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SecurityA wallet signature is not a handshake
A signature proves a key agreed to a particular message. That message might be a send, a spending permission, a login, or a listing. Read the wallet warning. The site’s caption is not the message.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min read
WalletsA backup is an estate plan, not a treasure map
Self-custody without a tested restore and a boring instruction for the living is a story you tell yourself. Company accounts inherit like company accounts. Clever schemes you cannot explain will fail your future self.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min read
WalletsThe wrong network is still the wrong city
Most stranded funds are not hacks. They are a deposit address copied from the right app on the wrong network, or a memo left blank. Here is the map before you press send.EasyCryptoGuides · · 5 min read
SecurityWhat is cold storage?
Cold storage means the signing keys stay offline. It is a practice, not a product name, and it does not forgive a bad backup.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min readLatest Security news
SecurityLedger devices from one reseller had an extra part. The chip was not the hole.
Buyers from a Southeast Asian reseller were told not to set unused devices up. Researcher estimates of the loss run from the tens of millions into the mid-nineties. Ledger has not confirmed a total. The Secure Element was not the clipboard.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min read
SecurityBitget lost about $387.5 million from hot wallets. That is an exchange ledger.
On 24 September 2026 Bitget halted withdrawals after unauthorised transfers from hot and warm wallets. The first figure was $351.6 million. A later count, including Zcash and TRON, put it at about $387.5 million. Customer keys were not the story Bitget told.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min read
SecurityCosmos Hub restarted and moved 1,227,121 ATOM. That is a validator choice, not finality.
On 23 September 2026 Cosmos Hub resumed at 12:00 UTC on Gaia v28.3.0. A one-time state change at height 33,086,741 moved 1,227,121 ATOM from a Neutron attacker’s account to a 4-of-6 recovery multisig.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min readStuck on a definition? Glossary · Ask EasyCryptoGuides · Start here path