DefCrypt Blog
Practical analysis of exchange restrictions, AML, theft, and access recovery — without noise or blanket guarantees.
Wallet Empty After Seed Phrase Recovery: What to Check
Check the network, account, seed format, passphrase and address history after restoring an empty wallet. Distinguish a display problem, different keys and outgoing transfers.
Bitcoin Core wallet.dat Recovery: Backups and Forgotten Passwords
How to assess a Bitcoin Core wallet.dat backup, distinguish corruption, encryption and watch-only data, preserve the original and evaluate a forgotten password.
How to Protect a Crypto Wallet: Seed, Hardware, Phishing
How to protect a crypto wallet: seed storage, hardware versus a hot wallet, phishing, token approvals, and extensions—prevention, not a post-hack recovery guide.
Crypto Inheritance After Death: First Steps Without a Seed Phrase
Crypto inheritance after the owner's death: a will does not open the wallet, when recovery is realistic, and why a seed phrase must not be sent to "inheritance services."
How to Recover a Bitcoin Wallet: Seed Phrase, wallet.dat or Old Device
Choose a Bitcoin wallet recovery route using a seed phrase, wallet.dat, backup or old device. Understand the limits of address-only and watch-only recovery.
How to Recover Crypto Wallet Access After Losing Your Phone
How to recover crypto wallet access after losing a phone: the role of a seed phrase, first steps, exchange 2FA, and why recovery bots are dangerous.
Lost access to MetaMask: what to do
What to do after losing access to MetaMask: distinguish a software issue from actual loss, understand passwords and seed phrases, and avoid fake recovery sites.
Ledger Recovery: Lost Device, Forgotten PIN or Missing Recovery Phrase
What to check after losing a Ledger device, PIN or recovery phrase. Recovery scenarios, separate passphrases, existing backups and missing balances.
Forgot Your Crypto Wallet Password? When Recovery May Be Possible
What to do if you forgot a crypto wallet password, how a password differs from a seed phrase, when recovery may still be possible, and why password-cracking services can be a trap.
Partial seed phrase: when recovery is realistic
When recovery from a partial seed phrase is realistic, which BIP39 details improve feasibility, and why you should never submit a complete seed phrase through a form.
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