Privacy & Security

Staying safe and keeping your business your own.

• Address reuse

  Using one address twice ties your payments together for the whole world to see.

• KYC

  The identity file attached to your exchange account — and to every coin you withdrew.

• Common scams

  The five pitches that steal the most bitcoin — all old cons wearing new clothes.

• Phishing

  Fake sites, emails, and "support" designed to harvest your seed words or logins.

• Verifying downloads

  Checking that wallet software is genuine before you trust it with money.

• Coin control
• Chain analysis
• Dust attacks
• Nodes & your privacy