CryptoLic Merchant Series · Playbook

The Merchant Security Playbook

Wallet choices, key backups, scam-spotting, and a printable security routine. Covers the practical steps for keeping your crypto holdings safe after you go live.

For: Any merchant who has decided to accept crypto and wants to hold funds without relying on a third party to keep them safe.
CryptoLic Merchant Series The Merchant Security Playbook Playbook
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After this playbook, you'll be able to:

  • Understand exactly what you're protecting and why it can't be reversed
  • Choose the right wallet type for your business and transaction volume
  • Back up your wallet correctly and verify the backup before you need it
  • Recognize the scams that target merchants and stop them before they start
  • Build a security routine that fits into how your business already operates
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What's inside

11 chapters. Ready to use.

Each section solves a specific problem. No filler.

  1. Introduction: Security Without ComplexityWhy most crypto losses trace to two mistakes, and why good security is a handful of habits, not a technical education.
  2. 01 Chapter 1: What You Are Actually ProtectingThe vault and address model, seed phrases as master keys, custodial vs. self-custody, and why transactions are irreversible.
  3. 02 Chapter 2: Choosing the Right WalletThe three wallet types, watch-only wallets that take payments without risk to the vault, and a framework for matching wallet to business.
  4. 03 Chapter 3: The Golden Rules of SecurityEight rules that eliminate the overwhelming majority of real-world risk, including seed phrase discipline, 2FA, and keeping business and personal wallets completely separate.
  5. 04 Chapter 4: Backing Up Your Wallet CorrectlyThe core backup method, multiple copies in separate locations, how to test recovery before you rely on it, and estate continuity.
  6. 05 Chapter 5: Recognizing Cryptocurrency ScamsThe universal tell for every scam, the ten most common attacks, the ones that target businesses specifically, and the risks that are genuinely rare.
  7. 06 Chapter 6: Safe Daily Business OperationsReceiving and confirming payments, sweeping to cold storage, employee and device discipline, and notes for online sellers on address reuse and revenue privacy.
  8. 07 Chapter 7: When a Hardware Wallet Makes SenseWho should get one now, who can wait, and best practices for using one.
  9. 08 Chapter 8: What If Something Goes Wrong?Step-by-step responses to a lost phone, damaged hardware wallet, compromised computer, lost seed phrase, and unexpected transactions.
  10. 09 Chapter 9: Building a Security RoutineA realistic daily, weekly, and monthly cadence that fits into how a small business already operates.
  11. 10 Chapter 10: Printable Security ChecklistThe complete set of security rules and habits on one page, ready to print and pin wherever payments are handled.
Also available in a bundle

This playbook is included in The Merchant Essentials Bundle ($69, saves 29%) and The Complete Merchant Bundle ($99, saves 40%). Bundles are a better value if two or more guides in the series apply to your situation.

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