Steemit Crypto Academy Contest / S3W3 - The Wallets by @phlexygee
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What are wallets? Why do you think wallets are important? Let's talk about it.
Wallets are digital crypto platforms or tools that are used to store and manage crypto assets. Notwithstanding the fact that, some wallets offer staking, trading and swapping features.
With wallets, users have the opportunity to ensure the safety of their assets by keeping both public and private keys or either.
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Wallets are categorized into custodial and non-custodial wallets, in other words centralized and non-centralized wallets, as well as cold and hot wallets.
With the custodial wallet, a third party takes in possession of the user's private keys, whiles the user possesses only the public keys.
Examples are the wallets of centralized trading platforms such as Binance and Huobi.
Non-custodial wallets, as the name suggests, are digital wallets that allows their users to keep both public and private keys with regards to storing and managing their assets.
With cold wallets, users store their keys offline, either on a paper or hardware, whiles hot wallet has to do with storing keys/assets online.
Why do you think wallets are important? Let's talk about it.
Of course, wallets are important elements in the crypto world, just like how the traditional wallets are important for keeping relevant things.
I think wallets are important simply because, they enable users to safely keep and manage their crypto assets.
Again, wallets give users control over their funds, and sometimes help gain partial rewards through staking.
There's nothing like having crypto assets without having a wallet, therefore wallets serve a great purpose when it comes to crypto which can't be looked down upon.
Which wallets do you own? Why did you choose those wallets? Talk about your experience, show screenshots of your wallets.
I personally own two non-custodial crypto wallets, which are ; TronLink pro and Trust wallet.
The above screenshots were taken from my TronLink pro and Trust wallet apps.
I chose those wallets because they are hot, non-custodial, user-friendly, and possess features such as dApps, swapping, staking, connecting other wallets and trading.
For TronLink pro, I see no other better wallet for keeping my TRX tokens than it as a steemian. It is user-friendly with beautiful user interface that allows TRX staking for partial rewards as well as swapping. Not forgetting the dApps that offer various services.
Trust Wallet also has some great features as TronLink.
Have you suffered any theft in any of your wallets? Tell us about your experience, what do you do to protect your cryptocurrencies?
Apparently, I haven't experienced any theft in either my TronLink or Trust wallet.
To protect my cryptocurrencies, I keep them in decentralized wallets, except the ones for daily trading.
I save my private keys in document form, encrypt the documents and store them in cloud such as Google drive.
I encrypt them to keep them safe, just in case someone get a hold of my email or have access to my saved cloud files.
I also store copies of the encrypted documents on my PC as well as on a pendrive.
For the mnemonics, I store them in an encrypted document as well as on a secured sheet of paper. I store the paper from the reach of third parties.
Do you prefer hot wallets or cold wallets, give your opinion about.
There's no doubt that I prefer hot wallets over cold wallets.
To me, hot wallets are reliable, easily accessible, convenient and user-friendly.
You don't need to be moving with papers and hardwares that might get lost, depreciate or breakdown in the course.
Hot wallets are more reliable as they are less exposed to the reach of third parties.
written private keys on papers might fade or blurred as the paper depreciates, leading to loss of funds.
Cold wallet hardwares can easily be broken down or malfunction, also leading to loss of funds.
Conclusion
Wallets are relevant and crucial when it comes to managing our crypto assets. But we should try our best to find the ones that best suit us.
For me, I prefer hot non-custodial crypto wallets over cold wallets, and I have given my reasons for that, although I sometimes make use of the cold wallets.
The wallets that most allow these opportunities are hot wallets. We can also stake, swap, buy and sell, trade p2p and also mint and monetize NFTs with exchange wallets.
For cloud storage for wallet keys and passwords I don’t think it’s safe. Few years back hackers took control over 50% the google accounts of the Russian citizens. Imagine having your wallet keys safe in your Google account.
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I appreciate and respect your views towards crypto wallets and my opinion.
That's the reason why I encrypt those documents before uploading them on clouds and save copies on my PC and pendrive.
Putting passwords on the documents will keep you safe in case of cloud hack, since hackers must provide your documents passwords, or attempt to bypass them, which will of course demand some efforts that I think any serious hacker won't be willing to sacrifice. 😃
How I even rename the documents will even confuse and piss-off anyone who comes across them.
Wow that’s incredible, great idea.
Yeah 💪🏽
We must think outside the box 😉
Wow, what a wonderful topic you've got here. Hot wallets to me is far better when compared to cold wallets, it has great futures that helps modifies the financial transaction of aj individual. Thanks for sharing with us mate. I think I'll join in this contest.
I'm glad that your preference of wallets are aligned with mine.
Thanks comrade, I appreciate your feedback.
You are right friend, wallets doesn't only store our cryptos but also give us proof of ownership. I also prefer hot wallets because of its ease of accessibility, low initial investment and many others. I love reading your post today.
Thank you dear, for reading my article and sharing your Wallets preference and experiences with us.
I like the fact that you prefer hot wallets over cold wallets.
I appreciate.
Well put bro. Your took your time to explain your points well. I learnt a lot
Yes, I did spend some quality time in the publication.
You know we have to deliver quality contents as academians 😅
By the way, thanks for passing by.
This is a well constructed post, I really enjoyed going through it.
You have done excellently well in giving your preference of hot wallet over cold ones.
Thank you again for this post
My pleasure bro.
I will always choose hot wallets over cold wallets in any day.
It is a relief seeing your valuable comments.
Thank you.
Crypto wallets is very important for asset managements. You have done a very good job on thos task.
Keep up the good work
Okay snr bro.
The role of crypto wallets can't be underestimated, and as crypto enthusiasts, we have to choose the suitable ones.
Thanks once again for visiting my blog.
Great knowledge
I thought wallets was just about the Binance wallet. But today, I’ve learnt something new. Thank you
You are welcome bro.
There are more to crypto wallets, and I appreciate the fact that you have learned something beneficial in my publication.