You can secure it in a physical wallet that’s offline and can’t be hacked. Any thing on line , there is a risk ... Copied The wallet option isn’t much better. Wallet services are potentially prone to the same security and reliability pitfalls as individuals, though hopefully they do a better job of guarding against them. Customers also need to worry about fraud or incompetence by those who operate the wallet service. There have been a number of cases where the operators of Bitcoin financial institutions have lost client funds because of alleged security breaches. Because there’s no Bitcoin FDIC; customers have just been out of luck. It's a real concern with online wallets yes, or wallets created online since you have no guarantee the private code hasn't been stored on the site or intercepted on its way to you. The most secure way is an offline paper wallet with a code that you generate yourself. The chance of ever guessing a private key is virtually zero so if it's on paper and you're the only one who generated and saw the key, your chance of being hacked is very very low.