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Rookie mistake. Never buy a cold storage wallet from ANYONE OTHER THAN THE MANUFACTURER‼️
>"Not true had a few questions about it. Some in China would very much like access to btc again" I feel you are making a LOT of assumptions, so I will be the nature one and dissect this qith questions: (1) Who, in China, e.g., civil servants, the judicial, the prosecutors, the cops, the regular guy like us trying to build wealth etc etc., would like to have access to btc again? (2) If ANYONE in \*\*\*MEAT LIFE\*\*\* knows you have btc, you are doing this ALL wrong! ALL WRONG! Source: [Known \*\*\*REPORTED\*\*\* Physical Bitcoin Attacks A list of known attacks against Bitcoin / crypto asset owning entities that occurred in meatspace. NOTE: this list is not comprehensive; many attacks are not publicly reported.](https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks?tab=readme-ov-file#known-physical-bitcoin-attacks) PS. Nobody in real life knows I have btc...NOBODY! What happens if I die you ask? Same that would happen with my knowledge, diplomas, wisdom.... it's NOT inheritable! Family and relatives want to earn a doctor's salary? Tell them to sacrifice and go to medical school! :)
Yeah- his parents are fucked. My only advice is to see if there is anyone else close to his parents (other family, colleagues etc) who might listen to you, and be willing to talk some sense into them. Trusting ANYONE with your entire life savings is foolhardy. Also- why are you friends with this person- they sound like a horrible human being (and yeah, classic narcissist).
I stopped talking about it because out of pretty much everyone I know I might not make the most in a year, but I am up there and I run a cash business and I bring in cash faster than anyone I know, I already was everyone’s atm or lending institution, then I got excited about entering the market and now people really think I have all the money in the world and now I’m getting 2-3 texts every single day asking to borrow money. SORRY…. NOT sorry!!!! I am raising my two daughters who are only 4&6 and I have no help, not financially or otherwise so if I deem someone worthy I will GIFT them money, but never lend ANYONE money, I rather give away $10,000 then have to chase a so called friend down for $100 because literally everyone who has ever borrowed money from me either doesn’t pay it back, or if they do it’s weeks after they gave me their word they would pay it back and I have to text and call them 50 times before I even get a response and then there is always an excuse.. Excuse me, but FCK Excuses!!! And FCK who that I offend!
I don't really understand it, according to Crypto ANYONE should be able to donate to anyone they want to. I see no problem in this. (But ofc it can affect voters sentiment)
hello there scooby. SEC is just your average bureaucracy, you don't expect anything good from them. The SEC digital divisioin has about 50 people, only. and they just do not have the manpower to pursue all cases. Plus we are living in the timeline where even the president is shilling his shitcoin, so the decision to not sue crypto scammers is 100% a political decision. Technically, Ripple is still being sued in case called Ripple vs Sostack. You need to wake up, the SEC case was just a red herring. Sostack case can bring down Ripple, even if SEC was never in picture. And if NOT sostack, ANYONE can sue XRP and arrive at the final ruling that XRP is a howey coin.
By getting half of the stuff he and the ex accumulated over their marriage. I think this is fishy, dude is going through a divorce, has 200k total to his name and one of the first things he worries about is Bitcoin?!!! Plus the lifestyle seemed to be like hippies wandering around the country or something, are you in the USA? You have no medical insurance and are going to take half of everything you own and buy bitcoin? For perspective, a single crushed spine cost almost a million in medical bills, my family insurance is just under $2000/month, I assume good single (no kids?) insurance is at least $3-400 monthly if no preexisting conditions. Plus, from what my unmarried friends tell me, you have like zero chance of finding a new woman living in a shit hole bachelor pad with 109k & 1 magic money to your name. I say that because good luck finding a woman that understands 1 bitcoin is awesomeness. Buy a little but you have much bigger things to consider than bitcoin. So little info makes me think this isn't even real. Like what do you do? You say you have been just traveling, how is that possible if your total net worth is 200k usd? All this matters. You sure you aren't going to be on the hook for alimony? Too many unknown variables that ANYONE should be giving this guy advice in what must be a difficult time. Did anyone even bother to say "sorry you are going through rough times?" I wish you health and happiness whatever you do.
