Checklist
Secure your crypto in 10 steps.
Go through the list and count how many points you have ticked. Eight or more: you're in good shape. Fewer than five: start with the first one you can. You get the PDF to print after you leave your email.
10 steps
Crypto from an exchange to your own wallet
An exchange can fail, freeze your account or be hacked. On your own wallet the funds are yours for as long as you hold the keys.
A hardware wallet, not an app
The key never leaves the device. A computer with a virus can do nothing with it. Trezor, BitBox, Coldcard: buy straight from the maker, never second-hand.
Your seed on steel, not on paper
Paper burns and gets wet. A steel plate for a few dozen euros survives a house fire.
A copy in a second place
One copy is no copy. The second should sit where the same fire, thief or flood can't reach it.
Nobody sees the seed, not even us
You enter the words only on the hardware wallet. Never on a website, in an app, in an email, or "for verification" to someone from support.
A 2-of-3 wallet for larger amounts
Three keys in three places, two needed for a transfer. Losing one changes nothing, and a thief with one sends nothing.
A recovery test before you deposit
Restore the wallet from the backup on an empty device. If it fails, better to find out now than after a loss.
A small amount as a trial
The first transfer to a new wallet should be small. Move the rest only after a successful recovery test.
Instructions for your family
Someone close should know that the crypto exists, where the keys are and what to do step by step. No amounts, no seed in the text.
A review once a year
New phone, new software version, a move. Once a year repeat the recovery test and check that the instructions still fit.
You also join the Shellcrew Vault list. No spam, one email and you're off it.
What next
Missing a few points and want to do it with someone? The check-up is a one-hour call online, after which you know where to start.