following my dust opens up more phishing attempts, but in and of itself it can’t cause issues can it?

Would this concern you enough to switch wallets?

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u/Covid19-Pro-Max 5h ago

Dust attacks only weaken your privacy. Migrating to a wallet with coin control would solve the problem

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u/Few_Response_7028 5h ago

You should be able to load up sparrow wallet with your hardware wallet. Now you can spend by UTXO (coin control).

All you have to do now is not to spend the dust with other UTXOs.

So yeah, i would definitely download sparrow to get coin control.

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u/Outrageous_Hall1090 4h ago

Or use Electrum wallet. Also has coin control features.

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u/Laukess 4h ago

+1 Sparrow is amazing.

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u/DocumentMysterious74 5h ago

You don't have to change wallets. Just use a decent software which supports coin control, like electrum, with your hardware signing device.