Security insight

Cold storage: principles and trade-offs

Cold storage can reduce key exposure, but it does not remove the need to verify transactions, protect backups and assess your signing workflow.

Understand the exposure

Cold storage can reduce key exposure, but it does not remove the need to verify transactions, protect backups and assess your signing workflow.

Start with a trusted device and source.

Keep sensitive credentials in a protected environment.

Verify chain, destination and signing scope.

Recheck the result and your backup afterward.

Treat unsolicited requests for private keys or recovery phrases as a warning sign.

Start with a trusted device and source.

Keep sensitive credentials in a protected environment.

Verify chain, destination and signing scope.

Download access

Verify the source before installation, then secure your recovery credentials.