NFT safety fundamentals

A chain-agnostic routine for staying safe: sources, signatures, approvals and seed phrases.

This guide is an outline. A long-form version with diagrams is in progress.

1. 01

   Seed phrase stays offline

   No marketplace, support agent or app ever needs your seed phrase. Any request for it is a scam.

2. 02

   Use bookmarks

   Reach every site from your own bookmarks. Search ads and DMs are common phishing routes.

3. 03

   Read before you sign

   If you cannot explain what a signature does, do not sign it.

4. 04

   Separate wallets

   Keep a browsing wallet for new sites and a vault wallet that rarely signs anything.

5. 05

   Review regularly

   Revoke old approvals and remove unknown sessions on a schedule.