Our automated security review found no threat indicators on merkle.io. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is merkle.io safe to use?

merkle.io passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 90/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does merkle.io have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. merkle.io presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 88 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

Has merkle.io been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report merkle.io as clean.

Is merkle.io on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. merkle.io is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is merkle.io hosted?

merkle.io resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

Is merkle.io a well-known website?

Yes. merkle.io sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

How often is the merkle.io report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 21, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around merkle.io have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Security Review

Is merkle.io legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 90/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

A professional blockchain infrastructure service providing MEV protection for wallets and RPC providers with verified integrations by major industry players.

Why we trust it

Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.Verified integration with Trezor, a leading hardware wallet manufacturer.High global traffic ranking indicating significant real-world usage.

merkle.ioScanned 1h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 87·MT 92

Technical red flags (1)

Tech-Support Scam

Warning signals (2)

Redirects to another domain Scam-network signals (25/100)

Positive signals (4)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

—

Registration date unknown

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 95% confidence

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

merkle.io

1Professional layout with consistent branding and high-quality custom graphics

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →

Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

/ 100

Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The website displays a professional and polished design typical of a legitimate fintech or cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, with no visible scam indicators or deceptive patterns.

Visual risk15/100

What our vision model saw

6 signals

Professional layout with consistent branding and high-quality custom graphics

Standard SaaS navigation including Products, Solutions, Support, and Log In

Functional call-to-action buttons for 'Get Started' and 'Book a call'

Presence of a 'Trusted by' section, though partner logos are not visible in this crop

Use of industry-specific terminology like 'MEV recoveries' and 'private mempool'

No immediate signs of urgency tactics, fake countdowns, or intrusive pop-ups

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

Our analysis confirms this is a legitimate business operation rather than a scam. The domain is highly ranked in the global traffic index and shows no malicious detections across 92 antivirus engines. We found concrete evidence that the service is integrated into the Trezor Suite to protect users from front-running attacks. The site maintains a professional presence with active social media and clear business documentation. While some automated filters flagged it due to the lack of a public phone number, this is standard for B2B infrastructure companies in the crypto space.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The website presents a high-quality, professional interface for 'Blink,' an MEV-protected private mempool. It uses industry-standard terminology and provides clear documentation for developers and RPC providers.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a reputable IP with a perfect reputation score and uses a valid SSL certificate from Google Trust Services. It loads resources from known legitimate domains like Amazon S3 and Plausible.

Domain History

The domain has been active since early 2023 and has built significant authority within the blockchain ecosystem. It is widely referenced in technical documentation and developer benchmarks.

Web Reputation

Independent research shows zero scam reports or complaints across major consumer platforms. Instead, we found positive citations from established security companies and hardware wallet manufacturers who use their technology.

Risk Factors

Automated systems noted a lack of traditional contact methods like a phone number, though this is common for B2B tech firms.
The site uses Telegram for support, which is a platform sometimes used by bad actors, but here it serves as a legitimate community channel.

Positive Signals

Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.
Verified integration with Trezor, a leading hardware wallet manufacturer.
High global traffic ranking indicating significant real-world usage.
Active business presence with a physical headquarters in New York and a verified team on LinkedIn.
Clean reputation on major browser blocklists and IP abuse databases.

AI Recommendation

This site is safe to use. You can follow their official documentation to integrate their MEV protection services or use their public RPC endpoints.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for merkle.io, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration

Active · United States

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

2 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

merkle.io operates Blink, a B2B private mempool service for MEV protection and orderflow monetization on Ethereum, Base, BSC, Solana, and other chains; claims operation since early 2023 with 15M+ transactions/day and 4B+ total.
Company headquartered in New York, NY; founded 2023; 11-50 employees per LinkedIn; X account @merkle_mev; active at events like EthCC.
Testimonial on site from Monetize (Nick DiSisto) praising integration, MEV protection, revenue features, and team support.
Trezor Suite uses merkle.io to power MEV protection via private transaction relays.
RPC endpoints (e.g., eth.merkle.io, bsc.merkle.io) are widely referenced in technical docs, benchmarks, and malware C2 lists (as legitimate public RPCs queried by RATs, not as malicious).
GridinSoft analysis: merkle.io appears generally safe with no major malware/phishing threats detected; related blinklabs.xyz has mixed/suspicious scores on some scanners but no direct scam reports for merkle.io.
No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews found on Reddit, Trustpilot, or general web searches; unrelated scams exist for similar names (e.g., merkle.trade, Merkl rewards, job scams).

Positive reviews (2)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

Trezor.ioopen
"MEV protection in Trezor Suite is powered by merkle.io - a blockchain infrastructure provider specializing in private transaction relays and advanced transaction routing solutions."
merkle.io (testimonial)open
"“The Blink team has been great to work with. They've helped us improve transaction reliability and protect users from MEV, while delivering MEV recovery, gas rebates, and gas sponsored swaps with minimal effort on our side. The integration "

Business registration

Status: active · United States

Listed as privately held company founded in 2023, headquartered in New York, NY (980 Avenue of the Americas). LinkedIn shows 11-50 employees (approx. 14 listed). Crunchbase profile exists for blockchain/MEV services. No official corporate registry details found.

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for merkle.io and found no scam reports or complaints. Our research confirmed that the site is a legitimate blockchain infrastructure provider founded in 2023 and headquartered in New York. Notably, Trezor.io officially lists merkle.io as the provider powering MEV protection within their Trezor Suite software. The company maintains an active professional presence on LinkedIn with approximately 14 listed employees.

Scam Network Intelligence

Cross-site correlation

This site shares signals with a broader cluster

Moderate correlation

Many scams don't operate alone. We correlate third-party scripts, hosting infrastructure, brand-impersonation signals, and the AI evidence package to detect when a site is part of a broader scam network.

Suspicion score

0/100

ClearLowModerateHighCritical

Evidence (2)

Funnels users into Telegram — common herding channel for crypto scams.
Zero contact info on a crypto/gambling page — legitimate operators publish a licence and address.

Linked signals (2)

t.mePattern · Contactless Crypto

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbersNone

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles1

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No phone number listed on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.
Scam family match: Tech-Support Scam.

Links to 2 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1

ExpiresSep 18, 2026 (88d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingCloudflare, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web servercloudflare

PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Yes

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://merkle.io/
2301https://merkle.io/
3200https://www.merkle.io/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPCloudflare, Inc.

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on merkle.io and not a lookalike like m-erkle.io.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
Discuss this site on the forum
If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.
Open

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

plausible.io blink.io portal.blinklabs.xyz t.me status.blinklabs.xyz docs.blinklabs.xyz s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on merkle.io. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
merkle.io passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 90/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. merkle.io presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 88 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report merkle.io as clean.
No. merkle.io is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
merkle.io resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
Yes. merkle.io sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.
This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 21, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around merkle.io have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·merkle.io

SAFE

This is a legitimate blockchain infrastructure provider specializing in MEV protection and private transaction routing. It is an established B2B service integrated by major hardware wallet providers like Trezor. You can safely use their RPC endpoints and services.

This site is safe to use. You can follow their official documentation to integrate their MEV protection services or use their public RPC endpoints.

AV engines

MT passes

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