How to avoid address poisoning
Scammers can make a similar address appear in your history without touching your wallet. Your defense is to stop copying addresses from that history.
What is cryptocurrency?
A plain starting point: digital assets recorded on shared ledgers, what they can do, and what can go wrong.
The short answer
A cryptocurrency is a digital asset recorded on a blockchain, a ledger kept by many computers rather than one company. Users control assets with private keys, which sign transactions.
What makes it different
- Transfers can run at any hour without a bank in the middle
- Transaction records are often public
- Mistakes and thefts are usually hard to reverse
- Prices can move sharply
Before you start
Learn how wallets and seed phrases work before moving meaningful amounts. Be wary of anyone promising guaranteed returns. This guide is general information, not investment advice.
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