✦ Moving to a new device securely
Switching phones requires more than reinstalling an app. Verify your backup, secure the new device, restore only through trusted software and double-check accounts before retiring the old device.
PRACTICAL CHECKLIST
Verify the old backup is a checkpoint, not an automatic guarantee. Compare the instructions with the wallet software and the network you actually use. If a website or signature request cannot be verified, stop and investigate independently.
Secure new device is a checkpoint, not an automatic guarantee. Compare the instructions with the wallet software and the network you actually use. If a website or signature request cannot be verified, stop and investigate independently.
Restore and compare is a checkpoint, not an automatic guarantee. Compare the instructions with the wallet software and the network you actually use. If a website or signature request cannot be verified, stop and investigate independently.
Retire old device carefully is a checkpoint, not an automatic guarantee. Compare the instructions with the wallet software and the network you actually use. If a website or signature request cannot be verified, stop and investigate independently.
IMPORTANT CONTEXT
Switching phones requires more than reinstalling an app. Verify your backup, secure the new device, restore only through trusted software and double-check accounts before retiring the old device.
Educational material cannot guarantee how a particular wallet or blockchain behaves. Independently check the software and network, and distrust any site promising absolute safety or asking for secret keys.
Before submitting a transfer, inspect the recipient, amount, network and requested permissions. Blockchain transactions may not be reversible.
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