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Ryder Academy
Protecting your crypto starts here
Short videos and plain-language guides that take you from your first setup to full control of your crypto. No jargon, no prior knowledge needed.
Beginner
Start here
Unbox it, set it up, and make your first transaction with confidence.
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How to set up your Ryder One
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How to import your seed phrase
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How to send crypto with Ryder One
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How to receive crypto with Ryder One
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How to back up your wallet with TapSafe
Read · 2 min
How to set up your Ryder One for the first time
Core concept
TapSafe and recovery
How your backup is split, stored and put back together. This is the part that replaces the seed phrase.
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How Ryder One replaces your seed phrase
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How to add more Recovery Tags
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How to view your recovery phrase
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How do Recovery Contacts work?
Read · 4 min
How many Recovery Tags do I need?
Read · 4 min
TapSafe vs. seed phrases — what's the difference?
Read · 4 min
What is TapSafe and how does it work?
Read · 3 min
How to recover your wallet on a new Ryder One
Read · 2 min
How to add extra Recovery Tags
Stay safe
Security and scams
What a real Ryder message looks like, how to check an address, and the traps that catch people every week.
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The crypto scam nobody warns you about
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Is your crypto really safe?
Read · 3 min
Best practices for storing your Recovery Tags
Read · 3 min
What Ryder will never ask you for
Read · 3 min
How to verify a public address before sending crypto
Read · 2 min
How to verify your Ryder One is authentic
When something is off
Troubleshooting
Forgotten passcode, firmware updates and factory resets.
Glossary
Crypto basics
Every term you will run into, explained in a minute or less.
- What Is Cold Storage in Crypto?
- What Is Self-Custody?
- What Is Shamir Secret Sharing?
- What Is a Cold Wallet?
- What Is a Crypto Backup?
- What Is a Crypto Exchange?
- What Is a Custodial Wallet?
- What Is a Hardware Wallet?
- What Is a Hardware Wallet?
- What Is a Hot Wallet?
- What Is a Non-Custodial Wallet?
- What Is a Passkey Wallet? How Crypto Is Replacing Seed Phrases
- What Is a Private Key?
- What Is a Public Key?
- What Is a Secure Element?
- What Is a Seed Phrase?
- What Is a Token vs a Coin?
- What Is an NFC Tag?
- What Is an NFC Tag?
Side by side
Compare wallets
How Ryder One stacks up against the wallets you already know.
Conversations
Deep dives
Longer conversations with builders and security people about where self-custody is heading.
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Announcements
Product updates, firmware releases and news from the Ryder team.
Nov 11, 2026 · 5 min
How to Sell Crypto From a Cold Wallet: The Route Back to Cash
If you're wondering how to sell crypto from a cold wallet, the short answer is that you send the coins back to an exchange you trust,...
Nov 11, 2026 · 4 min
Nvidia Has No Succession Plan for Its CEO. Does Your Crypto Have One?
Nvidia's board met on 11 November 2026 to decide whether to remove CEO Jensen Huang, and at least one analyst pointed out that the chipmaker doesn't...
Nov 11, 2026 · 3 min
Free NFT Mint: What Signing a Whitelist Message Can Give Away
A free NFT mint costs nothing to join, but it almost always asks you to connect a wallet and sign something, and that signature is where...
