How I dey secure my Bitcoin: the security step way I dey take

[Queen uloma]

‎ Security na one of the important responsibilities for every Bitcoin holder, e no dey like bank account were people fit help you reset your password, Bitcoin na e dey put d power and the risk for your hand, overtime, I done learn say before you go protect your Bitcoin e go require "international habits"
‎See some of the security steps way I dey follow:
‎1. I dey use Trustworthy Non-custodial wallet: I dey avoid wallet way another person dey control my private keys, instead of me to use am I rather use Non-custodial wallet where I go generate and store my keys my own self.
‎For example we get: hardware wallets, mobile Non-custodial wallets, or desktop open open-souce wallets, you fit use any of this ones I mention here, if I no fit control my key, I no fit control my Bitcoin.
‎2. I dey protect my Recovery seed phrase carefully: my seed phrase nah the master key to my Bitcoin, waiting I dey do be say I go write am down for paper or for metal backup, I no dey store for my phone or for cloud storage, I dey store am for safe place, dry, and private location, I never for one day take any photo or even screenshot it, if you do this I dey assure you say 90% of risk no go dey.
‎3. I dey use strong pin and strong passwords: I dey protect my wallet with strong pin and password way dey long, way dey unique and way I no dey use for any other accounts, e dey protect my wallet even if them steal my phone or my hardware wallet and e no dey guessable.
‎4. I dey use two-factor Authentication (2FA) on exchanges: even though I no store long-term Bitcoin for exchange, I still dey secure the account with Authenticator app or Authy, e dey protect login attempts, withdrawal and with security changes.
‎5. They avoid anything way be unknown link: most of all this scams dey come through fake airdrops, phishing links, telegram or Whatsapp messages them plenty, anybody way won help you update your wallet no gree, I dey double check any link them dey send for me but I never one day enter my seed anywhere for online.
‎6. I keep a portion offline: for my long-term holding, I dey keep part of my Bitcoin for cold storage, meaning say e dey disconnected for Internet, this thing dey help reduce risk of hacking sharply.
‎7. I dey always update my wallet software:  I dey always keep my wallet apps with firmware update for patch security bugs, improve compatibility and for am to stay protected against any new threats, but I dey always make sure say the update dey come from the official website or there app store.
‎8. I monitor for any suspicious activity: I dey always check my account and address from time to time to know wada everything dey normal, anything way look off, I go move my funds to fresh account fast fast.
‎9. I dey educate myself continuously: Bitcoin security no be just one time setup, I dey learning about New scams, safe storage with privacy tips, the more I dey informed the safer my Bitcoin is.
‎Note: Bitcoin security na personal responsibility, for me ehh, I dey combine my key with multiple layers of protection, eg strong passwords, secure backup, trusted wallets, with cautious online behavior.

[BitBakerr1]

All the steps you mention here are very good steps that we help in securing ones Bitcoin, if you are holding Bitcoin for a very long time don't use an exchange in holding it because if you use an exchange just like you said you are not the one securing your private key the company is the one secure your private key which is very risky if anything should happen to the company it means that your Bitcoin is gone so it is very good for you to have the control over your private key.
And again I love what you said about being careful when it concern some links that have been sent to us, a lot of people has lost their Bitcoin because of links like this, before you click any link that is being sent to you or you see online you must try to verify if it would affect your Bitcoin wallet.
Educating yourself or Reading new scam strategy you see online is very important because it will help you protect your Bitcoin wallet very well because they are news style or strategy that this scammers or hackers use to get into people's wallet and we need to know them so we can prevent them from getting into your wallet, our people says "what you know is what you can fight"

[coinlary]

Good procedures OP, keep learning.
In addition to number two, keeping you seed secure is very important to make sure it doesn't  fall into   wrong hands or get damaged by Al series of accident and simple mistakes. But, apart from this, make sure to  keep multiple backups. it's  very important because even if any of it got damaged or misplaced  , you can always have other backups for your rescue.
For number three, it's  mostly applicable to CEXs but you can still do that for your wallet  although it doesn't  have to be that long if it's  a cold storage , it's  just to keep off anyone who might be trying to snoop through your pc

[Frankolala]

E good to use more than one wallet to store your bitcoin because if your wallet dey compromised, no be all your money go disappear. I dey use three wey be cold storage, hot wallet and exchange. The one I dey use everyday na from my exchange and that one bitcoin na e small pass. My hot wallet, I keep small there too, while na my cold storage my future savings dey. E also good make you get a seperate device for your wallet no use am with the device for your daily browsing.

