Most losses are not market losses
People assume the danger in crypto is the price. In practice, the majority of money that disappears does so through a scam, a phishing link, or a permission granted two years ago and forgotten.
Every one of those is preventable, and none of them requires technical skill to avoid. They require knowing the specific shapes the attacks take, which is what this section is for.
You are the target
Breaking the cryptography is impossible. Tricking the person holding the key is cheap and effective, so that is what attackers do.
Speed is the enemy
Almost every loss involves someone hurrying. There is no reversal, so the minutes you spend checking are the entire safety system.
Small habits compound
A test transaction, a bookmark and a quarterly approval review prevent the overwhelming majority of preventable losses.
Nine pages covering every common failure
Self custody
Owning your keys, properly
Read thisSeed phrase security
The words that control everything
Read thisHardware wallets
When to buy one and which
Read thisCommon scams
The playbooks that catch people
Read thisSpotting a rug pull
Warning signs before you buy
Read thisPhishing and drainers
How wallets actually get emptied
Read thisToken approvals
The permission you forgot you granted
Read thisSecurity checklist
Twenty minutes, once
Read thisRecovery planning
If something happens to you
Read thisIf you see any of these, stop
Anyone asking for your seed phrase
There is no legitimate reason. Not support, not migration, not verification, not an airdrop. Every request is theft, without exception.
A direct message offering help
Nobody legitimate contacts you first. Real support does not slide into your messages, and real founders do not either.
Guaranteed returns
Nothing in crypto is guaranteed. A fixed high yield with no explanation of where it comes from is either a misunderstanding or a fraud.
Urgency and a deadline
Limited time, act now, only 100 spots. Urgency exists to stop you checking. Any genuine opportunity survives you taking an hour.
A link from a search ad
Attackers buy ads for wallet and exchange names. The ad outranks the real site. Use bookmarks instead.
A request to connect and sign right away
Read what you are signing. A login signature and a token approval look similar and do very different things.
Have your setup reviewed
We go through your wallets, your approvals, your backups and your exchange security together, and tell you plainly what we would change.