How to protect the bitcoins in your wallet from theft
There are two types of cryptocurrency wallets, hot wallets that require an internet connection, and cold wallets that do not require an internet connection. To protect your bitcoins, avoid using online wallets or hot wallets, and use cold wallets instead.
Always be careful and check every step you take, for example if you receive an email that appears to be from BlockWallet, but it is actually from BlockWalet, the difference between the name of the two sites is one letter and you may not notice it, but if you accept this mail all your bitcoins may disappear on Immediately, because you may have authorized a scam without knowing it, and these operations are known as "phishing" and are widespread scams.
If you are a desktop or mobile wallet user, do not open windows to unknown sites or download or upload malware of unknown origin.
If someone asks you to send them bitcoins and they promise to send you more or any other transfers you don't, it's a scam.
If someone asks you to give them the key to your bitcoin wallet, do not send it to them, because they can steal all your coins and money stored on your wallet.
Bitcoin wallets and security
Despite the flexibility of different digital bitcoin wallets such as web wallet or desktop wallet and mobile wallet, most types of bitcoin wallets are vulnerable, as malware and hackers can steal the address keys of your wallet, so how does that happen?
If you choose a physical or hardware wallet, some malware can scan your hard drive and steal your private keys stored on it, which means they can access your Bitcoin account within a few minutes!
As for the virus or trojan, which is known as the Trojan horse virus, it can encrypt all the files available on your hard disk, as it can access your wallet stored on this disk, know the amount of money in the wallet, and then this program requests the exact amount of bitcoins in exchange for decrypting your hard disks Your, which is called ransomware, at this moment you have reached the moment of losing your money!
And in the case of digital trading, especially on stock exchanges, you can lose the bitcoins you trade!
In the case of mobile wallets, you can lose your mobile phone or tablet, which means losing your wallet installed on these devices and losing your keys and passwords because your email and phone messages are also registered on the mobile, which means losing your bitcoin!