✦ Cold-storage and offline separation
Understand why keeping signing credentials away from connected environments can reduce some risks, along with the trade-offs of cold storage, backups, transaction signing and physical device safety.
PRACTICAL CHECKLIST
Understand hot vs cold is a checkpoint, not an automatic guarantee. Compare the instructions with the wallet software and the network you actually use. If a website or signature request cannot be verified, stop and investigate independently.
Separate signing keys is a checkpoint, not an automatic guarantee. Compare the instructions with the wallet software and the network you actually use. If a website or signature request cannot be verified, stop and investigate independently.
Protect physical copies is a checkpoint, not an automatic guarantee. Compare the instructions with the wallet software and the network you actually use. If a website or signature request cannot be verified, stop and investigate independently.
Know the trade-offs is a checkpoint, not an automatic guarantee. Compare the instructions with the wallet software and the network you actually use. If a website or signature request cannot be verified, stop and investigate independently.
IMPORTANT CONTEXT
Understand why keeping signing credentials away from connected environments can reduce some risks, along with the trade-offs of cold storage, backups, transaction signing and physical device safety.
Educational material cannot guarantee how a particular wallet or blockchain behaves. Independently check the software and network, and distrust any site promising absolute safety or asking for secret keys.
Before submitting a transfer, inspect the recipient, amount, network and requested permissions. Blockchain transactions may not be reversible.
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