The most dangerous software of this entire cycle has been @metamask.

The "automatic network switcher" which will flip you to a different network at random between an approval & send.

Updates which degraded performance to the point where having lots of wallets can just crash out the extension.

Horrifying downgrades.

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Yeah, @rainbow really did wonders on the UI/UX side

V much enjoying Warplet too, sneaky bois got me using it by sending all my rewards there

Rainbow and coinbase wallet are the way

Warplets coming along too

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Yeah, every wallet should support custom networks as standard. Pretty wild that they don't tbh

don’t talk about old faithful like that 
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custom networks still an underrated feature

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It's an actual financial risk to have that shit installed nowadays

Might aswell be malware with how bad it's gotten

I have MM on desktop Firefox. That thing simply refuses to work last few months. Absolutely horrible

Hey Pat,

It's been a constant - network switching seems to happen usually when opening a new page/switching tabs, with switches being to the most random of networks.

Quick example; basescan seems to always switch me to Dogechain (??), bscscan often switches me to mainnet, 1inch will almost always swap me to Polygon PoS, uniswap often throws me on to arbitrum, Jumper often throws me on to base.

Moving between tabs is one of the most dangerous points - i.e: open cowswap, request a quote on mainnet, tab to another window and suddenly my network has swapped to arbitrum or base, tab back to cowswap and it doesn't swap me back to mainnet.

Had my first ever instance of sending tokens on the wrong network via this. Swapped to mainnet, then swapped tab to a spreadsheet to get an address, MM auto-swapped to Base and I sent off 1200 USDC on that network.

Cowswap themselves have even added a warning on swaps due to the frequency of this problem occurring;

Hey - sorry to hear you've had problems. Can you share any more details about the issue(s) you've encountered, ideally step-by-step? In general, "automatic network switching" has been one of the most requested and well-received of our updates, but we are also in the process of further abstracting away multi-network complexities so any feedback about situations you're encountering where it doesn't work how you'd like would be really helpful. Thanks!

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Now that hamchain is done I have literally zero reason to use meta mask for anything

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Rainbow and Warplet are nice, but I've only really used them on mobile

Guess it's time to try out some new desktop wallets

MetaMask has really lost their touch..

Rainbow is the way 🌈

MetaMask has really lost their touch..

Rainbow is the way 🌈

https://www.rainbow.me/points?ref=Q5A4DR

Yeah, do plan to set up a rainbow wallet this week and make the switch. I've long been disappointed with Metamasks deteriorating UX and just overall terrible business decisions. They can suck an egg.

I'd really like to understand better why most Ethereum / EVM wallets are such garbage.

Stopped using metamask years ago. Thanks to zerion and rainbow

MetaMask has been cancerous for a very long time…

This is so real, it’s scary! MM on Desktop glitches so hard sometimes you wonder how your funds could possibly be safe. That and needing MM at crucial times, only for it to fail!

Phantom has treated me well the few dozen times I've needed it. Ledger Live seems to be slowly upping their game in terms of being connected to desktop browser. Heard good things about Rabby.

Not sure I've noticed this random switching, though I mostly use Rainbow these days.

Has anyone been compromised due to this issue?

But the metamask card came just in fucking time at least for me

Number of time Metamask gave me a heart attack by showing me what I had in another network and I was like:

Where the fuck is my money???????

You know that moment when you heart misses a beat or two until you realise that yes it’s showing you ETH ( or the absence of) but from another layer…