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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Hardware wallet. Then, use your hardware wallet safely and securely with MyCrypto.com and/or the MyCrypto Desktop App.USB DrivesA USB drive has many uses in the non-crypto world, and almost everyone knows how they work. You can use one to share a file quickly, store something offline, as a recovery drive for your computer, and much more. It does its job well. But it isn’t for crypto.Using a USB for your crypto is bad news. Look at this evil guy. He’ll steal your crypto!A USB drive is not secure for sending transactions because a USB cannot sign a transaction for you, unlike a hardware wallet. A hardware wallet has the private key stored directly within it and does not expose that private key. However, signing a transaction “with” a USB drive would require you to go into that USB drive, copy/paste your key from a file, and sign your transaction that way. This opens up about a million different attack vectors and is not a good way to go about things. A USB drive can simply hold a file that holds your key. And that’s it.A USB drive is generally not useful nor safe for cryptocurrency — but if you have no other solution then you can use a USB drive as cold storage.How to use a USB drive as crypto cold storageIf you have no other way to store your crypto securely offline, a USB drive is a good short-to-mid-term alternative. All you need to do is take your private key/seed phrase/JSON file, or other form of key, and save it on that USB drive. For extra security, encrypt that USB drive. Make sure you have multiple copies of your keys in different locations — you don’t want one point of failure.Now, go hide that USB drive and don’t touch
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