Blog
Blog of Ilia Zavialov
English version for the United Kingdom.
Subjects taken apart one at a time: how a mechanism works, where the loss happens and which measures hold.
Protection
Protecting a Crypto Wallet: Measures That Actually Hold
Seed phrase storage, withdrawal whitelists, delay windows, hardware keys and the split between exchange and self custody, ordered by what each one costs you.
Incident
The First Hours After a Crypto Theft: What Actually Helps
The order that matters after funds or access are gone: stop the ongoing loss, preserve evidence, report, and only then consider recovery.
Scam types
Types of Crypto Scams and How Each One Is Built
The main categories of crypto fraud taken apart by mechanism: where first contact comes from, where the money leaves, which step decides.
How crypto works
How a Crypto Transfer Actually Works, Step by Step
What happens between pressing send and the money arriving: keys, addresses, the network, confirmations and why a transfer cannot be recalled.
What this blog covers
Four subjects run through every article. Each one is taken from the side the reader meets it from, and each ends with the step that decides the outcome.
How crypto actually works
Wallets, keys, custody, exchanges and transfers, explained through what happens to the money at each step rather than through the technology.
How a Crypto Transfer Actually Works, Step by Step
Types of scams and how they are built
Each scheme taken apart in the order it unfolds: where the first contact comes from, where the moment of loss sits, and which step the whole thing depends on.
Types of Crypto Scams and How Each One Is Built
Protection that actually holds
Structural checks instead of judging people: what a genuine procedure looks like, which settings survive an attack, and what works when everything else has failed.
Protecting a Crypto Wallet: Measures That Actually Hold
The first hours after an incident
What to do when access or money is already gone: stop the ongoing loss, preserve evidence, report, and only then pursue recovery.