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Crypto Discussion Forum => Cryptocurrency discussions => Topic started by: taera249 on January 07, 2018, 11:03:01 PM
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
The safest way to store your airdrops are hardware & cold storage wallets. These wallets store your coins offline, and therefore protect them from being hacked. There are a number of hardware wallets available. We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Not all cryptocurrency can be stored in hardware wallets. We advise you to store your crypto in wallets where you control your private keys. You don't want your free crypto to be stolen!
To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
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its right thanks for some tips. its good for a new member.. :D
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Thanks for the tipps. I would add:
- use paper wallets for coins you want to keep a while
- don't put everything in one place
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I want add one thing.
Don't leave any cpyptos in an exchange.
There is a real danger that cryptos can be stolen by an hacker when exchange is attacked.
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how about myether or im token ? it safe ?
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I want add one thing.
Don't leave any cpyptos in an exchange.
There is a real danger that cryptos can be stolen by an hacker when exchange is attacked.
But what if i want to use them for lets say sell high to buy lower again.
Would you recommend moving between wallets then?
But isn't it a waste to do this for the transaction costs?
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I want add one thing.
Don't leave any cpyptos in an exchange.
There is a real danger that cryptos can be stolen by an hacker when exchange is attacked.
But what if i want to use them for lets say sell high to buy lower again.
Would you recommend moving between wallets then?
But isn't it a waste to do this for the transaction costs?
I would always recommend to move your crypto from the exchange to your wallet .
Yes, It's very practical as you said to leave cryptos on exchange but you have to consider that:
1)If you leave your cryptos in exchange , they can be stolen by someone else so, if someone steals them, you won't get them back again.
2)I think it's necessary spend that little commission for security reason . Remember that in the moment that your cryptos return back to your wallet, then, your funds are safe and protected.
3)The exchange can close in a future and you will lose all your crypto that you leave there.
For the question of moving funds between wallet:
This is a necessary action when you use an Exchange that asks to you the private key of the wallet in which you have funds to sell (Etherdelta for example).
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how about myether or im token ? it safe ?
Myetherwallet is safe so long as you keep your private keys safe. Also be sure to bookmark the site for future visits so you won't suffer from phishing attacks
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how about myether or im token ? it safe ?
Myetherwallet is safe so long as you keep your private keys safe. Also be sure to bookmark the site for future visits so you won't suffer from phishing attacks
Thanks Bro
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You can save your cryptocurrency in MEW safely and there is also many wallet available for that ..
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I would recommend Metamask over MEW. It's safer and more convent.
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
The safest way to store your airdrops are hardware & cold storage wallets. These wallets store your coins offline, and therefore protect them from being hacked. There are a number of hardware wallets available. We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Not all cryptocurrency can be stored in hardware wallets. We advise you to store your crypto in wallets where you control your private keys. You don't want your free crypto to be stolen!
To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
The Ledger Nano S works very well! I bought two of them just in case one breaks and I use this in combination with MEW.
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- don't put everything in one place
I don't see many people suggesting that but definitely think it makes sense.
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
The safest way to store your airdrops are hardware & cold storage wallets. These wallets store your coins offline, and therefore protect them from being hacked. There are a number of hardware wallets available. We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Not all cryptocurrency can be stored in hardware wallets. We advise you to store your crypto in wallets where you control your private keys. You don't want your free crypto to be stolen!
To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
Really good suggestions.
Many still do not have hardware wallets, So metamask is also good for both storing tokens and trading.
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I use MEW with Ledger.. but Metamask seems great too...common sense will take you a long way here.. just don't get phished or EVER give out private keys.
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This is a very good topic, especially for a beginner like myself!
Thank you very much!
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now a days, many of the people are using hardware wallet to keep there coins safe
so i think it is better to suggest everyone to use hardware wallet
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Thanks for this one mate! I learned something! ;D :D
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I think some of the best advise I've read is don't login to your wallet ever unless you're making a withdrawal. You don't need to login for a deposit either. Just use EtherScan or something to see your funds. You'll find you'll login 100x less and therefore any risk is reduced by 99%, regardless of how you access your wallet.
