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Make eth_call a restricted method
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Description
Reduces ddos spam vulnerability to each site you visit.
Would be a breaking change, some dapps might stop working until you connect your wallet, but they could bring their own provider to continue working.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the extension's eth_call handling and reviewing how restricted methods are defined; the issue does not name a file or test. Check behavior for wallet-connected dapps, unconnected dapps, and dapps using their own provider, with the breaking-change impact documented as part of done.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100