The current crypto market is exciting, but it's also a high-risk operational zone. After recent exploits, like the massive attack on Yearn Finance's yETH, the message is clear: You cannot rely on exchanges or protocols to protect you. You must protect yourself.
The vast majority of retail traders and investors pay the "Hidden Tax" of negligence, simply by not following three basic, free steps. If you spend five minutes completing this OpSec checkup today, you can eliminate up to 90% of the risk facing the average crypto user.
This is the most fundamental security rule in finance, and it's ignored by almost everyone in crypto.
The Rule: Your wallet must be compartmentalized based on its function.
Action Item: Create a new wallet today, transfer your long-term holdings to it, and lock it away. Use your old wallet as your daily spending account.
The seed phrase (or recovery phrase) is your master key. If it's stored digitally, it is not safe.
The Rule: A seed phrase must be physical and non-digital.
The easiest way for a scammer to drain your account is not by hacking the blockchain, but by finding your seed phrase stored in a screenshot, a note on Google Drive, or in your phone's cloud backup. Never allow your seed phrase to touch a device connected to the internet.
Action Item: Physically write your 12 or 24 words down on paper or engrave them on metal. Store this physical asset in a secure, non-digital location (like a safe or fireproof box).
This is the "Hidden Tax Hole" that quietly drains wallets.
Every time you interact with a decentralized application (dApp)—whether to stake, trade, or swap—you grant that smart contract a token approval (or permission) to spend your tokens on your behalf.
The problem? Many of those dApps are now defunct, abandoned, or have been compromised. They still hold the permission to drain your wallet.
The Rule: Regularly review and revoke all unnecessary token permissions.
Action Item: Use a free tool like Revoke.cash or a similar service to see every active permission on your wallet. Revoke any permission that points to a project you don't use daily. You are closing the door on the security holes that could drain your funds months from now.
If you have completed the three steps above, you have achieved a level of security far beyond the average crypto user. You have proven you understand the operational competence required for this market.
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We are here to help you build competence. Stay safe out there.