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Thanks it's a great help for a newbie like me, but some other people use hardware wallet for storing some.cryptocoins. Just like bitcoins and ETH.
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Thanks very much it's really great for a newbie like me
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I use MEW for ETH and ERC20 tokens. I just got my Ledger Nano S today and will let you know my thoughts after I get it all set up.
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Thank you to this topic. This is really helpful for me.
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I use mew because for now I don't have any issues from it so I also recommend it.
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how about myether or im tokens? it safe?
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I also use myether I think it's safe as long as your data is not in wide spread that can harm your wallet ,,,
thank you
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
The safest way to store your airdrops are hardware & cold storage wallets. These wallets store your coins offline, and therefore protect them from being hacked. There are a number of hardware wallets available. We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Not all cryptocurrency can be stored in hardware wallets. We advise you to store your crypto in wallets where you control your private keys. You don't want your free crypto to be stolen!
To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
Thank you for your feedback,
But honestly I just know if there is an offline wallet,
Hopefully can make me and some other friends understand what's the point of offline wallet ,,
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Use your wallet. If you have wallet no one get thru that. Because you have a private key. Because not all cryptocurrency has insurance thats way they advise that you have a wallets that they didn't hacked.
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All you just to do is to keep it into a secure wallet like myetherwallet because that wallet i use and also that is very safe to use and easy.
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You can keep your cryptocurrency safe, you must have a paper wallet like my MyEtherWallet. Paper wallets are for those who wish to have their own private wallets without forking out cash for hardware wallets. The money saved could be invested in their coins. Simply generate your wallet online at myetherwallet.com and note your private keys. The website does not store or transmit any of your private information.
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After the recent MyEtherWallet attack I'd like to recommend anybody to buy a hardware wallet, using some of your gains to be sure to not lost on even more gains is very important, especially if you're dealing with a considerable amount of money.
I used to login into MEW to then click on the etherscan link, however you don't have to and you should avoid (I know it seems to be a noob thing to do but hey, this is for begineers), as it would have been deadly for me in case I would've done so on the day of the vulnerability.
You should preferably use Metamask and in case you plan on using MEW you should use the JSON login over the private key one in order to keep yourself safe from keyloggers. 2FA is a must anywhere you can
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
The safest way to store your airdrops are hardware & cold storage wallets. These wallets store your coins offline, and therefore protect them from being hacked. There are a number of hardware wallets available. We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Not all cryptocurrency can be stored in hardware wallets. We advise you to store your crypto in wallets where you control your private keys. You don't want your free crypto to be stolen!
To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
Thanks for sharing with us this will help for a newbie and other users here like me, safetyness is important .
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Thanks for wonderful advice. It is helpful to remember in the long run in crypto life. The wonder on that is how the ability of hackers to not counterfeit our wallet if they are so called intelligent person. How we can maintain the safetiness of our wallet if sometimes there is unexpected things to come.
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Great help to us who doesn't have an idea of safe storage. As you said offline wallet is more safe from hackers. Then the private key should store in safe storage too to make it safer not from hackers alone but also to those people who have bad motives on the wallet.
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
The safest way to store your airdrops are hardware & cold storage wallets. These wallets store your coins offline, and therefore protect them from being hacked. There are a number of hardware wallets available. We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Not all cryptocurrency can be stored in hardware wallets. We advise you to store your crypto in wallets where you control your private keys. You don't want your free crypto to be stolen!
To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
Like that you said thats true andnvery important for all newbies here in altcoinstalk.
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the advice very useful especially for me who still fear if this sort of thing happens. but I am grateful I have people who are well-informed in matters like this plus new knowledge I got from this thread me into having a layered security trick. hehe.
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Never share your private key to anyone nor send it through any messaging apps. You never knew there might be hacking schemes going on. So just keep in a hard drive, flash drive or in your desktop. Don’t just keep it in one place. Make sure to have backup in case the other one broke.
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
The safest way to store your airdrops are hardware & cold storage wallets. These wallets store your coins offline, and therefore protect them from being hacked. There are a number of hardware wallets available. We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Not all cryptocurrency can be stored in hardware wallets. We advise you to store your crypto in wallets where you control your private keys. You don't want your free crypto to be stolen!
