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TIME TO LEVEL UP YOUR SECURITY

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.

 

Select a level to start learning…

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.

 

TOPICS

  • Wallet Basics
  • Why Seed Phrases Are Important
  • Metamask Software Wallet
  • Hardware Wallets Explained

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:

  • What is a wallet 
  • How do they “store” my coins and tokens 
  • Software vs hardware Wallets 
  • How does this apply to Hex 

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.

 

TOPICS

  • Coins Vs Tokens
  • What Is A Smart Contract?
  • The Hex Smart Contract

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.

 

TOPICS

  • Introduction To Security
  • Storing Seed-Phrases – The Basics
  • Extra Seed Protection Part 1 – Understanding Passphrases
  • Extra Seed Protection Part 2 – Distributed Seed-Phrases
  • Seed-Phrase Triage – Metamask Migration

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:

  • Security vs Convenience 
  • The security spectrum – what are you protecting against! 
  • How far do you need to take it? 
  • What does good security hygiene look like? 

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.

 

  • Basic Seed Phrase Projection 
  • Protecting your seed online 
  • Protection against physical theft 
  • Protection against physical destruction 

EXTRA SEED PROTECTION
PART 1 – UNDERSTANDING PASSPHRASES

If you are not using passphrases then you really should be! 

This video covers: 

 

  • what a passphrase is 
  • why you need it 
  • how to create a strong passphrase 
  • which hardware wallet is best to use 
  • how to split your hardware wallet into an unlimited number of logical devices 

EXTRA SEED PROTECTION
PART 2 – DISTRIBUTED SEEDPHRASES

This video covers: 

 

  • What are distributed seed phrases 
  • How to use Mnemonic Seed Splitting 
  • Understanding Shamir Seed Backup 
  • Super Shamir Backup 
  • Shamir39 – Draft Standard 
  • How to implement Shamir Backup in Trezor 

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.

 

  • What Options do you have EES, Migration to hardware wallet 
  • BIP39 Standard 
  • Hierarchical Deterministic (HD) Wallets 
  • How to migrate a Metamask seed to a Hardware wallet (see how it is actually done on Trezor)
  • How to check your migration worked correctly
  • Understanding the implications of doing this migration 

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.

  • What are the ramifications of using a ledger to do this
  • How to migrate a Metamask seed to a Hardware wallet (see how it is actually done)
  • How to check your migration worked correctly
  • Understanding the implications of doing this migration with regards to accessible addresses
  • Detailed explanation of the derivation paths that Metamask and Ledger use
  • Explanation of how to access all the Metamask account addresses after the migration.

Ledger Nano Supplemental Video – Metamask Derivation Path Fix

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