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5 ways to Secure Your Cryptocurrency Wallet

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Mahendra Patel
5 ways to Secure Your Cryptocurrency Wallet

A cryptocurrency wallet is a device, physical medium, program, or service which stores the public and/or private keys for cryptocurrency transactions. There are many different types of crypto wallets but the most famous ones have hosted wallets, non-custodial wallets, and hardware wallets.

This Digital wallet increases the hacking event because many investors are new to this investment and they didn’t know how to secure their investment. This gives the open way to the hacker to steal funds from the investors’ accounts. So, the investor needs to protect their digital currency against cyberattacks.

There are a few methods to secure your cryptocurrency:

Hardware Wallet

Use a cold wallet is the better way to secure the currency to the cyberattacks. A clod wallet is also known as a hardware wallet. This is the most workable option to secure your key.

In 2019, the Japanese exchange BITpoint discovered an unauthorized withdrawal of $32 million from its hot wallet in different cryptocurrencies targeting more than 50,000 users. The exchange held five cryptocurrencies in its hot wallet: Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Ripple. However, BITpoint clarified that its cold wallet and cash holdings were not affected by the incident.

Maintain various Wallets

Choose to maintain multiple wallets is reduce the risk of cyber-attack. You can diversify your cryptocurrency investments in multiple wallets because there is no limitation in creating a wallet. You can use one of your wallets for day-to-day transactions and for the rest you can keep it in a separate wallet.

Secure Internet

During the crypto Transaction avoid Public wi-fi is the best way to secure your digital currency. Even if you use a home network connect with VPN give additional security because its changes your IP address and location.

 

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