Many beginners stumble at the very first step on the two words "wallet".

First, remember this concept:

Exchange account ≠ your wallet,

What truly belongs to you is the wallet where you control the private key/seed phrase.

Wallets can be roughly divided into two categories:

1️⃣ Hot Wallet

Mobile App, browser plugin

Always online, suitable for daily small transactions, interactions, and claiming airdrops.

Risk: Connected to the internet, easily targeted by phishing links and malicious authorizations.

2️⃣ Cold Wallet

A small hardware similar to a USB drive, usually offline.

Suitable for long-term, large storage.

Operations are a bit more complicated, but security is higher.

A simple principle for beginners:

For experimentation & practice: use a hot wallet.

For real big money: keep it in a cold wallet.

All money: do not screenshot and send your seed phrase to anyone.

Later, I will release a separate article focusing on "seed phrase security" and common failure cases.🔐