Bitcoin Security Tips

Why it matters: Anyone who gets your seed phrase can move your Bitcoin without your permission. No exchange, wallet company, or support agent needs your seed phrase.

Best practice: Write it down offline, store it in more than one secure location, and avoid saving it in screenshots, email, cloud storage, notes apps, or chat messages.

Why it matters: Reusing the same password across websites is dangerous. If one website is hacked, attackers may try that password on your crypto exchange or email account.

Best practice: Use a password manager, create a different password for every account, and protect your email account especially well because it can reset many other accounts.

Why it matters: Two-factor authentication adds another security layer after your password. This makes it harder for hackers to access your exchange, email, or wallet account.

Best practice: Use an authenticator app or hardware security key when possible. Avoid SMS 2FA for large accounts because phone numbers can be vulnerable to SIM-swap attacks.

Why it matters: Phishing is one of the most common ways people lose crypto. Fake emails, fake support accounts, fake airdrops, and fake wallet websites can look very real.

Best practice: Bookmark official websites, type URLs manually, ignore urgent messages asking for wallet access, and never connect your wallet to a website you do not trust.

Why it matters: Hot wallets and exchange accounts are connected to the internet, which makes them more exposed to hacks, malware, phishing, and account takeovers.

Best practice: Keep small spending amounts in a hot wallet and larger long-term holdings in cold storage. Buy hardware wallets directly from trusted sources and verify the setup process carefully.

Why it matters: If your wallet device breaks or gets lost, your recovery phrase is how you restore access. Without it, your Bitcoin may be impossible to recover.

Best practice: Use durable backups, consider fireproof or metal storage, keep backups private, and make sure trusted heirs know where to find instructions if needed without exposing the phrase publicly.