Notitia
Your private key is your money.
A public key is your receiving address, shareable. The private key signs your transactions and must stay secret.
“Not your keys, not your coins”: with a self-custody wallet, you alone are responsible for your funds.
Your recovery phrase has 12 words drawn from a list of 2,048. Can it be guessed?
Nobody guesses your words: they get stolen (photo, cloud, fake support). A pro writes them on paper or metal, offline, and never types them on a website.
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