Ethereum's provider isConnected method returns true always

[nbran]

Summary

Even for a dApp that has never been associated with the wallet before.

Example

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Steps to Reproduce

1. Go to any dApp
2. Open developer tools
3. In the console, execute window.phantom.ethereum.isConnected();
4. The response is always true

Phantom Version

2.4.8

Is there an existing discussion for this?

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[adamdelphantom]

@nbran Thank you for flagging! We are investigating.

[adamdelphantom]

@nbran After discussing this I learned that window.ethereum.isConnected refer's to the provider's connection to RPC nodes, not about the user account. You can find more info here: https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/134183/window-ethereum-isconnected-always-returns-true

[nbran]

Thanks, @adamdelphantom. I think that doesn't quite explain the issue as the function will return true even if there is no connection to the RPC node (you can replicate easily by calling the function offline).

Furthermore, if the function is indeed designed to work as you describe for Ethereum/Polygon, then that would be inconsistent with the equivalents for Solana and Bitcoin which seems to return true when the wallet is connected to a dApp (including during offline / no access to RPC nodes).