Bitcoin is awesome, and we love talking about it. But there can be a big difference between talking about Bitcoin and talking about your bitcoin. With a growing list of physical attacks and thefts on people related to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general, it’s important to draw a line between the two.

This article is not about inducing fear or looking at scary news stories, as there is not really much to gain by looking at isolated incidents from the past. Instead, let’s focus on how you can improve your own operational security right now, keeping your digital footprint minimal and out of the spotlight. As a privacy-first company, we already do our best to safeguard the personal information of BitBox users – or not collect them in the first place. But some key aspects will always be up to the individual users themselves. Let’s dive in!

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