[Cryptoprincess101]

All the security measures wey you don outline dey good to take secure your bitcoin but in the area wey you made mention of using a trustworthy non-custodial wallet, you for tell us the wallet wey you dey use so that we go know if na really wallet wey dey safe for you to use because some people dey think say open source wallets like trust wallet dey safe but it is not. I know say you go don do a lot of research sha but the reason why i dey inquisitive to know the wallet wey you dey use na so that other newbies wey go come across this thread fit also get an idea of beta wallet wey dem go use for the safety of their bitcoins. But anyhow sha you try for everything we you don write for OP.

[Nheer]

E good to use more than one wallet to store your bitcoin because if your wallet dey compromised, no be all your money go disappear. I dey use three wey be cold storage, hot wallet and exchange. The one I dey use everyday na from my exchange and that one bitcoin na e small pass. My hot wallet, I keep small there too, while na my cold storage my future savings dey. E also good make you get a seperate device for your wallet no use am with the device for your daily browsing.

Na real talk you yan so guy and this na wetin plenty people no know about saving bitcoin. E really good to use more than one bitcoin wallet as you and Op Don talk because when your wallet dey compromised all your money no go just go all at once, you go still get spare money for yourself. I even like as you get 3 wallets, an exchange wallet, hot wallet and cold wallet that way e go dey difficult make you lose most of money because your cold wallet na where most of your funds dey inside and since you no dey connect am to internet e dey impossible to hack. Also aside from the security aspect having multiple wallets dey give e dey also help improve privacy as well but many people dey neglect all these things.

[Amphenomenon]

‎7. I dey always update my wallet software:  I dey always keep my wallet apps with firmware update for patch security bugs, improve compatibility and for am to stay protected against any new threats, but I dey always make sure say the update dey come from the official website or there app store.

As you talk m, na so. Nor be to dey fast rush go update wallet some fit get bugs wey hacker fit exploit or some of the update fit dey created by attackers themselves and they go cor use steal pesin coins, this one dey happen for even open source projects. E dey better to wait wey others verify m before you update to avoid any risk especially when you lack knowledge to check to code.

Another thing be say many websites, if nor be all sef, dey add link to verify if the software na from them officially using PGP.

[Different patterns]

OP I see true talk from your trade, and found value for this your trade, and from your talk this number 2 wey you talk about seed phrase and from waiting you talked how you protect your seed phrase, I really found value from it, because for this crypto matter, one of the main thing to protect most is your seed phrase because if person thief am nah your whole wallet the person don thief so, so it very good to protect am well, and write am for paper is also a brilliant idea put am for where person no go easily Identify am or reach out to am.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

‎9. I dey educate myself continuously: Bitcoin security no be just one time setup, I dey learning about New scams, safe storage with privacy tips, the more I dey informed the safer my Bitcoin is.
‎Note: Bitcoin security na personal responsibility, for me ehh, I dey combine my key with multiple layers of protection, eg strong passwords, secure backup, trusted wallets, with cautious online behavior.

No doubt, all the security measures wey you mentioned above na really the best medium and true ways to staying security conscious with our Bitcoin, as a investor. But however, another medium to securing your Bitcoin is to disable "auto save" whenever logging into whichever exchange you are using, because in most scenerios, I have always noticed that people always leave auto save on their Google accounts (i.e username & password) which enables them to easily log into their exchange accounts. Forgetting the fact that if a third party happens to have access to your account, that's the same way how it will also be very easy for them to have access to your account. Hence, it's good not to enable auto save on which exchange you are using.

