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Twelve things worth doing, in order

Twelve concrete actions ordered by value: wallet separation, approval review, backup testing, bookmark discipline and device hygiene.

Highest value Wallet separation and approval revocation
Most neglected Testing that the backup actually restores
Free and permanent Bookmark discipline instead of search or links

FBT Swap

What you should know

Security advice usually arrives as principles. Principles are hard to act on, so this is a list of specific actions ordered by how much risk each one removes per minute spent.

Most people can complete the first six in under an hour, and that hour removes the large majority of realistic loss scenarios.

The first hour

Create a separate spending wallet with its own recovery phrase and move anything not actively traded to a storage wallet. Review and revoke token approvals on every chain you have used. Verify your recovery phrase backup exists on durable media and is not a photograph.

Then create a bookmark for every crypto site you use, reached from an address you verified, and use only those bookmarks from now on.

The second hour

Move email and exchange accounts off SMS second factors onto an authenticator app or a hardware key. Add a carrier port-out PIN. Audit browser extensions and remove anything unused. Update your operating system, browser and wallet applications.

Test a wallet restore into a clean installation and confirm the first address matches, then remove that installation.

Ongoing habits

Read every wallet prompt: token, spender, amount, network. Send a small test transfer before any first transfer to a new destination. Never copy an address from transaction history. Never enter a recovery phrase anywhere except a wallet you are restoring.

Assume anyone who contacts you first is not who they claim to be, including anyone using the FBT Swap name.

What this does not cover

None of this protects against a protocol exploit, a bridge hack or a token whose team decides to leave. Those are risks of what you own, not of how you hold it, and they require diligence on each specific asset.

FBT Swap is non-custodial: it holds nothing, so it cannot freeze, reverse or recover anything. That is the trade this checklist exists to make survivable.

Step by step

How it works

  1. Split your wallets

    A storage wallet and a spending wallet, with separate recovery phrases. Fund the spending wallet from storage, never the reverse.

  2. Revoke old approvals

    Work through every chain you have used and set unused allowances to zero.

  3. Fix your backup

    Durable physical media, two locations, no photographs or cloud notes.

  4. Bookmark everything

    Verify each domain once and reach it only from your own bookmark afterwards.

  5. Upgrade your second factors

    Replace SMS with an authenticator app or hardware key on email and exchange accounts.

  6. Test a restore

    Import your phrase into a clean wallet install, confirm the address, then remove it.

  7. Keep the habits

    Read every prompt, test new destinations with a small amount, and never trust an inbound message.

At a glance

At a glance

Highest value

Wallet separation and approval revocation

Most neglected

Testing that the backup actually restores

Free and permanent

Bookmark discipline instead of search or links

Out of scope

Protocol, bridge and token-team risk — diligence per asset

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Clear answers before you decide.

Where should I start if I only have ten minutes?

Move anything you are not actively trading into a separate wallet with its own phrase. It bounds the damage of every other mistake on this list.

How often should I repeat the review?

Quarterly covers most people, plus after any period of heavy experimentation and before a large balance arrives in a wallet.

Does using a non-custodial app make me safer?

It removes counterparty risk and replaces it with key-management risk. Safer depends entirely on whether you do the items above; this list exists because that is not automatic.

Risk notice

Crypto assets are volatile and on-chain transactions cannot be reversed. You can lose money, including all of it. Nothing here is financial advice.