Hex is an exciting blockchain based financial product, which encourages and rewards participates in the ecosystem for staking their Hex.
In Hex LONGER STAKES PAY BETTER, so it is critical to protect your stakes with strong security practices. After all you could be linked to your staking wallets for months, years… even decades!
Having the right security in place to protect your Hex stakes, will mean you can rest easy knowing your growing Hex shares are safe and sound. This site aims to provide Hex Stakers with a valuable source of information on;
LEARN HOW TO SECURE YOUR STAKES WITH CONFIDENCE.
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LEVEL 0 – WALLET BASICS
If You Are New To The Crypto Space Or Just Want To Brush Up On Your Knowledge Of How Wallets Work. Knowing This Will Give You The Grounding To Understand Why We Need To Have Good Security Hygiene With Our Wallets.
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WHAT IS A “WALLET”
This is the 101 of how Wallets work and how they protect and store our coins and tokens.
In this video we will cover such things as:
SEED PHRASES ARE IMPORTANT!
Now that you know how wallets work in general, let’s dig a little deeper into what a seed phrase is and what part it plays in your wallet.
METAMASK SOFTWARE WALLET
Here we take a very brief look at the Metamask wallet, just to get very high level understanding of what role this software plays in the DeFi space.
HARDWARE WALLETS
So now we know what a wallet is, let’s have a quick look at two of the most popular wallets and find out which why one is more recommended over the other.
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LEVEL 1 – UNDERSTANDING HOW HEX WORKS
Do Terms Like “Token” Or “Smart Contract” Sound Like A Foreign Language To You? Never Fear, In This Level We Dig Under The Hood A Little To Understand How This Relates To Hex. Having This Knowledge Will Assist With Securing Your Hex Stakes Even Better.
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COINS VS TOKENS
Sometimes you hear people talk about “Coins” or “Tokens” and you think they are using these terms interchangeably. This is a common misunderstanding, but there is an important difference.
This video will give you a great understanding of the difference, and will make you the life of the party at your next gathering with all your new nerd speak…
WHAT IS A SMART CONTRACT
Let’s delve in to the world of smart contract and learn what they. Discover why metamask is an important tool and how we can use it to interact with smart contracts.
THE HEX SMART CONTRACT
Great, now that we know what a coin and token is and how smart contracts work, it’s time to see how all this applies to hex. In this video we will check out the Hex smart contract and see how we interact with it at a high level.
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LEVEL 2 – SEED PHRASE PROTECTION
Seed Phrases Are “The Keys To The Vault” So It Is Important You Understand What Your Options Are For Protecting Your Vault. Learn How You Can Increase Your Seed Phrase Security Here.
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INTRODUCTION TO SECURITY
This is the 101 of how Wallets work and how they protect and store our coins and tokens.
Before we blast head on into setting up our Security Environment we need to understand what we are protecting against, here we delve into:
STORING SEEDPHRASES – THE BASICS
Seed phrases are “the keys to the vault” let’s look at the bare minimum we should be doing to protect them.
EXTRA SEED PROTECTION
PART 1 – UNDERSTANDING PASSPHRASES
If you are not using passphrases then you really should be!
This video covers:
EXTRA SEED PROTECTION
PART 2 – DISTRIBUTED SEEDPHRASES
This video covers:
SEEDPHRASE TRIAGE
Explanation and Trezor How to.
Have you setup a software wallet and now you want the extra protection of a hardware wallet. Let’s see what we can do to course correct and secure your valuable Hex stakes.
SEEDPHRASE TRIAGE
Ledger Nano How to.
Are you looking to move your Metamask created wallet Seed to a Ledger Nano hardware wallet. If so this is a must watch video which covers:
NOTE: Watch the above Triage Explanation Video as well.
Ledger Nano Supplemental Video – Metamask Derivation Path Fix
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