Private key — how not to lose access forever
The private key is the only thing that gives you access to your AXNT. Lose it, and the access is gone for good — no recovery, no support hotline, no way to reset it. Leak it, and someone else holds your coins and you do not.
What the private key is
An AIcuNet wallet is built around a pair of keys: a private key and a public key. One private key can hold several accounts, and together they form your wallet. The private key is the secret that lets you sign transactions and move your AXNT. Lose the key, and you lose access to every account it holds.
The private key is the only truly critical thing in the user's hands on this network.
What happens if you lose it
You lose access. Permanently. There is no recovery flow, no "forgot password" link, no email reset, and no support service that can restore it.
An offline backup is what stands between you and losing access after a hard-drive failure: write the key down once, somewhere that is not your everyday computer and not any cloud account.
What happens if it leaks
A leaked private key is a stolen private key. Anyone who sees the bytes — a screenshot, a phishing form, a clipboard-stealer, a "support" chat that asks for it — can drain the wallet before you close the tab. The account is compromised the instant the key leaves the device.
Treat any message, page, or person that asks for your private key as a scam, by definition. The phrasing does not matter: "verification", "sync", "migration", "anti-fraud check", "support ticket" — none of these are reasons to type a private key into a website or send it to a chat. The same rule applies to any "support" account that reaches out first — AIcuNet does not initiate contact to ask for keys.
How to store it
Three rules, and only three:
- One offline copy. Write the key down on paper and keep it somewhere physically safe and offline. Any place that does not touch the internet works.
- No clouds, no notes apps, no screenshots. Anything that syncs to a server is one breach away from being public. Password managers with cloud sync are exactly wrong here.
- No copies on shared devices. Keep the offline copy on a medium that only you can reach — not a work laptop, not a shared computer, not anything that travels through other people's hands.
The principle: a private key stored on something that touches the internet is one that can be copied by someone you have never met.
What AIcuNet will never do
AIcuNet will never ask for your private key — not by email, not by any messenger, not by any social network, not by a "verification" page, not by a fake "support" account, not under any framing. Anyone claiming to be from the project and asking for your key is, by definition, not from the project.
The same rule applies to any "verification", "sync", "migration", or "support" flow that asks you to retype the key into a website or send it over chat. None of these are legitimate. When in doubt, close the tab and reopen the AIcuNet wallet directly.
Risks
Holding a private key is full custody, with no safety net. There is no institutional recovery path — the only thing that determines whether you keep access to your AXNT is whether you still hold the private key.
What next
The natural next page is the AIcuNet wallet — the place this private key actually unlocks. The wallet page covers accounts, send and receive, history, and the mining panel.
For the wider operational risks of the network, see FAQ and risks. If you would like to request an invite, request an invitation.