#加密资产安全与托管 When I saw the news of these two incidents, I was silent in the office for a long time.

I’ve been watching Bitcoin since 2011, back then most people were still mocking this thing. Over the past decade, I’ve seen too many stories—some people have changed their lives through early investments, while others lost everything due to a password leak. But these two events gave me a different kind of chills.

The young man in Vienna was simply caught in a deadly trap because of a casual chat—talking about his father’s identity and assets—and paid with his life. In the case of the CEO murder, the suspect was even holding a note with the seed phrase when arrested. This is not just a security issue; it’s a fundamental dilemma our community has never truly solved: **a private key is equivalent to life**.

Looking back at the Mentougou incident in 2014, and countless subsequent exchange hacks and wallet vulnerabilities, we’ve been teaching people that "not your keys, not your coins." But the reality is, managing private keys alone is too difficult for most people—it requires defending against hackers, avoiding personal mistakes, and preventing those around you from knowing you have assets.

The most ironic part is: true wealth security has never been just a technical issue. That young man might have used a very secure wallet, but what he couldn’t prevent was information leaks and the human risks that come with them. History has shown us that in every major cycle, the biggest losses often don’t come from market fluctuations but from social-level risks.

In 2024, we are still using the private key management mindset from 2011. This is the real wake-up call we need.