Unfortunately, bad actors acting under anonymous personas have had too easy of a time scamming people and facing no consequences. 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. However, there has been more of a push for certain people in the NFT space to doxx themselves rather than stay anonymous. 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. For some, this is for safety reasons, for example, so that they are not an easier target for hackers and other criminals. In essence, some people in the NFT space choose to communicate online without ever showing their faces or using their real names. Although there is an argument that this has begun to change. What does it mean to be doxxed in the NFT space?Īs with many internet subcultures, anonymity is a major facet of today’s NFT culture, and in crypto at large. Betty, co-founder of the Deadfellaz NFT collection, revealed her identity in an exclusive interview with NFTevening. The collective is infamous for doxxing major figures, generally in the stated interest of exposing wrongdoing. Interestingly, the iconic hacker collective Anonymous gets credit for popularizing the term. The documents in question would usually be things like addresses, telephone numbers, or financial records. Thus the act of doxxing is “dropping docs” on someone. To explain, hacker culture in the early days of Web 1.0 shortened documents to “docs”, and then to “dox. The terms “doxxing” and “doxxed” comes from the word documents. As a result, people very much look down on the practice in internet culture. According to many, doxxing is a form of cyberbullying. Of course, this means putting out information that was not already available. To put it simply, doxxing (or doxing) is the act of publicizing the identity and/or personal details of a person. But what does it mean really? Credit: Johnny Silvercloud What does doxxing a person mean? 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? The word “doxxed” gets thrown around a lot in the NFT space. On the other hand, doxxing in the NFT and crypto space has become an important tool in the effort to stamp out scammers. As a matter of fact, many view it as an act of cyberbullying. Needless to say, doxxing someone is a big deal online. Doxxing is a term you’ve probably heard a lot, whether you’re in the NFT space or just on the internet.
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