Wallet Setup & Seed Phrases

Your wallet is secured by a recovery (seed) phrase — usually 12 words. It's not a password; it's the master key. From one seed phrase, many wallet addresses can be generated, each with its own private key. Critical detail: pressing 'create new wallet' in most apps creates a new address from the SAME seed. If your seed is compromised, every one of those wallets is compromised.

If someone gets your seed phrase, they can steal everything, from anywhere in the world. These rules are absolute:

• Never store seed phrases or private keys online — not in notes apps, screenshots or cloud.
• Write them on paper or metal; keep copies in separate physical locations.
• Never share them with anyone. No legit support team will ever ask for them.
• Consider encoding your written seed (shuffled order, code words) so a thief who finds it can't use it.
• For serious holdings, use a hardware (cold) wallet bought directly from the manufacturer.

Use one wallet purely for trading and a separate one for browsing/connecting to websites. If one signs a malicious transaction, the other survives. Not your keys, not your coins — money left on exchanges can be frozen at any time.