Safety · Guide

Cold storage tiers

Not everything needs a vault. Some things do.

Match custody tier to amount and life chaos.

Match custody to amount and chaos. Pocket change can live hot; rent money should not.

Tier 1: exchange or phone wallet for learning amounts. Tier 2: self-custody with tested backups. Tier 3: hardware and offline habits for serious balances.

Moving up a tier should be boring and rehearsed — not improvised during a spike.

The goal is sleep, not maximal cosplay. Complexity you cannot operate is not security.

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