Security & Best Practices

Stay protected in Web3 with essential blockchain security tips. Learn how to avoid phishing scams, protect private keys, detect rug pulls, and follow best practices for using wallets, dApps, and DeFi protocols safely.

LRT Deep Dives: How to Read Risk Disclosures (caps, custody, loss socialization)

Security & Best Practices, DeFi & Staking /

LRT Deep Dives: How to Read Risk Disclosures (Caps, Custody, Loss Socialization) Liquid Restaking Tokens (LRTs) package “restaked collateral + yields from Actively Validated Services (AVSs)” into a single liquid token. That convenience hides complex risk plumbing. This guide shows you how to read LRT documentation like an underwriter: what caps really guard against, what […]

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How to Keep Your Seed Phrase Safe: A Complete Guide

Blockchain Basics, Crypto Wallets, Security & Best Practices /

How to Keep Your Seed Phrase Safe: A Complete Guide Your seed phrase (recovery phrase) is the master key to your crypto. Anyone who gets it can move your funds; if you lose it, nobody, not an exchange, not wallet support, not the blockchain can restore it. This guide gives you a practical, battle-tested process

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Regulatory Approaches Worldwide (landscape and comparison lenses)

Security & Best Practices, DeFi & Staking, Smart Contracts /

Regulatory Approaches Worldwide: How Regions Supervise Crypto and Web3 A practical map of global frameworks: who needs a license, what rules apply, how stablecoins and market conduct are treated, and where privacy-preserving compliance fits. Heads-up: This is general education, not legal advice. Rules change and vary by country, business model, asset type, and licensing status.

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KYC/AML in Web3 (risk-based CDD, KYT, Travel Rule concepts)

Security & Best Practices, Blockchain Basics, DeFi & Staking, Smart Contracts /

KYC/AML in Web3 (Risk-Based CDD, KYT, Travel-Rule Concepts) How crypto businesses identify customers, monitor activity, and exchange information responsibly — without crushing user privacy or product velocity. Heads-up: This page is practical education, not legal advice. Rules differ by country and change quickly. Before you ship features or accept customer funds, confirm locally with counsel

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Multi-sig Wallets (Safe/Gnosis) and MPC Overview

DeFi & Staking, Nodes, L1/L2, Rollups, Security & Best Practices, Smart Contracts /

Multi-sig Wallets and MPC: Shared Control, Fewer Single Points of Failure Set m-of-n approvals for treasury moves, upgrade rights, or personal vault safety. Compare on-chain multisig and MPC, design pragmatic policies, and avoid common operational mistakes. TL;DR: A multisig is a smart-contract account that executes only after m-of-n owner approvals; policy is transparent and enforceable

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Decentralized ID (DID) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs)

Smart Contracts, Security & Best Practices /

Decentralized Identifiers (DID) and Verifiable Credentials User controlled identifiers plus portable, signed claims. How DIDs resolve, how credentials are issued and verified, and how these building blocks fit with wallets, apps, security, and compliance. Quick navigation: Introduction • DIDs: formats and methods • Verifiable credentials: model and formats • Issuance flows (wallet and server) •

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Using Hardware Wallets (Setup, Passphrase, Best Practices)

Crypto Wallets, Security & Best Practices /

Using Hardware Wallets: Setup, Passphrase & Best Practices Lock down your keys the right way, from first unbox to recovery rehearsal. TL;DR: Buy from official channels, initialize on-device, record the seed offline, consider a passphrase, verify addresses on-screen, and test a recovery before storing real value. In this lesson Unbox & supply-chain safety On-device setup

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Contract Risks (for Users): Re-entrancy, Upgrades, Admin Keys

Security & Best Practices, Crypto Wallets /

Contract Risks (for Users): Re-entrancy, Upgrades, Admin Keys How to evaluate a DeFi/NFT protocol before you trust it with funds. TL;DR: Check audits, bug bounties, upgradeability, admin roles, and oracle design. Prefer protocols with timelocks, multisig governance, and public risk docs. In this lesson Re-entrancy (what to watch as a user) Upgradeable contracts & proxies

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