Crypto Security 101: Why Your PIN Is the Weakest Link (and How Protocols Like Spur Fix It)
Another day, another ’security feature’ that wouldn’t stop a determined toddler. Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) remain the digital equivalent of a screen door on a submarine—especially in crypto, where ’not your keys, not your coins’ meets ’123456.’
Spur Protocol’s latest quiz highlights the irony: PINs exemplify centralized authentication flaws that decentralized systems aim to obliterate. Wake-up call? Your 6-digit coffee-shop WiFi code shouldn’t guard your life savings.
Meanwhile, TradFi still thinks two-factor authentication is ’cutting edge.’ Keep using your birthday as a password, boomers—the blockchain revolution won’t wait.