[IceLincoln]

Omo OP I like wetin you do so ooo, the way you outline all this things and explain am in a way, way even newbies go understand and fit follow up.
This na better security update for newbies for the forum and even some oldies wey need constant reminder of what they are not doing well…, this na kind of posts wey need to dey pinned.
For this space, security is everything

[Nathrixxx]

Let me sound this as a reminder and also a strong warning that you should not buy this mistakenly exposed your secret measures to the public or any third party, so that anyone close to you will not use such as against you, there's nothing bad in giving some helpful security tips to safeguard orders from any form of attack, however, we should also be conscious of not living a loophole to our own end, so that no one can come over us and take advantage of the personal measure we took in securing our assets.

[EL MOHA]

Let me sound this as a reminder and also a strong warning that you should not buy this mistakenly exposed your secret measures to the public or any third party, so that anyone close to you will not use such as against you, there's nothing bad in giving some helpful security tips to safeguard orders from any form of attack, however, we should also be conscious of not living a loophole to our own end, so that no one can come over us and take advantage of the personal measure we took in securing our assets.

Personally I haven’t seen anything from the thread that actually leads to OP giving out sensitive information about his safety. The thread would have been giving out sensitive information if OP had actually had phrases like “I kept my bitcoin in so and so place in my home” or ‘I have certain amount of bitcoins stored somewhere’ but this particular thread is actually just reminder of common safety or security tips.

This security concern is usually for those who are actually flaunting their holdings online this are usually the most likely people that are under securit threat.

[Jubilee58]

‎ Security na one of the important responsibilities for every Bitcoin holder, e no dey like bank account were people fit help you reset your password, Bitcoin na e dey put d power and the risk for your hand, overtime, I done learn say before you go protect your Bitcoin e go require "international habits"
‎See some of the security steps way I dey follow:
‎1. I dey use Trustworthy Non-custodial wallet: I dey avoid wallet way another person dey control my private keys, instead of me to use am I rather use Non-custodial wallet where I go generate and store my keys my own self.
‎For example we get: hardware wallets, mobile Non-custodial wallets, or desktop open open-souce wallets, you fit use any of this ones I mention here, if I no fit control my key, I no fit control my Bitcoin.
‎2. I dey protect my Recovery seed phrase carefully: my seed phrase nah the master key to my Bitcoin, waiting I dey do be say I go write am down for paper or for metal backup, I no dey store for my phone or for cloud storage, I dey store am for safe place, dry, and private location, I never for one day take any photo or even screenshot it, if you do this I dey assure you say 90% of risk no go dey.
‎3. I dey use strong pin and strong passwords: I dey protect my wallet with strong pin and password way dey long, way dey unique and way I no dey use for any other accounts, e dey protect my wallet even if them steal my phone or my hardware wallet and e no dey guessable.
‎4. I dey use two-factor Authentication (2FA) on exchanges: even though I no store long-term Bitcoin for exchange, I still dey secure the account with Authenticator app or Authy, e dey protect login attempts, withdrawal and with security changes.
‎5. They avoid anything way be unknown link: most of all this scams dey come through fake airdrops, phishing links, telegram or Whatsapp messages them plenty, anybody way won help you update your wallet no gree, I dey double check any link them dey send for me but I never one day enter my seed anywhere for online.
‎6. I keep a portion offline: for my long-term holding, I dey keep part of my Bitcoin for cold storage, meaning say e dey disconnected for Internet, this thing dey help reduce risk of hacking sharply.
‎7. I dey always update my wallet software:  I dey always keep my wallet apps with firmware update for patch security bugs, improve compatibility and for am to stay protected against any new threats, but I dey always make sure say the update dey come from the official website or there app store.
‎8. I monitor for any suspicious activity: I dey always check my account and address from time to time to know wada everything dey normal, anything way look off, I go move my funds to fresh account fast fast.
‎9. I dey educate myself continuously: Bitcoin security no be just one time setup, I dey learning about New scams, safe storage with privacy tips, the more I dey informed the safer my Bitcoin is.
‎Note: Bitcoin security na personal responsibility, for me ehh, I dey combine my key with multiple layers of protection, eg strong passwords, secure backup, trusted wallets, with cautious online behavior.