To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
You made a quite good resume for the newbies, good job my friend.
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I use MEW with Ledger.. but Metamask seems great too...common sense will take you a long way here.. just don't get phished or EVER give out private keys.
I agree with you. Ledger a good wallet, regularly come updates. Regardless of the purse the main thing is not to give private keys.
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
The safest way to store your airdrops are hardware & cold storage wallets. These wallets store your coins offline, and therefore protect them from being hacked. There are a number of hardware wallets available. We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Not all cryptocurrency can be stored in hardware wallets. We advise you to store your crypto in wallets where you control your private keys. You don't want your free crypto to be stolen!
To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
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Полезная информация. Спасибо. Сам с недавних пор пользуюсь холодным кошельком. Так как к нему нет доступа интернета, а значит монеты в безопасности .
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You can keep your cryptocurrency safely by using 2fa.Also never ever give your private key to anyone who's asking for it and reason out that it is needed for them to send you tokens, only wallet address is needed ok.Don't forget to log out your account when using other PC.And maybe try to change your password regularly.
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Hi mate, Great job.Really helpful post for the community member. I appreciate your hard work for the community member. Hopes we will get more valuable info in future from you.
Thanks :-*
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thank you for this very important information about how to maintain the security of the cryptocurrency. very easy to understand and very helpful to people who are still learning and weighty information. indeed in this forum there should be a lot of information that is very helpful like this
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Great tips when I was newbie some hackers stole all my tokens because I used a easy password.. now best solution for me is to use ledger nano s for everything
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Thank you for the tips. This will help all begginers like me a lot.
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Thank you for the information. very useful for me. this time I can know more and understand how to secure our crypto messages so that they are not hacked. and this information is not only beneficial to me. but for all users of Cryptocurrency.
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It is our responsibility to keep our wallet safe. Never ever trust your password to anyone.
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
The safest way to store your airdrops are hardware & cold storage wallets. These wallets store your coins offline, and therefore protect them from being hacked. There are a number of hardware wallets available. We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Not all cryptocurrency can be stored in hardware wallets. We advise you to store your crypto in wallets where you control your private keys. You don't want your free crypto to be stolen!
To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
I think to keep our coins safe is to store it in an exchange sites that we think with high level of security.
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Another good advice is not to leave your pc opened /unlocked while you are out especially if it is used also by others
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I just knew that using security in the wallet must have rules. of the seven rules I will probably obey, because in my opinion this will be safer and will minimize the risks that exist today.
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To keep your coins safe, save coins in your personal wallet. Do not store coins in the exchange because it is very dangerous. If you have more money, you can buy a hardware wallet to store coins.
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
The safest way to store your airdrops are hardware & cold storage wallets. These wallets store your coins offline, and therefore protect them from being hacked. There are a number of hardware wallets available. We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Not all cryptocurrency can be stored in hardware wallets. We advise you to store your crypto in wallets where you control your private keys. You don't want your free crypto to be stolen!
To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
There are some scam airdrops going on which asks you to sign your wallet and take you to some phishing website. Never ever put your private keys anywhere on any unknown website. use bookmarks for all your online wallets like MEW.
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Well, you just have to jeep your private key safe, avoid scama and phishing site, protect your wallet and be sure that your wallet is secure. There are many problems when it comes to one's crypto safety measure because it comes to your own manageable wit. However, if you try to fail in securing your account then it would be hard for you. :)
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My only way to keep my crypto currency investment safe is to stop on sending into in the exchange market but instead we should keep on storing in myetherwallet because most of the hackers are attacking the exchanges.
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Another options is to use Ledger Nano S hardware wallet ,its aviable for over 30 cryptocurrency and its not expensive.
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Your money, your responsibility. Any bounty/airdrop or site that asks for private key during registration is to be avoided. Also it is advisable not to click on any link given through email by projects one doesn't know. All it takes is one click and all your wallet details will be open to hacker. Let us be very careful.
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In any place that you can use 2FA, always make sure you enable it, it would not take you more than a few seconds but you would be glad you did it because that account would be almost unhackable.
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Thanks for the information and tips. I have a question though. Are these hardware wallets like applications to download? Secondly are they 100% scam proof?
