I think you should send all your Bitcoin to your offline wallet. It is safer than store them in the exchange.
I will try that.Thanks.
Topic: Should I Be Scared Of Hackers If I Have Lot of BTC. - page 15. (Read 4151 times)
Thanks.
I am hearing a lot of users' complaint about having a problem transferring their BTC, Nowadays I am not selling it because I am "Hodling" it for future. But I am a bit of scared now because all this news about the people's BTC being hacked.
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
I think instead of being scared you should be aware of how a hacker can attack you, a hacker will always seek of a weak point in your security and will exploit it until it achieve its goal. If your wallet has a lot of bitcoins then it will more likely to be targeted by them though its quite impossible to brute force hack a wallet.
I am hearing a lot of users' complaint about having a problem transferring their BTC, Nowadays I am not selling it because I am "Hodling" it for future. But I am a bit of scared now because all this news about the people's BTC being hacked.
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
As long as you store your Bitcoin in the safest wallet like trusted online wallet or offline wallet maybe it might be protected. And also do not use it for other things related to transactions on some sites because hackers have many ways to get what they want. What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
I am hearing a lot of users' complaint about having a problem transferring their BTC, Nowadays I am not selling it because I am "Hodling" it for future. But I am a bit of scared now because all this news about the people's BTC being hacked.
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
Whenever you read people saying their wallet was hacked, ask them how it was hacked and you'll find they gave our their private key or seed, they used a public WiFi this is basis and you're never suppose to do this all. I don't know which wallet you use, but use electrum if you want the free best wallet, or trezor or paper wallet in case you're neither buying nor selling.
Yes you should be scared of the hackers only if you are not good at managing your account for security purposes. If you know how to manage them very well and you know how to avoid getting hacked then there is nothing to worry about the security but if you are really concerned of the security of your bitcoin then having a hardware wallet is a good relief for you.
Security would be the main concern on here on which each wallet holder should really be responsible off on keeping their keys or informations that are important to access the wallet.Once its being kept on the right or secure place then i dont see that we should worry bit too much.If its keep from others awareness then you would be always safe the thing you should be aware is on the possible ways which hackers would lure you in. Like phishing and malwares.
Yes you should be very scared of hackers because there are a lot of hackers active on bitcointalk and if they know you have a lot of bitcoin they will try everything to get those bitcoins so you might get hacked some day.
Yes you should be scared of the hackers only if you are not good at managing your account for security purposes. If you know how to manage them very well and you know how to avoid getting hacked then there is nothing to worry about the security but if you are really concerned of the security of your bitcoin then having a hardware wallet is a good relief for you.
Even if you have little or lots of BTC, you should be afraid of hackers and secure your wallet. It's your hard earned money/investment and you should be the one who enjoy it's profit and not the hackers.
You are absolutely right why should anyone else have my money.!!I am about to create a new wallet.
Even if you have little or lots of BTC, you should be afraid of hackers and secure your wallet. It's your hard earned money/investment and you should be the one who enjoy it's profit and not the hackers.
I am hearing a lot of users' complaint about having a problem transferring their BTC, Nowadays I am not selling it because I am "Hodling" it for future. But I am a bit of scared now because all this news about the people's BTC being hacked.
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
If you have lot of BTC in your waller you need to take much precautionary measures to save yourself from malicious group of hackers or fishers which might gain access to your wallet by hacking your private keys.So its better you opt for 2FA security meausers and be sure that you don't have malwares or junks in your software where is your wallet. Prefer dekstop wallet over web wallet.Always keep a check over this and ensure this don't happen. What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
I am hearing a lot of users' complaint about having a problem transferring their BTC, Nowadays I am not selling it because I am "Hodling" it for future. But I am a bit of scared now because all this news about the people's BTC being hacked.
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
Yes. There are a lot of user complaining about that, and there is some couple of cases that someone's account got hacked, and they even tell their story on this forum. It is indeed a scary story.
But one thing for sure, you should be scary about anything that can threaten your bitcoin even you only have a little, do not start to worry when you already have a lot of it.
In my opinion, the best and most comfortable way to secure your bitcoin is using a hardware wallet. There are some that quite popular, like Trezor or Ledger Nano S. If you can have a lot of bitcoin, you shouldnt have a money trouble for buying this kind of wallet.
You should not focus for searching the answer for your last question, as none you can do if that happens. The best way is prevention, before it happens.
I think you should send all your Bitcoin to your offline wallet. It is safer than store them in the exchange.
