If you got drained, in the past, it's usually been "over." Besides lost funds, unclaimed airdrops, NFT allowlist spots, and rare tokens are still sitting in a wallet you can never safely touch again. But now, with EIP-7702 + tools like Antidrain there is a fighting chance👇 ~~ Analysis by @wmpeaster ~~ EIP-7702 as a rescue primitive Here, cue in EIP-7702. EIP-7702 introduced a transaction type that lets regular Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) wallets temporarily behave like advanced smart contract wallets. Notably, this design offers a rescue path for partially recovering assets from compromised wallets. With EIP-7702, you can: ➢ Use a separate sponsor wallet to pay gas ➢ Delegate the compromised wallet to a batch contract ➢ Have that batch contract execute a claim + transfer on behalf of the compromised address ➢ Then revoke the delegation This way, since the compromised wallet isn't directly sending the transaction (it's only authorizing once via EIP-7702), you can slip past sweeper bots and evacuate tokens that would otherwise be unrecoverable. The Antidrain example This sort of recovery flow is exactly the thrust of Antidrain, an EIP-7702 rescue tool built by @Zun2025 and released earlier this year. It's positioned as a last-resort, client-side recovery app for things like airdrops and NFTs. For instance, one user, @0xMoei, said on X this week that they used Antidrain to save their Fwog NFT allowlist spot, successfully minting it and transferring it to a safe wallet after a private key compromise. It's a non-trivial recovery, considering how Fwogs are currently trading around ~$700 on OpenSea. This tool builds EIP-7702 delegations and batch transactions locally in your browser (i.e. no backend server, no key transmission), allowing you to execute rescue operations across supported EVM chains. All that said, this is one of those "break glass in case of emergency" tools. Crucially, Antidrain does ask for the private key of the compromised wallet during setup. Under normal circumstances that's an instant hard "no." Here, the idea is: ➢ The key is already compromised, so the attacker has it anyway ➢ You're just using it one last time to claw back anything that's still recoverable ➢ The tool's design is entirely local, building and signing transactions in your browser To be clear, pasting a private key into a website is virtually always a terrible idea. This avenue is meant only for already compromised wallets as a last ditch resort to bypass squatting sweepers. Hypothetically, if Antidrain were malicious, the worst-case scenarios would be losing whatever remains in your compromised wallet or having your sponsor gas or rescued tokens redirected to an address you don't control. None of your uncompromised wallets would be at risk. The bottom line is that if your wallet is compromised and you're facing a sweeper bot, a tool like Antidrain may be worth a shot. If your wallet isn't compromised, you should never consider pasting your private key into any web app. Use at your own risk, then, and only for wallets that are already burned. The configuration process on the site appears straightforward: ➢ Create and fund your sponsor wallet ➢ Input your desired wallet configurations ➢ Set your rescue details and receiver address ➢ Press "Execute All Wallets" to fire off your batch transaction ➢ Withdraw any remaining gas from your sponsor wallet This system works best for one-shot rescue flows, like "claim this airdrop and send it straight to my safe wallet." A 20% service fee is charged on any ERC-20s rescued for ongoing development. A tool in this vein won't magically expel an attacker from your wallet, but it is interesting to see EIP-7702's potential in giving drainer victims a fighting chance. On a dark day, it could be the difference between salvaging something and losing everything, so keep this capability in mind going forward.

Crypto’s social x money wave keeps heating up with content coins, creator tokens, mini-apps, and tipping. The latest standout? Towns — a group chat app on Base where communities (free or paid) can earn, trade, and run bots right inside the convo. If onchain group chats that actually make money sound like the future, this one’s worth watching👇 ~~ Analysis by @wmpeaster ~~ What Is Towns? @townsapp is a messaging protocol and app designed around a straightforward but bold idea: Your group chats should be able to move money. Your wallet should be native to the chat. And creators should be paid directly by their communities. Under the hood, Towns runs on a custom L2 chain for messaging, offchain stream nodes for real-time decentralized chats, smart contracts on @base that handle payments and memberships, and the $TOWNS token, which secures the Towns Network via staking. As a user, all that complexity is abstracted away. What you see is Discord-like chats with built-in wallets, onchain paywall support, native tipping, and customizable bots. Why does this approach matter? Crypto activity is already socially driven. Towns embraces this reality by making chats themselves into economic spaces. You don't leave a conversation to transact; you transact inside conversations. Plus, it's yet another onchain business model for creators and communities to consider. Anyone can spin up a Towns chat, deploy their own bots, and kick off new revenue rails for their audience. How to Try Towns Another pro with Towns is that it's simple to dive into: ➢ Head to app (dot) towns (dot) com — Log in via Privy by spinning up an embedded wallet linked to your Google, Twitter, Farcaster, Rabby wallet, etc. If you want funds for joining chats, tipping, or trading, click the wallet icon in the top right to pull up "Deposit" and "Send" tabs for your embedded wallet. ➢ Explore Towns chats — The linked page is the app's main discovery hub; you can surf and join chats via recent activity, featured communities, top earning groups, and trending projects. Some Towns are free; others require a fee to subscribe. ➢ Create your own Town — In the app's left sidebar, press the "+" button to pull up the "New Town" deployer UI. Input your Town name, select from the "Free" or "Paid" options, and deploy. It's basically as easy as spinning up a new Discord server. ➢ Stake your TOWNS — If you decide to go deeper, head to the "Token" tab on the main Towns website and delegate your TOWNS to a node operator. This secures the Towns Network. Review operators' yield and commission stats, then make your pick and click "Stake." The Big Picture As social platforms have spent the past couple of decades becoming more extractive and closed down, Towns is moving in the opposite direction: open, onchain, programmable, community-centric. Whether it can become the "Telegram of crypto" remains to be seen, but it certainly has potential, and if you're looking for a fresh corner of onchain social to explore, Towns is one experiment you can currently jump straight into. Explore a few chats and see what you think!