Getting Started Safely with Cryptocurrency Wallets

Before worrying about which coins to hold, the first real decision is how to hold them — and that means understanding the difference between an exchange account and a wallet you actually control.

A hardware wallet, set up correctly with a properly stored recovery phrase, removes almost every common way people lose funds: exchange hacks, phishing links, and lost access all become far less likely.

This is usually the first thing covered in a cryptocurrency consulting session — getting the fundamentals right before anything else.