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Board Electrum
Re: question about safety
by
rdluffy
on 17/07/2025, 21:35:23 UTC
stanch3vv, sorry for your loss
From what you've said, the “hack” that happened to you was the one with the changed address?
This “hack” is a malware/virus that installs itself on your computer and when you go to copy the address and paste it into your wallet, it pastes the hacker's address and the funds go to him

If this was the hack, you could lose your funds again with Electrum or even with the hardwallet if you don't pay attention to the sending address

But in any case, you're using a hotwallet right now
I don't know if you know this, but you can use Ledger with Electrum, keeping your seed offline

Do you do a lot of transactions?

the hacker stole my whole balance not just the amouth i tried to send. It was very famous  case. I dont do a lot of transactions since BTC is extreemly bad for payments. https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/a9yji3/electrum_wallet_hacked_200_btc_stolen_so_far/

Wow, I really remember that message they managed to put in Electrum
I saw that message myself and there was a long debate on the forum at the time
I hope you didn't lose too many satoshis



Try using the Electrum in conjunction with your Ledger
As you don't do as many txs, it might be safer for you

You need to understand that there is a certain risk in using a hotwallet. The safest way is always not to have your seed exposed on an online device