Let me tell you a real story: I came across a phishing site the other night, and it was made to look exactly like the real one—down to the domain name being only one letter off. I almost clicked “Connect Wallet,” but my hand slipped and I took a look at the address bar first. These days, this stuff is truly impossible to guard against—store your seed phrase on paper and hide it well; if you can, don’t take screenshots, and if you do, don’t post it anywhere, including notes set to “only visible to yourself”—in case one day your account gets hacked.

Recently, a bunch of people have been chasing “smart money” after large on-chain transfers. But many of them are internal hot/cold wallet reallocations by exchanges. Following along and messing around blindly ends up losing money on transaction fees. To put it plainly: in an information environment full of noise, the tighter you pay attention, the more likely you are to fall for phishing. My noise-reduction strategy is one thing: don’t trust screenshots, don’t click links, and don’t randomly sign approvals. Cleaning up wallet authorizations is better than anything.

I’ve paid tuition fees too many times already—so for now, if I can save, I’ll save. Less activity means more profit.