Wallet Safety Basics

The 4 rules that prevent 95% of wallet drains.

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The 4 rules

Never type your seed phrase into any website, app, or chat — not even 'wallet support'
Use a hardware wallet for anything > 1 month of rent
Bookmark official sites. Never use Google ads to reach an exchange
Sign every transaction by reading it — if you can't tell what it does, reject it

Fake airdrop emails with a 'claim' button → connects wallet → signs a permit that drains tokens.

Fake support DM on Discord → asks for seed phrase to 'restore your wallet'.

Lookalike exchange URL → you log in and lose 2FA-bound funds.

Your seed phrase is the wallet. Anyone who sees it owns everything inside, instantly and permanently.

Independent primary sources used to check and corroborate the guidance on this page.

NIST National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)
US national framework for cybersecurity work roles and competencies.
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Global AML/CFT standards referenced by financial-crime curricula.
FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center — Annual Reports
Primary loss and typology data used in fraud-investigation training.
US Federal Trade Commission — Consumer Sentinel Data Book
Official complaint statistics for teaching fraud trend analysis.