{"id":23733,"date":"2022-07-01T09:30:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T08:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pley2win.com\/metaverse\/what-is-doxxing-why-you-should-know-what-it-means-to-be-doxxed\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T09:30:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T08:30:51","slug":"what-is-doxxing-why-you-should-know-what-it-means-to-be-doxxed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=23733","title":{"rendered":"What is Doxxing? Why You Should Know What It Means To Be Doxxed"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Doxxing is a term you\u2019ve probably heard a lot, whether you\u2019re in the NFT space or just on the internet. Needless to say, doxxing someone is a big deal online. As a matter of fact, many view it as an act of cyberbullying. On the other hand, doxxing in the NFT and crypto space has become an important tool in the effort to stamp out scammers.<\/p>\n

So is it sometimes ok to doxx someone or is it always taboo? Is doxxing viewed differently in the NFT space than on the rest of the internet? And why do people call it doxxing in the first place?<\/p>\n

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The word \u201cdoxxed\u201d gets thrown around a lot in the NFT space. But what does it mean really? Credit: Johnny Silvercloud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What does doxxing a person mean?<\/h2>\n

To put it simply, doxxing (or doxing) is the act of publicizing the identity and\/or personal details of a person. Of course, this means putting out information that was not already available. According to many, doxxing is a form of cyberbullying. As a result, people very much look down on the practice in internet culture.<\/p>\n

Why is it called doxxing?<\/h2>\n

The terms \u201cdoxxing\u201d and \u201cdoxxed\u201d comes from the word documents. To explain, hacker culture in the early days of Web 1.0 shortened documents to \u201cdocs\u201d, and then to \u201cdox. Thus the act of doxxing is \u201cdropping docs\u201d on someone. The documents in question would usually be things like addresses, telephone numbers, or financial records.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the iconic hacker collective Anonymous<\/a> gets credit for popularizing the term. The collective is infamous for doxxing major figures, generally in the stated interest of exposing wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

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Betty, co-founder of the Deadfellaz NFT collection, revealed her identity in an exclusive interview with NFTevening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What does it mean to be doxxed in the NFT space?<\/h2>\n

As with many internet subcultures, anonymity is a major facet of today\u2019s NFT culture, and in crypto at large. Although there is an argument that this has begun to change.<\/p>\n

In essence, some people in the NFT space choose to communicate online without ever showing their faces or using their real names. For some, this is for safety reasons, for example, so that they are not an easier target for hackers and other criminals. For others, it is simply a part of the culture and a nod to a future where people create new identities for themselves in the metaverse.<\/p>\n

However, there has been more of a push for certain people in the NFT space to doxx themselves rather than stay anonymous. In particular, this is due to the massive number of scams and rug pulls that we have seen in the NFT space over the past few months.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, bad actors acting under anonymous personas have had too easy of a time scamming people and facing no consequences. Whether it be through online phishing or as anonymous NFT project founders, people have a harder and harder time trusting anons in the NFT space. This has led to more people doxxing themselves (often simply by showing their face), particularly project founders.<\/p>\n

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A BuzzFeed reporter doxxed two of the BAYC\u2019s founders earlier this year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do people get involuntarily doxxed in NFTs?<\/h2>\n

The short answer is yes. Doxxing happens a lot in NFTs. Although it tends to involve just publicizing an anonymous person\u2019s name and\/or face. Rarely have we seen people\u2019s personal addresses or other information posted on Twitter as far as anons in NFTs go.<\/p>\n

The most notorious instance of which might be the very founders of the Bored Ape Yacht Club. To explain, a BuzzFeed reporter doxxed Yuga Labs co-founders Gordon Goner and Gargamel back in February. To be sure, the absurdly rapid growth of the BAYC makes it extremely unlikely that the men would\u2019ve stayed anonymous for much longer.<\/p>\n

Regardless, the reporter took a considerable amount of flack from the NFT space at large at the time. Especially given that she did not assign any wrongdoing to either man and thus, had no obvious reason to reveal their names.<\/p>\n

With that said, doxxing happens much more regularly to people connected to malicious activity on the blockchain. Popular blockchain detectives like ZachXBT will occasionally doxx people when their identities come up as part of an investigation into potential crimes.<\/p>\n

In contrast, the much more controversial account NFT Ethics also revealed the identities of suspected bad actors regularly. However, the account also received heavy criticism for many of those instances, when people felt that NFT Ethics had done so unnecessarily. This just goes to show how taboo doxxing someone is in the NFT space.<\/p>\n

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