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Topic: Coins kept in exchange, are they safe? - page 43. (Read 5685 times)

newbie
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the exchange can not be muted, look what happened to the coinrail recently and it will prove that the exchange wallet is not as safe as you think. This is true if you do not have a secure computer at home or do not have the knowledge to maintain it ie install updates, antivirus, avoid phishing sites
I think it's pretty easy. As a child, I was motivated not to get caught on such sites, because the computer was the parent. I have learned hygiene on the Internet and no longer fall for such sites and simple viruses. You can say I even at first glance can identify scammers Cheesy
legendary
Activity: 3346
Merit: 1214
I feel keeping our coins in exchanges, mininize the risk of loosing our coins to wallet hackers.

No, it's not recommended, it's better to keep it in your wallet and educate yourself on how to protect your wallet from hacking and risk of intrusion, you cannot minimize the risk if you keep your coins on exchange, because they are exposed to large-scale hacking, compare to keeping it to your wallet.
jr. member
Activity: 196
Merit: 1
the exchange can not be muted, look what happened to the coinrail recently and it will prove that the exchange wallet is not as safe as you think. This is true if you do not have a secure computer at home or do not have the knowledge to maintain it ie install updates, antivirus, avoid phishing sites
sr. member
Activity: 518
Merit: 251
I would not leave coins or tokens on a exchange for longer than necessary!
As a result, many people have already lost their money through a hack or scam exchange.

I think it depend on the security of the exchange because I already do that so many times but there is nothing wrong happened on the coin that I left on that specific exchange. But if you want to be more secure better get it and not left it too long to exchange.
newbie
Activity: 98
Merit: 0
Nothing is safe anywhere. Hack can happen anytime. Some exchanges have been hacked earlier. But whats good here is mostly all of them provide users compensation for their losses.
newbie
Activity: 36
Merit: 0
to add I had btc on Mt gox when it went under and it is not a nice feeling
legendary
Activity: 1904
Merit: 1000
I feel keeping our coins in exchanges, mininize the risk of loosing our coins to wallet hackers.

The risk persists even if you keep your coins in the exchanger or in your own wallet. But for me, keeping coins in my own wallet will feel safer. I have full control over it and I think as long as we protect our wallets properly, we don't have to worry about being hacked.
newbie
Activity: 238
Merit: 0
Well, I think you wrong there because exchanges are still vulnerable to hackers.. I would only trust myself to keep my coins and not any exchanges.
jr. member
Activity: 154
Merit: 1
The Next Generation Distributed Smart Network
depends on what exchange bro..binance I am suspecting will be good but it's always better to store it in cold wallet
 one bad thing is all coins are moving to mainnet which is troublesome.
newbie
Activity: 36
Merit: 0
Never, never know what may happen
jr. member
Activity: 168
Merit: 5
It might be safe or might be not. Nobody  knows..The safest wallet you can ever choose it is your wallet based on blockchain . At least this might be a safe place  Wink
newbie
Activity: 98
Merit: 0
What exchanges have been hacked then?

Google is your friend and if you didn't know these things then you should be worried.

Mt. Gox exchange hack with $473 million stolen
Bitstamp exchange hack with $5.1 million stolen
Bitfinex hack with $66 million stolen
Bithumb $31 Million Crypto Exchange
Korean crypto exchange Coinrail loses over $40M in tokens following a hack
etc.
newbie
Activity: 14
Merit: 0
I don´t think so, there are many news of hacked exchanges, so they are not safe in there.
newbie
Activity: 56
Merit: 0
That's what will be going on in the mind of many crypto traders, what to do? yeah most of the exchanges are safe to keep your coins. but don't forget hackers are everywhere, so I prefer it to be like spreaded. I'll store my coins in separate wallets or exchanges in which I trust.
full member
Activity: 1750
Merit: 186
What exchanges have been hacked then?
jr. member
Activity: 266
Merit: 1
Do not store everything in one "basket" - it is better to use several wallets and exchanges. Keeping on stock exchange or wallet - no 100 % guarantee that you will not lose your coins
newbie
Activity: 112
Merit: 0
's wrong to keep coins in exchange offices. I understand that you store on different exchanges and think that it minimizes your risks. But in fact, you do not take into account the fact that the risk of hacking hackers is not less on the exchange and this is added to the risk of freezing your funds by the management of the exchange.
member
Activity: 349
Merit: 10
I feel keeping our coins in exchanges, mininize the risk of loosing our coins to wallet hackers.

Nope, that's wrong. That even increases the risk of losing your coin. Most of crypto hacking happens in exchange sites. If you want your coin to be safe, just put it into hardware wallet. That's the safest method to avoid hackers.
jr. member
Activity: 294
Merit: 1
I would not leave coins or tokens on a exchange for longer than necessary!
As a result, many people have already lost their money through a hack or scam exchange.
member
Activity: 350
Merit: 11
In my own opinion, it is not safe to keep your coins inside the exchange, it is because hackers might hack it. I suggest you use your personal wallet in keeping the coins in that way it is more secure than keeping it in exchanges.
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