Topic: Should I Be Scared Of Hackers If I Have Lot of BTC. - page 16. (Read 4151 times)

you must keep your private key, and dont try to access your bitcoin in public access, always clear your history if you using internet with public access.
using your pc to access bitcoin.

For me, hackers is always present but we can prevent it by securing our account and add some duplicate system, before you start  transact read it carefully to avoid mistakes or being hack.

There is no need to worry about the hackers. some of them who have been hacked caused by their negligence.
as long as you avoid phishing websites that ask for your private key wallet and secure your account with 2FA verification, they can not hack your wallet.
or you can also split some of your BTC into some wallet like paper wallet, blockchain wallet, wallet hardware, or even desktop wallet. and remember 2FA verification is a must.

There is nothing to be scared of. Your wallet cannot penetrate easily by the hackers and I'm very confident of that but hackers found a way to do that, through "phishing". So you should be very careful in filling up some forms in websites or apps because if you typed your username and password of your wallet on those sites/apps, then hackers will also know it and may now robbed the earnings inside your wallet. Another tip, you should keep your username and password secret, keep your private keys and never let others know about it. Some users also divided their earnings into several wallets just in case when one of his wallet was hacked then at least he still have some earnings left on the other wallet. (it's up to you if you will try also)

Knowing the fact that hackers are spreading out there it must not hinders you to withdraw your earnings, just be careful always and everything is gonna be fine.

Hackers are really worth being scared of, they can waste ones effort in a nick of time. Almost everone here is hacker conscious. One just have to do every thing possible to be safe from them. Like- not revealing your private key, be sure you are responding at the right channels, verify information properly before you respond, also storing your coin for too long could be dangerous. Among many others.

I will put it into a desktop wallet, and seldom use the computer to net, and better in Linux operating system.

Yes I guess the word scared was exaggerated to be used about hacking I guess instead of being scared let's all be aware that this could be possibly happen and already happen in real world because of being useful of internet in our modern day. And speaking of awareness let's just be reapred about hackers let's secure our accounts which is the most targeted one of the hackers.

It is always scary to be hacked or have the chance of being hacked. It can happen to anyone especially if they accidentally click on phishing links or get scammed online. But if you are careful enough there is no way that anyone can target you for owning lots of btc because it would be difficult for them to check individual people's wallets. They can though track you if say you are very active buyer and seller in certain forums or market places and they see that you are using the same wallet all the time. But even then, they would have to hack the system of the people who made your wallet so if thay happens its not only you but everyone owning a wallet in that platfotm.

I think the word scared seems inappropriate.
For me it will be be better to say it more careful.
You should now be more careful against phishing sites,  securing your privates keys etc.
Let us always remember our wallet will be safe as much as how we keep it to be.
We are the guards of our own wallets.

I think we must be aware to the possibilities that even our account hete at campaigns can also be hacked whats more on our coin wallet which we save our full effort and perseverance for a long run. So for me we must be scared so as a solution I think we must not be dependent to one coin wallet instead let's make divide our earned coin in many coin wallet.

I will not fear because i won't stay all my bitcoin in one place. I will put it in separate wallet and I will invest the other part for more investment to earn more.

If I am holding a quiet long term investments of my bitvoin well I Guess I must be feel worried about the hackers. I couldn't be comfortable now that I know hackers are more quiet wiser to hacked even the most secured sites. And I've already been experience that my accounts here in this forum was hacked so I guess even my coin wallet will be possible too.

As you hold it for long investment, If i become you, yes i should worried. What i will to do
- Don't save all your BTC in 1 wallet only. Divide your BTC in some wallet, offline wallet, paper wallet, desktop, razor, etc. There is still any chance hackers can takeover your BTC that you save on your computer or web wallet online only.
- Save all information in secure place, means you need safe-box to place your paper-wallet, hardware wallet likes trezor, ledger, etc that works for your desktop backup wallet and password.
- Giving information to your suppose or family, how to using and access it.

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.

I think should be scared.
Be careful to phishing site or web and private kay.
should use lot of features security wallet,also PC security.
Awareness also should be continue .my opinion here.
Good luck!!

Yes their are so many hackers to get your bitcoin even thou you save it on bitcoin wallet but i suggest to you that use a offline bitcoin wallet so that you can make sure that no one can hack or get your bitcoin just because it is offline that no one can see or can get your bitcoin because as my friend offline wallet must better than online wallet.

This is true, other than that, you won't be hacked unless you have a famous name in the community or you are known to have so many BTC, but if you are in the cold storage or wallet that is really safe, for example electrum, then they can't hacked it easily bro. What I mean is this is one of the main features of BTC "SECURITY", if someone can break the system, then this will be a chaos and everyone will be selling all their coins.
Firsts things first is that we must know how cryptography is so safe that there is no technology today that can break the system, or hacked the system.

And yes, Trezor and paper is one of the safest, just have a vault in your house to have extra security, especially if you have 10 BTC or up.

IF you can't afford a cold storage then buy some Anti-Virus, because it is another layer of protection from harmful sites and phishing sites. ALways backed up your seeds or write it up on paper just to be sure. Your computer is a machine and you should be responsible on whatever may happen on your computer. Treat it more than your wallet and never ever trust anyone to have your seeds.

Don't trust online drives (Google, microsoft). The government might be watching you (they have eagleeye or prism project) and its dangerous to have all your files online) Write it down on paper and provide a copies and lock it on a vault at home. The best security is your own home.

You don't have to worry if you are just holding your bitcoin in you wallet. It cannot be hacked remember that. There's a difference between hacking and scamming.  Maybe they're just being scammed not hacked. Nowadays you should be careful on transferring your btc to other btc wallet. The most famous scamming now is fishing so be careful.

Yes, I think its normal to be scared specially if you have a lot of bitcoin in your wallet, but the key to secure your bitcoin is your carefulness. Hackers will only access your wallet through phishing sites and through your private key, so you have to keep that in mind. Also use a wallet that has a lot of security features in it.

That's a great advice as greed is your greatest enemy. If you keep telling everyone how much you got someone may try to take it from you, you just never know.
That's why when you're keeping money at home it's best not to have a big, expensive safe. A hole in the wall behind a tile is a much safer place to keep money because every alarm can be disabled and every safe can be cracked, but you can't steal what you can't see.
That said, to a hacker you're just one of billions Internet users, he can't find you and he can't know how many coins you're holding until you point him in the right direction yourself.