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Wallet safety checklist

Most crypto losses aren't bad trades — they're security mistakes. These six habits prevent nearly all of them. This is also why Radar never asks to connect a wallet: research tools don't need your signature.

Your seed phrase never leaves paper

Anyone with those words owns everything, forever. No screenshots, no cloud notes, no 'support agent' ever needs it. Any site or DM asking for it is a theft attempt, 100% of the time.

Use a burner wallet for risky tokens

Keep a main wallet that only holds funds, and a separate small wallet for interacting with new tokens and sites. If the burner gets drained, the damage is capped.

Review token approvals monthly

Every swap approval you sign can be a standing permission. Revoke old ones with your wallet's built-in tools — a forgotten approval from a scam site can drain you months later.

Verify addresses character by character

Clipboard malware swaps addresses as you paste. Check the first and last 4 characters every single time before signing.

Hardware wallet past $1,000

Once your holdings matter, a $60 hardware wallet is the cheapest insurance in crypto. Hot wallets are for spending money, not savings.

Assume every DM is a scam

Airdrops you didn't enter, 'support' reaching out first, urgent mint links — the urgency is the tell. Nothing legitimate in crypto requires action in the next ten minutes.

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