Following today’s news regarding the hack of the Coindash fundraiser website coupled with the ongoing trends of Slack scams and phishing attempts, the cryptocurrency community has reason to be on edge.

With our own contribution period less than 24 hours away, we wanted to review the steps we are taking and the steps that you can take (or things to avoid) in order to ensure safe participation in this contribution period.

Key information:

The contribution period website can be found at https://contribution.district0x.io/

The contribution period begins at 3:00PM UTC on July 18 . Sending before this time will result in a rejected transaction and unnecessary fees paid to the Ethereum network.

. Sending before this time will result in a rejected transaction and unnecessary fees paid to the Ethereum network. The ETH/USD rate has been locked in at a price of $170.80 (via GDAX) for a soft cap of 58550 ETH (roughly $10 million) and a security cap of 292750 ETH (roughly $50 million).

The official address is 0xf8094e15c897518b5ac5287d7070ca5850efc6ff . This is the only address for contributing to the district0x project.

. This is the only address for contributing to the district0x project. district.eth , district0x.eth , and districtox.eth are all mapped to the above address. Compatible web wallets will allow entry of these addresses directly in place of the raw address above.

, , and are all mapped to the above address. Compatible web wallets will allow entry of these addresses directly in place of the raw address above. The maximum gas price is 50 Gwei , the recommended gas limit is 200,000 . Sending with more than this will result in a rejected transaction and unnecessary fees paid to the Ethereum network.

, the recommended gas limit is . Sending with more than this will result in a rejected transaction and unnecessary fees paid to the Ethereum network. More information (including tutorial videos!) can be found in our Contribution Period FAQ or in our Network fundraiser blog post.

Best Practices:

BOOKMARK https://contribution.district0x.io/

ONLY trust announcements from the team that are posted to the #announcements channel at district0x.slack.com. This channel is locked to ensure only team members can post.

FOLLOW our official social media accounts (this blog, and our twitter) for up to date information on any unfolding events.

REPORT any suspicious behavior to the team via slack or twitter as soon as possible.

TRUST your instincts. If it’s too good to be true, it isn’t true.

We’ve secured all of our social media, Github, Slack, etc. accounts against intrusion. We have a team of community staff working around the clock from now through the contribution period close keeping a vigilant eye out for scammers and phishers.

Things to avoid:

NEVER respond to or follow through on Slack direct messages from someone claiming to be affiliated with the district0x team.

NEVER respond to or follow through on Slack reminders.

NEVER respond to or follow through on emails claiming to be affiliated with the district0x team.

NEVER click any URL or link provided by an unverified source — even if it looks familiar. Be cautious of look alike links (e.g. district0x(dot)org instead of district0x.io)

NEVER send to an address provided to you from an unofficial source

We have committed ourselves to having no kind of pre-sale, special offers, or discounted rates. ALL OFFERS YOU RECEIVE FROM ALTERNATIVE SOURCES ARE SCAMS!

Please stay vigilant, as the team has no way of recuperating lost funds sent to one of these fraudulent addresses. Let’s work together as a community to keep everyone safe!