A transaction that you don’t recognize could mean that, unfortunately, your wallet was compromised. If you are seeing unexpected balances, review your transaction history. Note which cryptocurrencies you hold and their balances. Search your public address on an Ethereum block explorer like EthVM or Etherscan.Here’s why: the private key gives full and permanent access to your wallet’s contents, so accidentally entering it on a fake site or having it exposed to malware can lead to the immediate theft of your assets.
Keep in mind that we don’t recommend entering your private key directly online. Here, the private key or the phrase will be your method of access. Do you have a printout of a public address, a private key, a QR code, and/or a 12/24 word phrase? This is usually what a ‘paper wallet’ looks like.What to do if you have an old: Paper wallet Once you’ve located your coins, we can help you get them to a safer, better wallet, and catch you up on all the news in the space since you were gone. Whatever your access method, MEW supports it, though you may have to take a few extra steps to keep your access secure. If you have an old wallet that you haven’t looked at in years, MEW is a great place to restore access to your assets, and then dive right back into all the latest and best developments on Ethereum.
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