Crypto Security 101: Protecting Your Digital Assets
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So there I was at 3 AM, wide awake and googling "what if I lose my Bitcoin recovery phrase" after realizing I'd written it on a random piece of paper that was somewhere in my messy apartment. Yeah, that was a fun night of anxiety-induced cleaning. Here's the thing nobody tells you when you first buy crypto: the security part is actually scarier than the buying part. With regular banking, if something goes wrong, you call customer service and they fix it. With crypto? You ARE the customer service, the bank, and the security team all rolled into one. If you're completely new to crypto and haven't bought your first Bitcoin yet, you might want to start with Buying Your First Bitcoin: Complete Beginner's Guide to get the basics down first. But if you've already got some crypto and want to keep it safe, you're in the right place. I've made pretty much every security mistake you can make (without losing money, thankfully), and I'm going to help ...