Adding a passphrase to your wallet increases your security by thousands of times. Here’s a compelling real-world example: Experienced user @ColeTU used a Coldcard Mk3 wallet and, starting from the original seed, created four additional wallets—each with a unique passphrase. He then distributed funds equally across all five wallets to observe what would happen to his assets. To do this, he generated four additional derivations from his original seed using passphrases and sent funds to each: - Wallet 1: Seed phrase only - Wallet 2: Seed phrase + 1-word passphrase - Wallet 3: Seed phrase + 2-word passphrase - Wallet 4: Seed phrase + 3-word passphrase - Wallet 5: Seed phrase + random-number passphrase His goal was to test whether the funds remained secure—and how long it would take for them to be compromised and stolen. The results came quickly. Within minutes, the original wallet (seed only) was wiped clean—its entire balance stolen in an instant. Days passed, nearing a full week, and the remaining four wallets—each with varying passphrase complexity—remained completely untouched. Even the least secure one—the wallet with the simplest, single-word passphrase—still held its funds, completely unharmed. This demonstrates the immense protection a passphrase provides to your seed—even with a simple, single-word key. A week has passed, and one of the most critical benefits of this mechanism is TIME. Passphrases give you the most valuable asset in the world: TIME. Time to take action and secure your assets. Time to move your funds to a new wallet. Time between losing everything—and saving it all. If this user had been attacked at the moment his Coldcard was compromised, he would have lost only the “bait” funds in the primary wallet (seed only)—but he would have had ample time to safeguard the rest of his assets. This case, along with thousands of others, proves that passphrases add such a powerful layer of security that hackers abandon attempts to crack them—and instead redirect their efforts toward simpler, unprotected wallets. Protect your assets. Protect your security. GM DragonCrip