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Myetherwallet is sheltered inasmuch as you protect your private keys. Additionally make certain to bookmark the site for future visits so you won't experience the ill effects of phishing assaults
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Our safety is our concern. You should always check how and through what service we are going to buy, sell or exchange currency
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Always use a cold wallet - hardware or paper. In addition, you can protect your investment by putting it into a crypto ira (https://www.no links to other forums/#the_best_cryptocurrency_ira_companies_reviewed).
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Great info.. I thanks for the heads-up ways at which we can store our hard earned coins
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There have been interesting articles about hardware wallets in the german media in the last few days.
Even those wallets are not 100% secure as you can hack them physically with enough work. But at least they are easy to hide and i doubt that thiefs look for them. Still the best option imo
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best way to you keep your token safe is hard wallet, this is very safest and you can assuran about it
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best way to you keep your token safe is hard wallet, this is very safest and you can assuran about it
Is the of wallet is "Hard Wallet"?
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hat said, no one except you can take responsibility for your investment decisions, so do think it through before investing. If you are looking for more detail on how cryptocurrencies actually work you won't be hacked
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There have been interesting articles about hardware wallets in the german media in the last few days.
Even those wallets are not 100% secure as you can hack them physically with enough work. But at least they are easy to hide and i doubt that thiefs look for them. Still the best option imo
I agree. I also trust only hard wallets for long-term storing
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As much as possible, keep your keys offline. Have multiple offline storage devices to keep your private keys and make a vault wherein you could keep safe of these words and passphrases. Aside from that, because paper wallet could be crumpled, destroyed or burned, get a metal keyword holder. A metal device that holds letters and words so that you would be able to retrieve even the time passes by.
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As much as possible, keep your keys offline. Have multiple offline storage devices to keep your private keys and make a vault wherein you could keep safe of these words and passphrases. Aside from that, because paper wallet could be crumpled, destroyed or burned, get a metal keyword holder. A metal device that holds letters and words so that you would be able to retrieve even the time passes by.
I guess, saving private keys on a computer is not a good idea? Better if they are written in paper to avoid hacking?
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I think the preference of the majority of hardware wallet (https://cryptolinks.com/hardware-wallet), and the obvious name that comes to mind is Ledger, but obviously many prefer Trezor too including me!
You just need to be sensible with using of right option that comforts you but it’s important to use something like that for security, especially IF you have large amount of Cryptos with you. As you just can’t be comfortable otherwise with keeping up such a large amount with yourself.
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Hey :) Thanks for the advices. I bought a ledger nano s, because I have many different cryptocurrencies and wanted to hold them safely. I installed it and everything went fine. But when I started to save my currencies on it, it said, that I have to remove currencies, because I cant hold more than 5. What did I do wrong? I think I missed something. I bought it because eveywhere were told, that this is the wallet you need to have, when you have many different currencies. So I dont think, that this is right. I would be very glad about help here...
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I want add one thing.
Don't leave any cpyptos in an exchange.
There is a real danger that cryptos can be stolen by an hacker when exchange is attacked.
++++ agree!
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I've got quite bad experience leaving my funds on one exchange for a long time .... ↑
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I've got quite bad experience leaving my funds on one exchange for a long time .... ↑
Well, first of all, never leave your coins on exchanges, they can be hacked.
Always store your coins in the wallets for which you hold the private keys. Never store your private keys on computer which is connected to the network lastly, do not keep all your coins in a single wallet.
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It is also important to keep private keys and recovery seed in a safe manner. Don't keep this data on a device, better use paper and keep it in a vault or something
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In order to have a crypto wallet, you need to choose from a variety of wallets (hardware, software, paper) and all of them have their own purpose.
When safety is the first priority, hardware wallets are the best option. They're foolproof and are virtually unhackable. This is so because of the various features that are available in these wallets.
1. These wallets won’t work until and unless they’re connected to a computer. When disconnected they are just a piece of metal.
2. The private key is safe inside the device itself and when not connected to the PC, it remains isolated. Whereas the exchanges (who are a third party software) stores your private key on an online server.
3. Also, as these hardware wallets are external devices, if your computer gets infected with a virus, then at least your wallet and private key will remain safe.
