Basics of Security
Cryptocurrency
What happens to your crypto when you die?
Understanding your choices when it comes to inheritance of digital assets
What’s In a Crypto Wallet?
Understanding the Role of Crypto’s Essential Tool
Nonprofits: How to receive Crypto and NFT donations
How nonprofits can set themselves up to accept crypto and NFT donations.
NFTs
Backing up your digital artifacts and NFTs on Bitcoin
Artifacts, Ordinals, Inscriptions, and BRC-20
What happens to your crypto when you die?
Understanding your choices when it comes to inheritance of digital assets
Security
How VPNs increase your crypto security
Virtual Private Network (VPN) software makes it harder for your crypto activities to be observed
What You Should Know About 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) and Crypto
2FA keeps your accounts more secure.
Why should you care about Cryptocurrency Security?
The five categories of risk to cryptocurrency investors that everyone should know, a few stories of staggering losses, and valuable recommendations that could protect your digital assets.
Security How-to’s
Seed Phrase Back Up
How to securely destroy your paper seed phrase backup.
You should remove all traces of temporary seed phrase backups.
Seed Phrase Generation
How to generate a Seed Phrase.
Below are five ways to generate a seed phrase, and an in-depth discussion on the importance of randomness in ensuring security.
How to generate a Seed Phrase with Vault12 Guard.
Here we demonstrate how to generate and store a Seed Phrase in Vault12 Guard for use in initializing your crypto wallet. Once stored, your seed phrase is automatically backed up, and is protected by your chosen Guardians.
Generate a Seed Phrase using Dice.
Detailed steps to generate your seed phrase using 20-sided dice to ensure randomness.
Advanced Security
Cryptography
What Is a Self-Sovereign Identity?
Personal control over our online personas has given rise to the philosophy of self-sovereign identity (SSI). In essence, a person who has an SSI has sole ownership of their digital and analog identities and controls how their data is viewed or shared.
Anonymity vs. Pseudonymity In Crypto
Learn the difference between anonymity and pseudonymity and their implications for crypto.
Inheritance
NFTs
Backing up your digital artifacts and NFTs on Bitcoin
Artifacts, Ordinals, Inscriptions, and BRC-20
What happens to your crypto when you die?
Understanding your choices when it comes to inheritance of digital assets
Securing everything you love in Web3 with Vault12
In our first video from NFT.NYC we learned a little about the risks associated with security and inheritance of NFTs and other Web3 components - now learn how Vault12 can help you protect the future of your most precious Web3 assets.
Cryptocurrency
What happens to your crypto when you die?
Understanding your choices when it comes to inheritance of digital assets
Anonymity vs. Pseudonymity In Crypto
Learn the difference between anonymity and pseudonymity and their implications for crypto.
Nonprofits: How to receive Crypto and NFT donations
How nonprofits can set themselves up to accept crypto and NFT donations.
How to make Crypto and NFT donations to Nonprofits
Maximize the power of your digital donation.
Cryptocurrency
What happens to your crypto when you die?
Understanding your choices when it comes to inheritance of digital assets
Securing everything you love in Web3 with Vault12
In our first video from NFT.NYC we learned a little about the risks associated with security and inheritance of NFTs and other Web3 components - now learn how Vault12 can help you protect the future of your most precious Web3 assets.
What Is a Self-Sovereign Identity?
Personal control over our online personas has given rise to the philosophy of self-sovereign identity (SSI). In essence, a person who has an SSI has sole ownership of their digital and analog identities and controls how their data is viewed or shared.
NFTs
Backing up your digital artifacts and NFTs on Bitcoin
Artifacts, Ordinals, Inscriptions, and BRC-20
Why you should care about the security of your NFTs
Shot at NFT.NYC 2022, this video describes why you should care about the security of your NFTs, everything you need to care about as a collector, and also some additional things that creators should be aware of.
Nifty Gateway: The Premier Digital Art Marketplace
Nifty Gateway is a leading curated marketplace to buy, sell, and store your digital art and collectible Nifties, or non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
The Utility of Blockchain for the Fine Art Industry
An original Picasso painting typically sells for millions of dollars. Can’t afford one? Learn how you can buy a masterpiece for a fraction of its price.
What Can You Do With Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) Today?
The NFT space has won the appeal of gamers, artists, luxury consumers, and digital-cat enthusiasts, yet uses for non-fungible tokens just keeps on expanding.
What Creators Need To Know About NFTs
Creators — from musicians to visual artists — are finding that NFT art marketplaces may be where the future of art sales is headed
Art
How to make Crypto and NFT donations to Nonprofits
Maximize the power of your digital donation.
How to Self-Custody, Back Up, and Inherit NFTs with Vault12
NFTs enable creators to revolutionize art, but they also support additional use cases, including digitization of many types of unique physical and digital goods (such as concert tickets and identity documents). Learn how you can protect these valuable assets with Vault12.
How to Secure, Back Up, and Protect NFTs
Today, NFTs are enabling creators to revolutionize art, but they also enable additional use cases, including support for many types of unique physical and digital goods, such as concert tickets and identity documents.
Cryptopedia
Anonymity vs. Pseudonymity In Crypto
Learn the difference between anonymity and pseudonymity and their implications for crypto.
Digital Assets: Cryptocurrencies vs. Tokens
It’s important not to confuse the terms “cryptocurrencies” and “tokens,” as there are fundamental differences that distinguish them.
Learn
Guides for setting up your Vault, Inheritance and securely storing your assets: cryptocurrency, NFTs, Project Wallets, and original artwork.
See AllZax - secure messaging between you and your Guardians
How can one ensure that the Vault12 Guard app connects to Guardians securely?
There should be zero concerns - all communications are safeguarded by the state-of-the-art Zax protocol.
Desktop Syncing Disabled
Desktop syncing is currently disabled because you have not yet created a Vault
How to add Guardians to your Digital Vault
How to assign trusted Guardians to guard your Vault using Vault12 Guard.
Vault12 Guard desktop app
Setting up and Using the Vault12 Desktop Uploader
Wallet Guides
iOS
Status Wallet
iOS guide to Status Wallet
Enjin Wallet
iOS - Enjin Wallet Version: 1.13.0
MetaMask wallet
iOS, Version 1.0.10
Android
Status Wallet
Android guide to Status Wallet
Enjin Wallet
Android - Enjin Wallet Version: 1.13.0-r
MyEtherWallet (MEW)
Android, Version 1.2.6
Browser
MetaMask browser extension
Browser extension, Version 1.0.10