Security and privacy: guides and news

In cryptocurrency there is no bank to reverse a charge and no phone number to call when something goes wrong: security is the work, not a settings option. The guides in this category are ordered by impact, from what prevents the most losses to what prevents the fewest: two-step verification with an app and not by SMS, keeping the seed phrase safe, how to recognise a phishing attempt, what contract approvals are, and how to leave things ready so that someone can inherit them.

Start with the security guide ordered by impact and carry on with the most common scams and how to recognise them; both are below, along with the real difference between cold and hot wallets, which is what decides where you keep what you buy. And so as not to hand your money to the wrong people, the list of providers authorised in Spain.