Security
What is a rug pull, and how to spot one
The team takes the money and runs — through the liquidity pool, a hidden mint, or tokens you were never able to sell in the first place.
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Rekha Patel
Rekha Patel reports on the work behind everyday products and systems — from Miami family businesses and e-book distribution economics to automation chains, security audit findings and the bias inside systems that allocate capital automatically. Her features focus on process, cost and where things break.
Articles by Rekha Patel
Security
How token approval scams work
The signature that lets a contract spend your tokens is convenient by design — and it is exactly what a fake 'claim your reward' page is built to collect.
Security
What is address poisoning?
Scammers seed your transaction history with look-alike addresses so that one careless copy-paste sends real money to them — and the usual check won't catch it.
Security
What a hardware wallet does and doesn't protect
A hardware wallet keeps your private keys offline — powerful against remote theft, powerless against a transaction you confirm with your own hands.
Security
How to verify a crypto website is real
Phishing sites copy the real thing down to the pixel — the only part they cannot copy is the domain, and one careful habit is enough to check it.