When it comes to managing a fleet of wallets or accounts in Web3, security is everything. Here's a critical rule you can't afford to overlook: if there's any chance your private key or seed phrase got compromised, immediately remove any delegates, passkeys, or guardians linked to that account. Why? Because these mechanisms grant trusted entities control over your assets. If someone gained access to your key, leaving these permissions intact means they'd have full authority over your entire fleet—not just one wallet. It's the difference between containing damage and losing everything. Don't hesitate. The moment you suspect a breach, audit your account permissions and revoke access instantly. In Web3, speed and paranoia about security are your best friends.

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LiquidatedAgainvip
· 12-15 20:09
Once again, I was educated... Once the key is lost, keeping delegate and guardian is just opening backdoors for hackers. Now I finally understand why people say Web3 is "the first wave of people to die so the next wave can survive." The painful lesson comes exactly from this.
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ProxyCollectorvip
· 12-12 22:59
ngl That's why I can't sleep every day... A single key leak can cause the entire ecosystem to collapse, so we really need to revoke permissions quickly, decisively, and accurately.
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BridgeNomadvip
· 12-12 20:47
ngl this hits different after watching entire portfolios vanish from a single compromised key. seen too many people leave guardians untouched thinking "it's just one wallet" — spoiler: it's not. that cascading permission collapse is exactly how you go from "manageable loss" to "i'm checking if my exchange account still exists" territory. revoke fast, ask questions later fr
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FadCatchervip
· 12-12 20:46
Damn, that's why I can't sleep every night because of wallet security fears.
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AirdropBlackHolevip
· 12-12 20:45
Wow, this is the real truth. How many people got wiped out because they didn't revoke their delegate in time...
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NewPumpamentalsvip
· 12-12 20:41
Damn, this point is really crucial. How many people got wiped out just because they didn't revoke their delegate in time?
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LiquidationWatchervip
· 12-12 20:38
ngl this hits different after watching people get wiped in 2022... the delegate revoke thing? that's not paranoia, that's survival mode. one compromised key shouldn't cascade into a full portfolio massacre but too many don't realize it until it's gone.
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MiningDisasterSurvivorvip
· 12-12 20:36
I've been through it all. The 2018 mining disaster was caused by this issue, and many people died because of it. Once a private key is leaked, if you don't revoke authorization immediately, it's basically handing the entire vault's key to hackers. If one wallet is compromised, the entire operation is lost, and there's no second chance at all.
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TokenStormvip
· 12-12 20:24
On-chain data shows that users with an average response time of over 3 hours have a 78% chance of being exploited. I managed to recover at least twice by reacting quickly, but this time I almost didn’t react in time [dog head]
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