🔐 First Backup

Your first backup matters

Build an offline recovery phrase backup and verify it independently, without screenshots, cloud photo albums or chat messages.

Steps and checks

Work through the essentials

Record on paper or offline media

Take time to verify this step on a trusted device. Do not reveal private keys or recovery phrases to anyone; pause if the information differs from what you expected.

Verify every word in order

Take time to verify this step on a trusted device. Do not reveal private keys or recovery phrases to anyone; pause if the information differs from what you expected.

Store the backup in a secure place

Take time to verify this step on a trusted device. Do not reveal private keys or recovery phrases to anyone; pause if the information differs from what you expected.

Confirm your recovery plan first

Take time to verify this step on a trusted device. Do not reveal private keys or recovery phrases to anyone; pause if the information differs from what you expected.

Know the limits

Security relies on several independent checks

An interface warning cannot prove a domain, recipient or approval is trustworthy. Combine trusted sources, network checks and secure backups before acting.

Phishing Protection

Your first backup matters

Work through the essentials

Record on paper or offline media

Verify every word in order

Store the backup in a secure place

Confirm your recovery plan first

Security relies on several independent checks

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