Watchdog is a browser extension for Solana. The moment a site asks for your wallet, it runs three checks: what others say, whether the site looks fake, and what you're about to sign.
It watches. You sleep.
Move your lantern. Something is hiding in the dark.
You connect to a new site every day. Scammers only need you to be wrong once, and a wallet gives you no second chance.
phantom.app or phantorn.app? Swap two letters for one and most people read the fake as the real thing.
The request you approve is a wall of code, or one word: Approve. That word can mean "spend all of this token, forever."
A signed transaction is final. No bank to call, no chargeback, no support desk that can reverse it.
A list only knows a scam after someone has lost money. Watchdog also reads the shape of the site, so it can bark at a fake nobody has reported yet.
Scammers copy a real site, change one letter in the address, and wait for you to hit Connect. One signature later, your wallet is empty. Watchdog sits at the door and asks the questions you don't have time to.
Same art, same countdown, different address.
A free token that costs the whole wallet.
Looks like the app you use. Isn't.
What do other people say about this site? Watchdog checks scam reports and community vouches. If nobody has looked at it yet, it tells you so and walks you through a quick check of your own.
Look-alike spelling, brand-new domains, address tricks. If the site is dressed up as something it isn't, Watchdog notices.
Before you sign, Watchdog rewrites the request in plain words. “This lets the site move all your USDC” is a lot clearer than a wall of code.
The Nose is Watchdog's own detection algorithm. We wrote it for one job: spotting fake sites before you connect. It runs in your browser and never needs your wallet.
Scroll. The click on Connect Wallet gets caught at the door, and the three checks run.
The click on Connect Wallet gets caught at the door, and the three checks run.
Here's a fake site we built. Hit Connect and watch Watchdog stop you.
Practice site: a fake site we built so you can see Watchdog work. Nothing here touches a wallet.
This is what Watchdog does the moment a site asks for your wallet.
Three checks run before your wallet pops up. You never need to connect a wallet to use Watchdog.
Paste a site address. Watchdog sniffs it out.
Watchdog's in-house algorithm, the Nose, decides with plain rules you can read. “Barking” if the site is reported, blocklisted or a close look-alike of a well-known site. “Sniffing” if there are two or more softer flags, like a brand-new domain, scam-style words or no reviews. Otherwise “Quiet”. Every flag is listed above, with its reason.
Help the Nose learn.
What Watchdog has learned so far.
An in-house algorithm, the Nose, runs three checks the moment a site asks for your wallet.
The address of the site you're on, and when that site asks to connect or sign. It does not read your passwords or your keys.
Watchdog warns. You decide.It can't see everything, so never sign something you don't understand.
This is what Watchdog does the moment a site asks for your wallet.
Only needed to sign a report. Watchdog only asks you to sign a message and never moves your funds.