ChainCatcher message, Slow Mist released a security warning stating that maliciously modified RPC node links are being used by scammers to steal assets. Scammers are manipulating RPC links to display false USDT balances, deceiving users into thinking they have received payments. The cunning aspect of such scams lies in exploiting users' psychological weaknesses. Users often focus solely on whether funds have arrived, neglecting potential risks. Scammers take advantage of this trust and negligence, employing credible strategies such as transferring small amounts of funds to deceive users.Therefore, the Slow Mist security team advises users to remain vigilant during transactions, enhance self-protection awareness, and maintain a skeptical attitude towards others to avoid economic losses.

ChainCatcher news, the NEAR Foundation has announced the establishment of an Infrastructure Committee aimed at allocating funds in a transparent manner to support key infrastructure projects within the NEAR ecosystem. The committee has an initial funding of $4 million and will focus on the construction and improvement of critical infrastructure such as RPC nodes, relayers, indexers, bridges, wallets, load balancers, and oracles.Currently, the committee has funded 5 key infrastructure proposals covering areas such as AI development environments, RPC nodes, and Web3 wallet support, and has taken over the management of some existing projects. The NEAR Foundation encourages community members to contribute innovative infrastructure project ideas and proposals to further enhance NEAR's technical foundation.

ChainCatcher news, Paradigm has launched the RPC node load testing tool flood. Paradigm stated that the initial purpose of developing flood was to optimize Reth and understand its latency and throughput under various loads. Currently, flood can perform load testing on RPC nodes and automatically generate reports that include various charts, tables, and summary results. (source link)