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How I Recover Stolen NFTs from Crypto Scammers 🥷🏼

Since I started helping people recover their crypto wallets in 2017, my most common reply has been "if your crypto is stolen, there is nothing I can do."

Nov 18, 2022 · 3 min read

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Guides

Should You Choose a Single-Share Shamir or BIP-39 Seed Backup for your Trezor?

Let’s explore the differences between BIP-39 and the new Shamir backup offered on the Trezor Safe 3 & 5 models.

Jan 21, 2025 Guides

How Do Hardware Wallets Work?

If you're on the fence about moving your cryptocurrency to a hardware wallet or have already taken the plunge but…

Feb 21, 2024 Guides

How Hardware Wallet Users Lose Their Bitcoin

Drawing from my experience assisting thousands of customers through WalletRecovery.info, I've identified the most frequent scenarios under which individuals lose…

Feb 14, 2024 Guides

How to Save on Bitcoin Transactions

Looking to reduce fees on your upcoming Bitcoin transaction? Consider these strategies:

Jan 22, 2024 Case Studies

How I Brute Force Blockchain.info Wallets

Here is the actual command I used to recover a recent wallet. The recovery took about a week on an…

Jan 12, 2022 Case Studies

How to Extract a Crypto Wallet Seed from an iPhone

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Jan 12, 2022

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Guides

How To Tell If A Cryptocurrency Or DeFi Platform Is A Scam

(If you're a victim of a crypto scam, read this first.)

Jan 4, 2022 Guides

Survey of Crypto and Defi Scams 2021 Whitepaper

2021 has been another bull market for cryptocurrencies. Unsurprisingly, billions of dollars flowing into an unregulated market have attracted plenty…

Dec 30, 2021 Guides

How to Protect Yourself From DeFi Platform Hacks

Yesterday, BadgerDAO users had $120 million stolen because the platform was hacked. The current theory is that the hackers injected…

Dec 6, 2021 Guides

Common types of scams in crypto and DeFi

Sometimes it's obvious that a scheme is a scam. In other cases, it's a grey area. For example, are copycat…

Nov 22, 2021 Guides

How to transfer Bitcoin from a Multibit Classic or Multibit HD wallet into Electrum

Multibit was one of the better Bitcoin wallets between 2011-2016. However, in 2019, both Multibit Classic and Multibit HD have…

Oct 29, 2021 Case Studies

How to repair a Trezor Model T with a touchscreen swap

I needed to perform this operation because I had a Trezor Model T with a lost recovery seed **and **a…

Feb 22, 2021 Guides

Stop buying fake Bitcoin wallets!

Every day, I get 10+ Bitcoin wallets that someone "forgot" the password to. Some are worth a few Bitcoin while…

Feb 15, 2021 Guides

Help! My Bitcoin was stolen! Can you help?

Billions of dollars in Bitcoin are stolen every year. If you're a victim of Bitcoin theft or a scam, read…

Jan 6, 2021 Guides

How to safely store Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies

I've seen people lose their Bitcoin in every way imaginable, and I want to help you avoid the most common…

Oct 1, 2019 Guides

How to fix 'The transaction was rejected because it is too large' rejected transaction error in Electrum & Electron Cash

Rejected transactions are disappointing, but it's better than the alternative: having your transactions in limbo for weeks, or thinking that…

Sep 9, 2019 Guides

Watch out for these five common Bitcoin/cryptocurrency scams

Here are the five most common cryptocurrency scams my customers ask my help with:

Aug 24, 2018 Guides

How does a Bitcoin wallet recovery service work?

Here is how our Bitcoin wallet recovery process works:

Mar 13, 2018 Guides

You’ve bought your first Bitcoin. Now what?

Here is a quick guide to storing, transporting, and spending your Bitcoin:

Feb 22, 2018 Guides

How to recover your corrupt or deleted Bitcoin Core wallet

This post discusses the methods for recovering a deleted or corrupt Bitcoin Core Wallet. Many other currencies, such as Bitcoin…

Jan 8, 2018 Guides

Customer Support Links for Popular Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency Wallets

The following links may help you solve problems with popular wallets on your own:

Dec 21, 2017 Guides

Essential Security Practices to Keep Your Bitcoin Secure from Hackers and Thieves

Your security practices should be both comprehensive enough to keep you safe without being so complicated that you will be…

Dec 9, 2017 Guides

Get your crypto wallet back ASAP!

Get your crypto wallet back ASAP! Content coming soon!

Jul 5, 2017