The exchange uses a cold storage system today
instead of hot wallets, and also offers extremely competitive trading fees.
The exchange uses a cold storage system today
instead of hot wallets.
Not exact matches
Coincheck said the NEM coins were stored in a «
hot wallet»
instead of a «cold
wallet.»
In their online apology, the operators
of Coincheck have admitted that the hacked deposits were in a «
hot wallet» (connected to the internet
instead of being offline) and that this was due to «staff shortages».
According to Coincheck representatives, hackers were able to steal the private key for the exchanges NEM
wallet, which was stored in a
hot wallet instead of a more secure multi-signature
wallet.