This airdrop season has me feeling like I’m clocking in for work, while the task platform is constantly running anti-bot and anti-fraud checks. The more things get competitive, the more I want to take control of my assets first. To put it plainly, since people’s asset sizes differ, security solutions really shouldn’t be one-size-fits-all: for small daily amounts, using a hot wallet for convenience is understandable, but once you start to feel uneasy, a hardware wallet becomes worth it—it at least keeps signatures isolated from your computer and phone. For larger sums, to the point where “losing them would keep me up all night,” don’t put your trust in a single point of failure; multi-signature is more solid, though the management overhead is also real—switching phones, switching members, and signing while you’re out all become a hassle. Social recovery feels suitable for people who are afraid of losing their recovery phrase but don’t want to set up multi-signature, but the key prerequisite is that the “guardians” you choose have a relationship that’s stable enough; otherwise, you’re just moving the risk somewhere else. Anyway, my principle right now is simple: don’t let security settings be more tormenting than the assets themselves.