One of the first mistakes beginners make in Web3 is calling everything a crypto coin. Bitcoin is a coin.
ETH is a coin.
USDT is a token.
An NFT is also a token. https://t.co/Y4Bf2w8SSo
Idan ka fara tara crypto, phone wallet ba ya isa.
Cold wallet shine inda ake ajiye kuɗi da gaske.
Amma cold wallet ma na iya ɓata, idan ka yi kuskure.
Ga tsaro 🧵
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Cold wallet shine hardware wallet.
Wato device na zahiri. Ba app a phone ba.
Kuɗinka yana offline. Hacker ba ya iya shiga shi kamar exchange.
Amma seed phrase ɗinka shine mabuɗin. Idan wani ya same shi, an ƙare.
3/
2. Kada ka taba share seed phrase.
Ba ga aboki ba.
Ba ga “support” ba.
Ba ga wanda ya ce zai taimaka maka ba.
Ba a screenshot. Ba a Google Drive. Ba a WhatsApp.
Idan ka rubuta shi, ajiye shi a wuri mai tsaro. Paper ko metal backup.
4/
3. Kada ka shigar da seed phrase a phone ko laptop.
Komai da ya ce “import wallet”, “restore wallet”, “validate seed” a website ko app da ba ka san shi ba — scam ne.
Seed yana shiga hardware wallet kawai. A screen ɗinsa.
5/
4. Saya daga official website kawai.
Kada ka saya Ledger ko Trezor daga Jiji, Facebook, ko wani “agent”.
Yawan fake device suna kewaye.
Idan device ya zo da seed phrase riga an rubuta, a mayar da shi. Wannan red flag ne.
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5. Kafin ka tura manyan kuɗi, gwada da ƙanana.
Aika ƙaramin amount.
Duba address a screen ɗin device, ba a phone kawai ba.
Idan ya iso lafiya, sai ka ci gaba.
Kada ka yi trust da gaggawa.
7/
6. Kada ka sake firmware update a hanzari.
Duba official site.
Kada ka danna link daga DM ko “airdrop support”.
Fake update shine ɗaya daga cikin hanyoyin da ake sace wallet.
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A ƙarshe:
Cold wallet yana da kyau.
Amma ba magic ba.
Kai ne tsaro.
Seed phrase ɗinka = kuɗinka.
Idan ka kiyaye wannan, ka riga ka tsere wa yawan masu hasara.
HUSTLER'S NOTES ✍️🧠
Day 38
PHASE 3 — ETHEREUM & SMART CONTRACTS
Lesson 3.6
🪙 How Are Tokens Created? — Understanding Token Contracts & Minting
Yesterday, we learned about ERC-20, ERC-721, and ERC-1155 — the standards that define how different types of tokens behave on Ethereum.
But that brings us to another question:
> If tokens are created through smart contracts, how does that actually happen?
The answer starts with minting.
🪙 What Is Minting?
Minting is the process of creating new tokens and adding them to the token's total supply.
For an ERC-20 token, the smart contract keeps track of things like:
Total supply
Each address's balance
Transfers
Approvals
The token contract's rules determine who can mint, how many tokens can be created, and under what conditions.
⚙️ So how does it work?
Imagine a developer creates a token called:
HUSTLER ($HSLR)
They write an ERC-20 smart contract that defines:
Name: Hustler
Symbol: HSLR
Supply: 1,000,000 tokens
The contract can then create that supply according to its programmed rules.
The basic flow looks like:
Developer writes contract
⬇️
Contract defines token rules
⬇️
Contract is deployed
⬇️
Tokens are minted
⬇️
Balances are recorded on-chain
🔥 But here's the important part:
Not every token has to have a fixed supply.
A token can be designed so that:
Fixed supply → No more tokens can be minted
or
Mintable supply → New tokens can be created when authorized conditions are met.
For example, a project might allow only a specific admin, governance system, or smart contract mechanism to mint additional tokens.
So when you see:
> "This token has a 1 billion supply."
You shouldn't immediately assume that 1 billion is the maximum that can ever exist.
You need to understand the token contract's rules.
🧠 Minting vs Transfer
This distinction is important.
Minting:
New tokens are created.
Transfer:
Existing tokens move from one address to another.
For example:
Mint 1,000 HSLR
→ Total supply increases by 1,000.
But:
Alice → Bob: 100 HSLR
→ No new tokens are created.
→ 100 tokens simply move from Alice's balance to Bob's.
Ethereum's ERC-20 implementation separates token creation from ordinary transfers; _mint increases total supply and the recipient's balance, while _transfer moves existing tokens.
🔥 And there is the opposite of minting:
Burning.
Burning removes tokens from circulation according to the token contract's rules and normally decreases the token's total supply.
So remember:
Mint → Create tokens 🪙
Transfer → Move tokens 🔄
Burn → Remove tokens 🔥
These three concepts will become extremely important when we start talking about tokenomics and on-chain analysis.
📌 Key takeaway:
Tokens on Ethereum are typically managed by smart contracts. Minting creates new tokens and increases supply, while transfers move existing tokens between addresses. Whether a token can mint more supply depends on the rules programmed into its contract.
📚 Next Lesson: Tokenomics — Supply, Circulating Supply, Max Supply & Why They Matter. 📊🪙
🇨🇳🇷🇺🇮🇷 :- Xi, Putin and Pezeshkian heading for major SCO summit
The 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit is set for September 1, 2026, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Hosted by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, the gathering brings together Eurasian leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Geopolitical Drivers :-
Counterweight to the West: Russia and China continue to leverage the SCO to project a multipolar world order and challenge Western diplomatic and economic dominance.
High-Stakes Bilateral Bilats: Vladimir Putin is scheduled to hold separate bilateral talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Focus on Iran & Middle East Tensions: Pezeshkian’s bilateral with Putin comes as Tehran faces intensifying US sanctions pressure and heightened Middle Eastern security crises.
A few months ago, I noticed something strange about X.
Two people could talk about the exact same topic.
One had 50K followers.
The other had 2K.
The first gets thousands of likes.
The second barely gets noticed.
But when I read both posts, the smaller account had actually done more work.
They researched the topic.
Added their own ideas.
Explained it clearly.
And taught me something new.
The bigger account simply repeated what everyone else was saying.
That made me realize:
Attention and value are not the same thing.
We see this in everyday life too.
1. A popular restaurant isn't automatically the best restaurant.
2.A mechanic with the biggest garage isn't automatically the best mechanic.
3. A teacher with thousands of followers isn't automatically the best teacher.
4. A famous fashion brand may have massive visibility, while a local tailor with fewer customers produces better-fitting clothes and earns loyal customers through quality.
Visibility gets attention; quality builds reputation.
Sometimes the person with fewer customers, fewer students or less attention is the one doing the best work.
The problem is that the internet has always been better at measuring attention than contribution.
And AI is making this problem bigger.
If anyone can create 100 posts, articles or videos in minutes, we'll have more content than ever.
But how do we know what's actually useful?
This is where I think @swaymarkapp fits.The idea isn't simply:
“Who is getting the most attention?”
It's about getting closer to:
“Who is actually contributing something valuable?”
That means looking beyond raw visibility and thinking about things like quality, originality, reputation and consistency.
And that's why I think Swaymark could become more important over time.
Not just another platform for rewarding creators.
But a system that helps the internet recognize signal in a sea of noise.
Because when content becomes unlimited,knowing who creates real value becomes the scarce resource.
The 4 images below give best explanation at a glance.
The more you understand this world the more you destroy yourself, That's why fools are happy and intelligent people live in loneliness.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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I swear, they cannot take it! 😭🔥