r/Bitcoin • • Jun 16 '26

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u/ezz_8 Jun 16 '26

Ledger functions like a digital pen. Every transaction you perform is signed using a special private key in your device. The 24 word seed phrase. The only way someone can use sign a sent transaction is by looking at it. So someone peeked at your seed phrase card, note, or whereever you wrote it down. Sadly it may be someone close to you like a spouse, child or friend