4. The hardware wallets possess the Two-Factor Authentication, making the transaction more secure, unlike the exchanges.
The best hardware wallets are Ledger Nano S and Trezor One.
And try not to store your crypto on an exchange as that would probably be the most unsafe option. The reason lies behind the fact that these exchanges store your private key on an online server. Plus, you must be aware of all the hacks that keep on happening.
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The main thing here is to deal with reliable cryptocurrency and the wallet which is safe and secure. For me, the anonymity which is provided by decentralized platforms is also in the first place. Therefore, I use the Tera wallet (if you do not know yet about the project, everything is here https://terafoundation.org - all the information is briefly explained). I use it also for the reason that I have to be on the move all the time, and most crypto operations are done with the help of my Android. I use Samsung but it does not matter as the wallet works on other smartphones as well. ;D
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It's a great project! I support it. The guys are really doing something new in blockchain.
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It is. As I see, the price of Tera Coin has started growing finally. CoinMarketCap (Tera is listed there) shows that it managed to add over 5% since the beginning of October. At the moment, not all exchanges are shown on this resource. Thus, it is also proof of the reliability of the project. A complete list of sites where the coin is traded is available on the official website.
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I agree with all the points mentioned in the OP, one thing I would like to add is that people usually fall for the scammers posting the mouth-watering deals shared on Instagram (most of the time I got to see how tempting and cunning their post were).
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I spent a few days studying Tera platform. The developers are really working on the project. There are a lot of interesting things. For example, real decentralized applications. One of the dapps is a cryptomixer. Yesterday a post was published on Facebook about the launch of bug-bounty Tera to search for vulnerabilities in program code. I will create a topic about it. Maybe someone will be interested in it...
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Thank you! I use freewallet but I didn't think about the 2 factor authenticator, will apply it rn
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Keep your password and private keys in safe place and write it diary.... Continue Google authentication and 2fa...
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2FA is the best option i think.
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if you want to save cryptocurrency , the think for important required
- first you dont save on exchange wallet that is very risk
- and then you must save on private wallet
- save recovery paswood on paper all friend
- and last for high safety add 2fa and always for updating your paswood monthly /weekly
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Observing the elementary safety rules that other traders have come up with for a long time before us. You can not only protect yourself and your cryptocurrencies, but also learn to recognize fraud in advance.
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Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
I am missing the above things and have to follow them to avoid hackers from stealing my funds. I am still using the main email address for everything including Airdrops and other resources.
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One of the things a newbie should learn is how to keep their riches for safekeeping and this thread, for me, was full of information already. Anyway, in crypto, everything is done by research. If you're lazy enough to do a little research on something then cryptocurrency is not for you. If you can't guard your money or your wallet then investing is not for you. There is so much to learn if you really are into this kind of investment.
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
The safest way to store your airdrops are hardware & cold storage wallets. These wallets store your coins offline, and therefore protect them from being hacked. There are a number of hardware wallets available. We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Not all cryptocurrency can be stored in hardware wallets. We advise you to store your crypto in wallets where you control your private keys. You don't want your free crypto to be stolen!
To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
Most of your advice was a nice and good mate, thanks for this thing. Actually, activating your 2FA is strong enough
so that your account won't able to hack by many. This was already proven and tested to me. Also at the email, I used too I activated my 2FA too.
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Ledger nano s and trezor are best crypto currency wallets.because safe your coins are store in offline.so I think these are safe and reliable wallets.
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There are two sides to safe coin storage. Security from the technical side (so as not to be stolen) and security from the price side (not to lose money due to volatility). In the first case, cold wallets and physical media will help. In the second - a method of investing that guarantees the safety of money, for example, a structured deposit
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Ofcource , we should trying all security tips that's we got from wallets like enable 2fa , never share any personal information linked to our wallet .
For tight security I always hardware wallet that's is not easy to hacked .
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Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
I am missing the above things and have to follow them to avoid hackers from stealing my funds. I am still using the main email address for everything including Airdrops and other resources.
I think option 1 is safe, im using my main email account in participating airdrops since 2017 and nothing happen, but don't do the option 2 you don't know if the project is legit the money you gave could loss instantly.