I am hearing a lot of users' complaint about having a problem transferring their BTC, Nowadays I am not selling it because I am "Hodling" it for future. But I am a bit of scared now because all this news about the people's BTC being hacked.
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
There's not much you can do if your wallet gets hacked. The only thing you can do right now is just make sure that never happens. If you're storing a lot of bitcoin, you should try to use a hardware wallet to store a majority of it. There probably isn't a need to keep a majority of it on an online address or something with a lot of security flaws. Of course, hackers will come at any option that's given to them. Just try to make it impossible for them to get to the goods.
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But now I think I have to upgrade to the Desktop wallet.
You are at zero risk of being hacked if you either keep your BTC offline, or have a password that is long and unknown by ANYONE.
Only girls are scared the first time they are jumped, so many shitposts, Satoshi has Lot of BTC, can you find him anywhere? he has no fear, holding almost a million Bitcoins. speaking of hacking and hackers, I don't know why I have no longer any access to the alt coin icons, tamper monkey still shows them as enabled. lol now I am getting to feel OP's concern here.
Dude, you are being racist or what against girls!!I am a girl.
The only way for you to lost your BTC is by phishing scams or the hackers stole your private key.
What kind of wallet do you use?
Web-based wallets are tend to be insecure due to how the private keys are stored on the cloud.
I'd suggest to get desktop wallet as you have more controls of your private key, just make sure your PC are clean from malware and junks.
If you're really serious about security you can get hardware based wallet like Trezor or paper wallet, that should be enough.
I am afraid I have a web-based wallet Blockchain.info. Should I get some other wallet. What kind of wallet do you use?
Web-based wallets are tend to be insecure due to how the private keys are stored on the cloud.
I'd suggest to get desktop wallet as you have more controls of your private key, just make sure your PC are clean from malware and junks.
If you're really serious about security you can get hardware based wallet like Trezor or paper wallet, that should be enough.
I am hearing a lot of users' complaint about having a problem transferring their BTC, Nowadays I am not selling it because I am "Hodling" it for future. But I am a bit of scared now because all this news about the people's BTC being hacked.
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
If you actually do have a lot of BTC you should not be advertising that on here that you do. People will target your BTC address and try to find places it was used. I would suggest sending some of your funds to different wallets and holding them there. It is never a good idea to keep everything on one wallet, as that can be stolen if someone finds out your privatekey/address.
Always have multiple wallets to reduce this risk, keep them safe and secure, use anti-virus and firewalls. Don't download suspicious programs, and don't even use programs on your PC that you store the BTC on really, run a virtual machine or something.
I am hearing a lot of users' complaint about having a problem transferring their BTC, Nowadays I am not selling it because I am "Hodling" it for future. But I am a bit of scared now because all this news about the people's BTC being hacked.
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
As long as you are holding it correctly you shouldn't have any problems. And what I mean by holding correct is, that you are using a secure offline wallet and are pretty sure that your PC is virus free. Don't use online wallet, and if you suspect your PC isn't secure you might want to get a hardware wallet or simply use an paper wallet for cold storage. What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
I am hearing a lot of users' complaint about having a problem transferring their BTC, Nowadays I am not selling it because I am "Hodling" it for future. But I am a bit of scared now because all this news about the people's BTC being hacked.
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
You have nothing to do after your BTC gets hacked. You can only cry and regret by thinking about your mistakes.
Those who got hacked by hackers are just because they kept the door open somehow.
Otherwise they wouldn’t get hacked by any means if they had taken necessary precautions.
Now as you are scared then why don’t you take precautions before getting hacked?
If you are using web wallet, just switch to desktop wallet. If desktop wallet doesn’t give you relief, just switch to hardware wallet if you can afford.
Always use 2fa for better safety measures.
Never download any thing from unpleasant places.
Never click any suspicious links; it may come to you by email, forum, web, messenger etc.
Try to figure out which is phishing site before entering your info, username, password. Check the domain, ssl very carefully.
I am hearing a lot of users' complaint about having a problem transferring their BTC, Nowadays I am not selling it because I am "Hodling" it for future. But I am a bit of scared now because all this news about the people's BTC being hacked.
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
What should I do If My wallet or BTC gets hacked?
You can be extra cautious and not to download any programs from unknown sources nowadays anti-virus and malware scanner are also not much effective against newly new malware & rats.
You can also use offline wallet and only using those private keys on a laptop or pc which has newly installed windows or any other trusted os
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