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Square SSP Academy cover: memos and destination tags for exchange deposits

Memos, destination tags and the deposit that "never arrived"

Why some exchanges use one shared deposit address plus a memo or destination tag, what happens if you leave it out, why most Bitcoin and Ethereum deposits don't need one, and a checklist before sending to an exchange.

5 min
Square SSP Academy cover: token unlocks and vesting schedules

Token unlocks and vesting: reading supply beyond the headline number

Circulating vs total supply and FDV, cliffs and linear vesting, why unlock dates make the news, and how to check whether insider tokens are really locked on-chain or only promised to be.

5 min
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Travelling with crypto: practical self-custody on the road

Leave the recovery phrase at home, carry a small travel amount, avoid shared computers and public Wi-Fi traps, and know what to do if a device is lost abroad. Plus what SSP's 2-of-2 does, and doesn't, protect on the road.

5 min
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"I imported my seed and my balance is zero": derivation paths explained

The same recovery phrase produces different addresses under different paths, passphrases and account indexes. How to find where your coins are, and why an SSP seed alone shows an empty wallet.

5 min
Square SSP Academy cover: the checksum word in your recovery phrase

The checksum word in your recovery phrase: how BIP-39 catches mistakes

The last word of a BIP-39 phrase carries a SHA-256 checksum that catches most typos. How it works, why you should never make up your own phrase, and why seed checksum websites are dangerous.

5 min
Square SSP Academy cover: change addresses explained

Change addresses: where the rest of your bitcoin goes

UTXOs are spent whole, so most payments send part of the money back to you as change. Why explorers make it look like you sent more, why wallets use change addresses, the classic lost-change trap, and what SSP does.

5 min
Square SSP Academy cover: pig-butchering and romance investment scams

Pig-butchering scams: when a friendly stranger leads you to a fake trading platform

A wrong-number text, weeks of friendship, then a trading app with fake profits and fees to withdraw. How romance and pig-butchering scams work, the red flags, how to help a family member, and what multisig can't stop.

5 min
Square SSP Academy cover: permit signatures and token approvals

Permit signatures: the approval that isn't a transaction

EIP-2612 permits and Uniswap Permit2 grant token allowances with a gas-free signature, which is why drainers love them. Which fields to read, why typed-data "sign in" requests are suspicious, how to revoke, and how SSP shows typed data.

5 min
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Verifying a wallet download: checksums, signatures and reproducible builds

Checksums prove you have the same file, signatures prove who published it, and reproducible builds prove it came from the published code. What each one shows, and step by step how to verify an SSP Wallet release.

4 min
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Crypto in a household: shared funds, separate keys and what happens if

Couples, parents and families can self-custody together — if they decide who holds what. Three questions to answer first, common household setups, planning for absences, holding for children, and where SSP fits.

4 min
Square SSP Academy cover: crypto loans and liquidation

Crypto loans and liquidation: borrowing against coins you don't want to sell

Crypto loans let you borrow without selling, but your collateral can be sold for you. How over-collateralised loans and liquidation work, why liquidations cascade, DeFi vs centralised lenders, and how to borrow more safely.

4 min
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Testing your backup: how to know your recovery phrase actually works

A backup you've never tested is a hope, not a plan. How backups fail, three safe ways to test a recovery phrase, how often to check, and how SSP Wallet and SSP Key build backup checks in.

4 min
Square SSP Academy cover: blockchain oracles explained

Oracles: how blockchains learn what's happening outside

Smart contracts can't look anything up, so oracles bring prices and events on-chain — and every protocol inherits their weaknesses. How oracles work, how price feeds get manipulated, and what to check before you trust one.

4 min
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Hard forks and soft forks: how blockchains change their rules

Blockchains upgrade without a central server, through soft forks that tighten the rules and hard forks that change them. How each works, when forks split a coin in two, and what upgrades mean for your wallet.

4 min
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Hijacked accounts: when a trusted voice posts a scam

Scammers take over trusted social accounts to post fake airdrops, migrations and security alerts. How takeovers happen, what the scam posts look like, how to spot them, and how account owners can protect themselves.

4 min
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A treasury policy for small teams: who can move the money

A crypto treasury held by one person is one mistake away from a loss. Five questions every team's treasury policy should answer, a starting template, and how SSP Enterprise maps to each of them.

5 min
Square SSP Academy cover: keeping crypto transaction records

Keeping records of your crypto: what to save and how

In self-custody your records are yours to keep. What to record for each transaction, a simple routine for exchanges and wallets, verifying with the blockchain, exporting from SSP, and keeping records safe.

4 min
Square SSP Academy cover: front-end and DNS hijacks

Front-end hijacks: when the real website turns against you

A dApp's contracts can be safe while its website is hijacked through DNS, hosting or a compromised dependency. How front-end attacks work, what they ask you to sign, and why your wallet's request screen is the real defence.

5 min
Square SSP Academy cover: halvings and supply schedules

Halvings and supply schedules: where new coins come from

Every proof-of-work coin decides in its rules how new coins are created. How Bitcoin's halving works, how Litecoin, Dogecoin, Kaspa and Ethereum differ, and what halvings do and don't mean for holders.

4 min
Square SSP Academy cover: the Lightning Network explained

The Lightning Network: Bitcoin payments without waiting for blocks

Lightning makes Bitcoin payments fast and cheap by moving them into two-party channels built on multisig and time locks. How channels and routing work, where Lightning shines, and the trade-offs it asks of you.

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