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Very good instruction for making safe of my cryptocurrency. Thank you very much to give us such an instructive posts. We should always follow those rules to safe our accounts. I want to add another option that we should change our password time to time and password should be critical. It is very much important for our safety. After all consciousness is very much important for protecting ourselves.
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
The safest way to store your airdrops are hardware & cold storage wallets. These wallets store your coins offline, and therefore protect them from being hacked. There are a number of hardware wallets available. We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Not all cryptocurrency can be stored in hardware wallets. We advise you to store your crypto in wallets where you control your private keys. You don't want your free crypto to be stolen!
To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
Not all downloadable wallets in crypto are not safe dude there are some also that are still safe, like Trust wallet, Mew, Exodo, Imtoken, just do search them first before downloading it, what else? Don't just get easily believe to anyone who will ask anything from you, always be careful at all cost.
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That was a great tips to keep our hard earned crypto safe. I found a similar guide from wallet developers and it adds up to what you've said. https://support.atomicwallet.io/article/94-how-to-keep-your-money-safe (https://support.atomicwallet.io/article/94-how-to-keep-your-money-safe)
I hope it helps. thanks for the share too
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Always save your crypto in a trusted wallet like MEW, Tronlink, and others. or use a hardware wallet. do not store your crypto on the exchange.
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
The safest way to store your airdrops are hardware & cold storage wallets. These wallets store your coins offline, and therefore protect them from being hacked. There are a number of hardware wallets available. We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Not all cryptocurrency can be stored in hardware wallets. We advise you to store your crypto in wallets where you control your private keys. You don't want your free crypto to be stolen!
To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
Yes absolutely right. Those are the key rulls to protect your wallet from scammer. If any one follow the rules then his wellet be secure.
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Make sure the wallet you used for the cryptocurrency is definitely legit one, then aside from the OP said in the above mentioned never give your private key, it is much better to use Nano, or Hardwallet or in for cold wallet, Well MEW is the best for this options anyway, just simple like that.
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
The safest way to store your airdrops are hardware & cold storage wallets. These wallets store your coins offline, and therefore protect them from being hacked. There are a number of hardware wallets available. We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Not all cryptocurrency can be stored in hardware wallets. We advise you to store your crypto in wallets where you control your private keys. You don't want your free crypto to be stolen!
To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
Aside all listed options, you can as well get a cold storage device and store all your assets in it away from online. With that, you are 100% safe
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Aside all listed options, you can as well get a cold storage device and store all your assets in it away from online. With that, you are 100% safe
Cold storage is safe, of course, if the asset is in your hands not in the hands of other people and you also store it in a place that no one knows about
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Thanks to modern trends in blockchain technology, one can easily keep his/her funds on a secured and decentralized platform like the wallet application from atomicwallet.io where users have exclusive access to the private keys of the various coins.
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The best are hardware wallets. Trezor - model one or model T. Ledger - nano x or nano s. I am using Trezor model T and I am very satisfied. If you don't want to use for example btc now, just hodl, you can try also paperwallet.
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Myetherwallet keeping safe may wayes.so you can keep your private keys safe.I believe that private keys very strong.or you can safely Myetherwallet MEW is the best for this options.I mind this options 100% sure.
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Keamanan menjadi kunci utama suatu website agar menjamin segala privasi pengguna, setidaknya tidak terjadi jual beli informasi akun
Please use in English or you can post on board local section here https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?board=28.0
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Hardware wallet is a good option to keep cryptocurrency safe.
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"Your Crypto Currency your safe". Crypto currency is now convey the big assets of any investor and we know that there is no identification accept wallet address. Any time anything can happen if the asset is stolen or hacked by some one then it can not be regain. An this regard the most important thing for me the security of my wallet. I suggest every one to take some initiatives to protect your wallet from the scammer. Just keep your email password secure and not share any one. Do not keep your assets in exchange wallet address. Your private key your assets if you lost it then everything will loss. Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets. Never click on links redirecting to wallets. Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website. Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop. Actually these issues are very important to know how to save your crypto currency.
