Why should I care about Bitcoin Security?
The five categories of risk to cryptocurrency investors that everyone should know, and some high profile stories of staggering losses.
Start here. Crypto Security
Learn about how the risks of holding cryptocurrency are different than those of traditional investments, and how to move ahead with confidence and safety.
What is a Crypto Wallet?
Discover the differences between wallet types, and some of the functional and security tradeoffs between them.
What is a Seed Phrase or Mnemonic Code?
Why a seed phrase is so critical to protecting your crypto assets, and how it works with your crypto wallet.
What are BIP39, BIP32, and BIP44?
Explaining BIP39, the standard that defines how seed phrases are made, and summarizing how BIP32 and BIP44 standards allow wallets to supercharge seed phrases to support many more keys.
Generating a Seed Phrase using a Calculator.
If you prefer to take a few extra steps to generate your 12-word seed phrase using a calculator to ensure randomness, this article is for you.
How to back up a Recovery Phrase.
There are many ways to back up a seed phrase. Familiarize yourself with the advantages and disadvantages of each.
How to generate a Seed Phrase.
Five possible ways to generate a seed phrase, and a more advanced discussion on the importance of randomness in ensuring security.
Using Dice to generate a Recovery Phrase.
Detailed steps to generate your seed phrase using 20-sided dice to ensure randomness.
How to generate a Recovery Phrase with Vault12.
This demonstrates how to generate and store a seed phrase in Vault12 for use in initializing your crypto wallet. Once stored, your phrase is automatically backed up and ready for your Guardians to help you protect.
How to set up a Digital Vault.
This article explains exactly how to get the Vault12 app, create your own Digital Vault, and identify your trusted Guardians.
Back up your Recovery Phrase or add an asset using Vault12.
If you already have a Vault12 Digital Vault and a Seed Phrase, these steps show how to store your Seed Phrase as a Vault12 asset.
How to access your Seed Phrase or asset stored in Vault12.
If you need to access your Seed Phrase or other assets from your vault, this article shows how you can ask your Guardians to unlock them to grant you temporary access.