How do I keep my wallet secure and my money safe?
Securing funds
The best bits of advice to keep your funds safe & secure
- Activate the “Autolock” option in the XDEFI Wallet Settings (note that it is impossible to connect to any dApp once the wallet is locked)
- Activate the “Require password for transactions” option in the XDEFI Wallet Settings
- Do not disclose your XDEFI Wallet password to anyone
- Use a hardware wallet as well to require manual interaction with it when validating transactions
- Keep your hardware wallet PIN and seed phrase secure
- Save your XDEFI Wallet secret phrase(s), backup file, keystore file(s), password, and recovery code on an external & offline device that you keep safe
- Encrypt this external device and/or the main file containing all of this data
- Do not share any passphrase, backup file, keystore file, password, or code with anyone
- Pay attention to the websites you visit
- Do not send funds lightly