Topic: How to protect your altcoin - page 40. (Read 5585 times)
Without a doubt, the safest way to store any cryptocurrency is using a paper wallet. By following a few pointers below, you can set one up entirely for free. This truly makes you the master of your investment, and if precautions are followed, there’s no possibility of your private keys being known by anyone else.
For those seeking the most secure form of storage, cold wallets are the way to go. These are best suited to long-term holders, who don’t require access to their coins for months, or years at a time. They aren’t without their own set of risks but if you follow the instructions correctly, and take every precaution possible, these are greatly minimized.
You can use mobile wallets, which are not only safe but also pretty convenient to use because all you need to do is to download an app into your phone. MyCelium is a really popular app(for both Android and iPhone) that people use for their mobile wallets, CoPay is a great option as well.
For me, the most effective protection method is the use of our software that works like a professional better known as a good antivirus, because it can provide protection against all suspicious entries from the Online world, which will detect and remove all types of malicious software from computer that we use this sat.
Desktop wallets are much better options in terms of security. Desktop wallets are downloaded and installed on a single PC or laptop and they are only accessible from that one device where it was downloaded. However, while it is a safer alternative than an online wallet, it can still be very inconvenient because you will not get access to your money unless you are on the device from which you downloaded the wallet.
What is the best methods to protect altcoin from hacker?
MOST people use the wallets. Cux it's given us a reliable I recommend you to use this wallet (MEW, Metamask & Ledger Nano). It's had a powerful security to save the coins for the scams.
Keep them in a cold wallet. The main thing is not using cloud services to store passwords, they are often hacked. Also it is necessary to not store your coins on stock exchanges.
Clear all the history on your computer every week or so. This will higher your chances that you aren't getting phished or key logged. I would also invest in anti-virus as well as hardware wallets that disconnect your private keys from your computer. Having all these things should be ample for security.
I also clean my computer every week. Prevent hackers from stealing data. But I think anti-virus software can't be trusted. So I just open it when cleaning. My private keys are all placed in a USB flash drive. Because the money is on the exchange. ~~~ Haha. What is the best methods to protect altcoin from hacker?
If you are using MyEtherWallet.com ( MEW ). I advise you to read their safety tips. You can check it out when you visit the site. You can protect your funds by keeping your private key because that was the key to access your MEW. Which is very important, so don't gave it to others and also don't loss it. Why ? if you loss your MEW private key, means that you can no longer access to your account and it was time to say good bye to your altcoins. So be careful. We want to keep our Altcoin safety, we don't let others know or we must keep our private key and password in a safety place so that it will not hacks from others.
One of the most reliable options for protecting altcoins is to keep them on a cold wallet that is installed on a computer that does not have access to the Internet.
Aside from that wallet we may nano ledger wallet wherein we can save our altcoin in ethereum wallet. Their are still ways to keep safe our coins and it is our responsibility to do so. 
Use only authorized wallets to store your coins, using wallets that are not approved could mean that you would end up losing your coins to a phishing scam. Also protect the private keys and passwords to the wallet where you store your altcoins. Never store them online, make sure that they are written down in a place where you are the only one that can get to them.
What is the best methods to protect altcoin from hacker?
I would say this if you can afford to lose it at any moment, don't worry.
If you really don't want to lose it, secure it (your altcoins) with an air gap device like Ledger or Trezor
One of the most reliable options for protecting altcoins is to keep them on a cold wallet that is installed on a computer that does not have access to the Internet.
There have been many cases where people lost access to their flash drives or hard disks. Therefore, this is also not the most reliable option.
the most simple way is don't store your private keys in your email or computer. The most safe ways is using a hardware wallet if you have one, which is the most secured, add some metamask extension
There is no surefire method except storing coins offline. Anything that is connected to the internet is vulnerable, so it's best to go with hardware wallets or paper wallets to protect your coins.
One of the most reliable options for protecting altcoins is to keep them on a cold wallet that is installed on a computer that does not have access to the Internet.
If for me personally, how to save and keep wallet adress so it will not disappear by using personal Flashdisk to store important data like bitcoin account and wallet, so we are safe if something happens to our pc like total dead or exposed to the virus.
hardwallet is the best option right now to avoid phishing and other things, get used to not doing careless downloads and make sure the official url checks for every browsing activity. which keeps our assets safe is our own behavior, the exchange wallet is still reliable to date, but not 100% safe.
Do not login to websites that you do not understand, and do not open files shared by strangers at will! Do not download software on strange websites! Do not share your privacy freely!
The increasingly crypto development and the increasing income that can be obtained from crypto will make hackers more and more incentive to steal the investment assets of the crypto community. We have to increase our vigilance against hackers who are increasingly spreading everywhere. Simple things we can do is start from ourselves to tidy up our personal data and store it to a safe and reliable place or tool, storing all crypto secret data into hardware or software that is not connected to the internet connection, antivirus updates for our personal PCs, always clean up history, do not link any sites other than sites that are important to what we're doing when we're online with our wallet or account, and keep data confidential from the people around.
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