Valuable digital safety knowledge and good practices in short but informative articles. Protect your most valuable crypto and digital assets from hacks, scams, and accidents.
11 Jun 2024 3 minute read 5 comments Crypto Safety First
Once again, a data breach leads to thousands of users’ account data being stolen. This time, it happened to a Coingecko — not directly but through a third-party software provider named GetResponse. Security breaches happen occasionally to reputable...
9 Jun 2024 3 minute read 7 comments Crypto Safety First
This is the story of a cryptocurrency user who got a cryptocurrency wallet drained TWICE. Unfortunately, this person didn’t have the tools or knowledge to prevent hackers from hacking his wallet and losing Crypto assets worth 21,000 USD. We cannot g...
6 Mar 2024 4 minute read 13 comments Crypto Safety First
HODLing refers to holding onto your cryptocurrencies through market fluctuations rather than selling them in response to short-term price movements. "HODL" has become synonymous with a long-term investment strategy in cryptocurrency investing. While...
26 Feb 2024 6 minute read 2 comments Crypto Safety First
Recently two influential Twitter accounts were hacked and were used to post cryptocurrency wallet drainier phishing links to their followers. Please keep reading because your data may have been leaked, and there is a lot you can learn from the two Tw...
21 Feb 2024 5 minute read 4 comments Crypto Safety First
This is the real-life story of how a hard-working person was scammed of 150,000 US dollars in a pig butchering scam. This person was kind enough to make his story available to all of us so we could learn from his experience and avoid getting scamme...
15 Feb 2024 3 minute read 5 comments Crypto Safety First
Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the world to the revolutionary concept of decentralized digital currency. But, beyond the technological breakthrough, Nakamoto's decision to remain anonymous is important. On April 23, 2011, Satoshi sent his last email; si...
13 Feb 2024 4 minute read 1 comment Crypto Safety First
In 2011, Stephan Thomas produced an animated video explaining how Bitcoin works. For this 1-minute and 43-second video, he got 7,002 Bitcoins as a reward. Then, Thomas stored those 7,002 Bitcoins in an IronKey USB encrypted hard drive for safekeepin...
8 Feb 2024 5 minute read 11 comments Crypto Safety First
If you haven't taken note of your Cryptocurrency Wallet Derivation Path, you may be unable to recover your Coins. You must learn what a Wallet Derivation Path is, where to find it, and take note of it along your wallet seed phrase. Taking note of a w...
6 Feb 2024 4 minute read 8 comments Crypto Safety First
There are countless stories of crypto investors who have lost considerable amounts of money, or even life savings, to bad crypto assets investments. In this regard, a Twitter channel named 'Crypto Confessions' is both amusing and educative: Anyone c...
31 Jan 2024 4 minute read 6 comments Crypto Safety First
Are you worried that a hacker can get access to your Google account? Enroll in the Google Advanced Security Program and sleep comfortably, knowing only you have the key to log into your account. Security keys, used by the Google Advanced Security Pr...