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I just recently recieved my owned Ledger Nano S. This will be the way I will store and secure my crypto holdings. So everyone must invest some $$$ to a cold wallet. Well, about storing airdrop tokens I wont store it on ledger though. Many of airdrops tokens are worthless after you recieved it. Just store it on a wallet like trust.
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There are many good wallets to store your crypto currencies.I think Ledger nano S/ nano X , trezor, Atomic wallet , myetherwallet , metamask and coinbase are best wallets. I'm using metamask and ledger nano S.
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Hello Brother. Thanks so much for such detailed information. This information will be a guide for new members like me.
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it's not that difficult to keep our cryptocurrencies safe...
- all you have to do is maintain your internet network
- pay attention to the cleanliness of your laptop / pc from viruses or spyware
- and finally use a difficult password
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it's not that difficult to keep our cryptocurrencies safe...
- all you have to do is maintain your internet network
- pay attention to the cleanliness of your laptop / pc from viruses or spyware
- and finally use a difficult password
okay bro, we are paying attention to these. All of this is useless when we click on an email with malware. unfortunately we have to be more careful. Of course, it is a great benefit in doing what you say.
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its the 3 rd time for me to see the same topic with almost same information here in this section :
https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=178997.0
https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=49529.0
@admin
you should really do somthing about these diplicated topics .
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I think Metamask, myetherwallet, ledger nano s, trezor , atomic wallet , trust wallet, coinbase and blockchain are best wallets to store your coins and tokens.
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you can also refer to this basic steps guide : Simple steps to keep your crypto safe (https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=178997.0)
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Old thread but the information in it is still relevant. It is important to be aware that there are different types of wallets to choose from, which all come with their own set of advantages and disadvantages. But the most essential advice is still that you should never keep your funds on the exchange.
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Using the same email a user used to register in exchange for airdrop is the major problem. People don't usually give up their private keys and most people are are now aware of the evil behind send small amont of crypto to receive larger amount. But the registering of airdrop with user's major email is the problem.
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All ways take note of your master password and avoid screenshot cause you might give someone your phone/PC and they go through it.
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I write down those passwords in my notebook after any alt and save the backup so that I can get them back if I ever forget. The ones I use all the time are Trust wallet, Meta Max, TRC20 wallet.
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Thanks for the knowledge shared.
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use a good personal wallet such as truswallet , imtoken , metamask or ledger always chek regularly so that condition remain safe under control dont store asset in the market if you want to do long term storage. still pay attention to risk management .
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Wherever an investor invests, he expects a good profit in it. There is also one of them.
When someone does cryptocurrencies, it is necessary to know that where they should be kept safe.
There is also a lot of wallets and stores on the exchange. But it should be possible to get the information that the exchange is doing good trading.
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To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
Very good points! Private keys are very important and that is why we should keep them safe so that our funds can be safe as well. Also, we should activate 2FA security feature so that it can increase the protection for our funds in wallets that we use, and if anyone can afford hardware wallets that would better because are more secure.
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Very useful Point are mentioned Here . I want to add some things here. Never store Your seed phrases or private keys of your hardware wallets or online wallets in online places like Gmail Drives,google sheets ,In emails. Always write down those words in your notebook in manual ways and write it in multiple books. Never shares these to anyone.Do not click suspicious links provided in mails.Also do not keep your all funds in exchanges.By doing these methods we can protect our assets.
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You can keep your cryptocurrency in your personal wallet so far no body has asses to your wallet it is safe their, and you must copy down your private keys, jut them down and keep them in a good and comfortable place we're no body can see it. Don't ever store your cryptocurrency in an Exchange because if mistakenly the Exchange got hack your cryptocurrencies can be stolen, and don't make use of mobile wallets. Yes we know mobile wallet are use for securing of account, it is a platform we're you give people you don know asses to your wallet, what if they decide to still Your cryptocurrency, and their is noting we can do about it because we don't know them, Your cryptocurrency can be stolen through mobile wallet, that is Why saving or storing of cryptocurrency on a personal wallet is the best
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The answer is simple : Use some wallet and dont forget your pass. :)
The safety and secure project is the primary thing in my opinion. Hack of the projects are so common problem.
My bro starts to follow Deip which secured highly impressive levels and it audited several times.
