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In this video, I discuss why the complexity of Ethereum's smart contracts make it impossible to hold your ETH safely either on an exchange or on a hardware wallet.
Ethereum smart contracts are so complex, that they are impossible to fully inspect or verify on the screen of a hardware wallet. When you sign an ETH transaction, you may be inadvertently putting into motion a smart contract that will steal your ETH.
By contrast, Bitcoin possesses a much more stripped-down and hence more safe base layer, that includes multisig which ETH does not have.
Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.
ETH complexity and hardware wallets:
https://x.com/adam3us/status/1893880497429684605
https://x.com/Leishman/status/1893534874314608683
Bybit hack:
https://www.blockaid.io/blog/how-to-prevent-the-next-15b-bybit-hack-a-strategic-approach-to-solving-blind-signing
ETH hacks have been happening for years:
https://medium.com/free-code-camp/a-hacker-stole-31m-of-ether-how-it-happened-and-what-it-means-for-ethereum-9e5dc29e33ce
https://rekt.news/
Ethereum's complexity is the enemy of security:
https://x.com/adam3us/status/1893224607622000740
Bybit technical debt joke:
https://x.com/allenf32/status/1892990319144136752
For the longest time Ethereum didn't even have a checksum for its addresses, so you could typo an address and Ethereum would flush your money with no hesitation:
https://x.com/notgrubles/status/1893730132730286209
The best way to secure ethereum is to sell it for bitcoin & store it in multisig:
https://x.com/parkeralewis/status/1892977246719107130
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