Beautiful article and it's something everyone needs to read. Everyday thousands of people make the switch from buying their first bit of Bitcoin, to exploring other tokens. As retail investors increase, the scammers are licking their chops!
6 months ago, I had a wallet drained of nearly $16,000 in strATEGY (eth). On Discord, someone compromised a moderator's account on an official crypto server, they made a very legitimate post, I connected my wallet and it was all over. One of the worse feelings I've ever experienced. Like you said, no one's calling and there's no one I can really call! Lidi.fi does not have a tech support number 🤣🤣
A lot of lessons were learned that day, thankfully I had taken the advice of AI, and used a different wallet for every type of coin I owned, so only one thing was compromised. Since then, it's all in a Ledger.
I'll say one thing, anyone into crypto can be victimized so they all need to be familiar with revoke.cash and DeBank!!
Thank you so much for sharing this David, I am so sorry about that $16,000 loss. The stomach-dropping feeling when you realize the funds are gone is truly one of the worst experiences in crypto.
Moving everything to a Ledger afterward is exactly the right play. You've leveled up your security instead of walking away which is what many would have done. And yes for revoke.cash and DeBank, those are absolute must-have tools for anyone interacting with smart contracts.
Appreciate you adding this real-world perspective to the post. It’s exactly why we need to keep talking about this stuff before the real retail wave hits Bittensor.
Great reality check. We spend so much time looking at the protocol that we forget social engineering is the real threat. Implementing the dedicated burner browser profile today. Appreciate the peace of mind!
Thanks Agisilaos, love that you're already putting the burner browser into action! Small steps like that add up to massive security gains. If you ever stumble on any quirks or have other tips to share, I’d love to hear them.
Beautiful article and it's something everyone needs to read. Everyday thousands of people make the switch from buying their first bit of Bitcoin, to exploring other tokens. As retail investors increase, the scammers are licking their chops!
6 months ago, I had a wallet drained of nearly $16,000 in strATEGY (eth). On Discord, someone compromised a moderator's account on an official crypto server, they made a very legitimate post, I connected my wallet and it was all over. One of the worse feelings I've ever experienced. Like you said, no one's calling and there's no one I can really call! Lidi.fi does not have a tech support number 🤣🤣
A lot of lessons were learned that day, thankfully I had taken the advice of AI, and used a different wallet for every type of coin I owned, so only one thing was compromised. Since then, it's all in a Ledger.
I'll say one thing, anyone into crypto can be victimized so they all need to be familiar with revoke.cash and DeBank!!
Thank you so much for sharing this David, I am so sorry about that $16,000 loss. The stomach-dropping feeling when you realize the funds are gone is truly one of the worst experiences in crypto.
Moving everything to a Ledger afterward is exactly the right play. You've leveled up your security instead of walking away which is what many would have done. And yes for revoke.cash and DeBank, those are absolute must-have tools for anyone interacting with smart contracts.
Appreciate you adding this real-world perspective to the post. It’s exactly why we need to keep talking about this stuff before the real retail wave hits Bittensor.
Great reality check. We spend so much time looking at the protocol that we forget social engineering is the real threat. Implementing the dedicated burner browser profile today. Appreciate the peace of mind!
Thanks Agisilaos, love that you're already putting the burner browser into action! Small steps like that add up to massive security gains. If you ever stumble on any quirks or have other tips to share, I’d love to hear them.