I'll look too...
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Hi everybody. I am a new person in crypto world. I try to read and study a lot information. As for me I use Trust wallet, but I havn't a large amount of crypto assets. Of course later when I will have much more crypto assets, I will use anther more safe wallet. Thank you for this topic!
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There are several ways I can keep my cryptocurrency safe. I can use a wallet where I can keep my currency safe. As I use Trust Wallet in Blockchain Wallet I am mine We can keep the currency safe. In addition, everyone should take the responsibility of fasting with a security.
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its right thanks for some tips. its good for a new member
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I use MEW with Ledger.. but Metamask seems great too...common sense will take you a long way here.. just don't get phished or EVER give out private keys.
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Great help to us who doesn't have an idea of safe storage. As you said offline wallet is more safe from hackers. Then the private key should store in safe storage too to make it safer not from hackers alone but also to those people who have bad motives on the wallet
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Thank you so much for this information it is really very helpful because our crypto currency is not safe in every wallets. Many wallets are just scam and many people are loosing their amount so be careful before choosing any wallet.
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How do I keep my cryptocurrency safe?
The safest way to store your airdrops are hardware & cold storage wallets. These wallets store your coins offline, and therefore protect them from being hacked. There are a number of hardware wallets available. We would advise to use the Ledger Wallet Nano S or Trezor.
Not all cryptocurrency can be stored in hardware wallets. We advise you to store your crypto in wallets where you control your private keys. You don't want your free crypto to be stolen!
To avoid scams we have a few general rules:
Never give your private keys!
Use 2 Factor Authenticator on your wallets
Be careful downloading wallets of smaller projects
Never click on links redirecting to wallets
Don’t use your main email address to apply for airdrops
Don’t re-use your passwords when you register on a website
Don’t send small amounts of crypto to receive your airdrop
Thanks for your information. I will keep in mind the rules which you have provided. These rules are the basic things if you want that your wallet not to be hacked by someone then follow the rules of the forum.
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Great tips when I was newbie some hackers stole all my tokens because I used a easy password.. now best solution for me is to use ledger nano s for everything.You can keep your cryptocurrency safely by using 2fa.Also never ever give your private key to anyone who's asking for it and reason out that it is needed for them to send you tokens, only wallet address is needed ok.Don't forget to log out your account when using other PC.And maybe try to change your password regularly.
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wonder on that is how the ability of hackers to not counterfeit our wallet if they are so called intelligent person. How we can maintain the safetiness of our wallet never knew there might be hacking schemes going on. So just keep in a hard drive, flash drive or in your desktop. Don’t just keep it in one place. Make sure to have backup in case
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The money saved could be invested in their coins. Simply generate your wallet online at myetherwallet.
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It's Very valuable information. Thanks for sharing this info. Hope new members will get help by reading this post. Always makes new info around us.
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Back in 2018/19 crypto exchanges where not so safe and attacked by many hackers occasionally. But now its different. Many cloud wallet security protocols improves alot and now its nearly impossible to hack many exchanges. I personally use exchanges to secure normal coins but store personally large amount.
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I believe that no cryptocurrency user can feel safe, because there is always a rose in hacking or losing sensitive data from their wallets. It seems to me that this problem looks even more global if we talk about the legalization of cryptocurrency and the use of cryptocurrency in everyday life. The fact is that using cryptocurrency and having so many dangers of losing money, using cryptocurrency for an ordinary person really carries a lot of risks and dangers.
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Thanks for this piece of information.
Now i know i should have my private key intact and not to reveal it to any one.
Thanks once again for this information.
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I believe that no cryptocurrency user can feel safe, because there is always a rose in hacking or losing sensitive data from their wallets.
Yes, I agree with you. Really cryptocurrency market is a field of high volatility and risk. Besides that there are a lot of sheetcoins and scam projects. And there are a lot if scammers. Of course we know the rules to keep our assets safety. But anyway crypto is too risky.
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Talking less about money (or crypto) always work well when speaking about safety. The less people know about you, the better it is. I use separate wallets for storage, and separate wallets for transactions. So far so good.
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Yes, i agree with your concern. Keep in mind those terms then crypto assets will be secure.