You have made good points here, in order to secure your bitcoin investment properly, is important you deploy the right protective measures, while you are using the right wallet to protect your bitcoin, your security key is very much important, guard it jealously because when once anything happens to your security key and you can no longer lay your hand on it, automatically you will loose your own investment, besides fraudsters are all over, so it is necessary to be very careful and try to understand when these fraudsters are making their dangerous gesture.

[Man of peace]

You talk very well and your security measures are good ones and i believe many people will learn from your threads and also apply the same measures to enable them secure their Bitcoin safely, because this security issue is one of the biggest challenges we are facing the the crypto space and some many people have a victim of circumstances and it's really a burden to everyone of us here which makes everyone of us to always pay more attention when it comes to a security discussion so that we can be able to pick one or two safety ways of security our Bitcoin to avoid being scammed..

So being a security cautious is very very important in the life of every Bitcoiner..

[Odogwu-Blockchain]

Let me sound this as a reminder and also a strong warning that you should not buy this mistakenly exposed your secret measures to the public or any third party, so that anyone close to you will not use such as against you, there's nothing bad in giving some helpful security tips to safeguard orders from any form of attack, however, we should also be conscious of not living a loophole to our own end, so that no one can come over us and take advantage of the personal measure we took in securing our assets.

The only measure one can take is to avoid been greedy, wanting free money on the internet, scammers know this tricks very well and so they capitalize on that to lure users into submitting seed phrase. These scammers works by creating a fake site that promised users some free coins of tasks is been completed, the victim follows up this process and gets to the point of submitting seed phrase before accessing and redeeming the free tokens.

That's how the trap is been set, users should extremely kill the urge of wanting free money in order to safe guard their assets, that's the free measure to practice at first.

[Jaycoinz]

Let me sound this as a reminder and also a strong warning that you should not buy this mistakenly exposed your secret measures to the public or any third party, so that anyone close to you will not use such as against you, there's nothing bad in giving some helpful security tips to safeguard orders from any form of attack, however, we should also be conscious of not living a loophole to our own end, so that no one can come over us and take advantage of the personal measure we took in securing our assets.

The only measure one can take is to avoid been greedy, wanting free money on the internet, scammers know this tricks very well and so they capitalize on that to lure users into submitting seed phrase. These scammers works by creating a fake site that promised users some free coins of tasks is been completed, the victim follows up this process and gets to the point of submitting seed phrase before accessing and redeeming the free tokens.

That's how the trap is been set, users should extremely kill the urge of wanting free money in order to safe guard their assets, that's the free measure to practice at first.

The human greed something can make someone do crazy things and the worse is part everyone in planet earth actually has it but the difference is that so many persons can't actually control theirs and this is what actually makes make them to be victims of scammers and attackers on the Internet space especially in the crypto world where crazy promises are being sold to the naive believers.

[Smartvirus]

The only measure one can take is to avoid been greedy, wanting free money on the internet, scammers know this tricks very well and so they capitalize on that to lure users into submitting seed phrase. These scammers works by creating a fake site that promised users some free coins of tasks is been completed, the victim follows up this process and gets to the point of submitting seed phrase before accessing and redeeming the free tokens.

That's how the trap is been set, users should extremely kill the urge of wanting free money in order to safe guard their assets, that's the free measure to practice at first.

This greed something Dey easy trap person, especially for our people way be say, e be as country just Dey for plenty people and many Dey always view Bitcoin or the cryptocurrency idea as a means of escape. Na why you go see say, even as Ponzi scheme don cast reach, people no Dey still back done from investing in Ponzi schemes when e come up, them still entertain the idea say, them go get out before e cast last last.

Once you entertain greed and you wan Dey chop watin no Dey feasible, e no get any app way people way wan undo you no go make you download or software way them go make you install on your device. Na why e Dey of utmost importance say, you go keep this desire in check as, na watin go regulate just how much taste you go get for the things way no Dey use quick quick take come.