2026-01-14 19:20:29

At 2 a.m., my phone was flooded with notifications. My friend Akai's voice message was trembling: "Bro... the crypto assets I was planning to add to my position have become zero overnight. I didn't even see any authorization pop-up!"

It's not about chasing high and getting liquidated, not about project teams running away, it's purely digital asset theft. What's even more heartbreaking is that after reporting to the police, their response was—"Most likely a family member's misoperation."

Only then did I realize that Akai fell into the most basic traps in this circle. His router hadn't been updated in three years, his home WiFi password was still the default "12345678," and his phone was loaded with a bunch of pop-up software. The worst part was, he screenshot his wallet's seed phrase and stored it in his phone's notes, then casually forwarded it to another WeChat "backup."

This scene is all too familiar. After years of market analysis, I am increasingly seeing a reality—most people are actually storing assets completely exposed and unprotected. Their eyes are always fixed on the "hundredfold coins."

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OnchainHolmes

· 7h ago

Save mnemonic screenshots to notes—this is truly a suicidal move, no wonder you're getting washed out. --- Password 12345678, I literally burst out laughing. Isn't this just giving hackers a backdoor? --- The most heartbreaking thing is he didn't even realize where the problem was, thinking it was some advanced attack. --- The router hasn't been updated in three years, and he doesn't even do basic maintenance. Why bother with a hundredfold coin? --- The police said it was a misoperation, which is just hilarious. No one cares about this kind of case. --- DYOR doesn't mean just reading the white paper; you need to understand basic security first, bro. --- Every time I hear these stories, I want to say, losing money is secondary; losing your mind is the real problem. --- Security awareness is truly a hundred times more important than any trading strategy, but no one believes it. --- This is the usual script in the circle—self-resolving kind. --- It's a bit ironic—spending all day researching on-chain data, only to be broken by the most basic defense line.

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