Ah. There it was. YES. I absolutely have an issue with ANYONE doing insider trading. Including Trump. You keep making it sound like I'm defending republicans. BOTH PARTIES ARE CORRUPT PIECES OF SHIT. How are you missing this? A simple google search would help you: [https://www.quiverquant.com/congresstrading/politician/Nancy%20Pelosi-P000197](https://www.quiverquant.com/congresstrading/politician/Nancy%20Pelosi-P000197) Since 2014 she's up %747. See bottom left of that link. Her and her husband have consistently been some of the most successful traders in the country over the last 11 years. You have the sheer ignorance to believe that is a coincidence. I have absolutely no words for this. It's like talking to a flat earther. Trump was the clear party favorite... and he had a primary. So I'm not sure where you're going with that. Harris had ZERO primary votes going into the prior election cycle. She was literally in last place when it came to a potential presidential candidate. Then she was selected without being voted, shoved down the lefts throats, and they just ate it up while singing and dancing. How you can ignore that shows how blinded you are by the two party system. Hopefully one day you wake up. But please, tell me about how corrupt republicans are again... because apparently I haven't been clear enough that both sides are corrupt garbage only trying to benefit themselves. They want you to keep fighting over party lines, abortion, trannies, ect,. while they line their pockets with money.
It goes without saying, DON'T SPEAK TO ANYONE ABOUT YOUR CRYPTO PORTFOLIO. Discuss price and projects if you want to, but never discuss or confirm holdings.
The problem is there is no alt season. All these "cycles" and there's always an alt season. So what did I do? I bought at the bottom of the last cycle and waited all these years for it to happen again, and now it isn't. Why? Probably because I got involved. I didn't have the money to take advantage of it since I started watching it all in 2017. I finally had the money a few years ago so now that I'm in its time for it all to change. Trump, bad economy, Wall Street investors, they all exist just to screw people like me. My portfolio is still in the green but it's not the rocket to the moon I was expecting and as crazy as it sounds, yes, it FEELS personal. If I had been ANYONE else I'd have been rich by now.
correct, and do not use kraken, they only have 30k BTC left and dropping like a rock. USE STRIKE, take the advice of that upvoted post up top. DO NOT give your keys to ANYONE.
HELL YEAH!! Outstanding!! Don’t give your seed phrase to ANYONE… and use common sense. Don’t get scammed. Best of luck ☘️ You’ll be Golden in a little time. You’ll see UPS.. you’ll see Downs. Don’t PANIC. DONT SELL. DO…. DCA, and your life will be Unimaginable !!
Don't take any offers or help from anyone. You probably may get DM here on Riddit now. Do NOT trust ANYONE!
The whole point of crypto is to avoid the middle-people. (Like banks.) You should never have to interact with ANYONE to make, lose, or spend crypto. As others have mentioned, your situation sounds like a textbook scam. I'm sorry it happened. Maybe you will be one of the lucky ones that can get the police help recover some of your funds. Don't trust anyone online to help. Most of the "recovery help people" are scammers, too.
Since everyone is being an aš§ instead of offering advice and help... Top rated and most trusted: https://www.cryptohopper.com/ https://3commas.io/ Platform with built-in bots: https://www.pionex.com/ Webull works well for following specific individuals. It also allows you to use fake cash to practice trading stocks with real companies. I would recommend that to practice... As always DO THOROUGH AND DETAILED research. Shit coins are not for HODLing. They're for day trading. You have to be actively watching multiple charts and data sources. Be prepared to lose whatever is put in. Do not gamble more than you/she can afford to lose just in case something tanks or rug pulls. Make sure she understands never to share her wallet keys or passwords WITH ANYONE. Write it down on paper. It's too easy to use AI as a hacker to identify pass phrases saved on phones. No pictures, no screenshots, no Google passwords. Paper or metal passphrase key. I only put on an exchange what I'm actively trading with and keep the rest in a separate hard wallet. Please make sure she understands all the risks and the prevalence of scammers. Let her know no exchange will reach out to her if something happens, if they do DO NOT click any links or share any information. Recently since the coinbase hack I've been getting messages telling me to click here for help... all of that shit is fake. Even when I trade on other platforms I occasionally will get a text telling me my wallet is comprised. Also... most don't say this up front... to use bots like that you usually have to pay a monthly or yearly fee. Some up to USD 1,000 or more per year to automate and mimic top traders... you have to count on that fee and be able to make more than what you spend. Unless she's a real die-hard she does not want to buy high and sell low! I follow market trends when investing in stocks and crypto. Social media and politics play a big roll in today's society. For example, during Covid, I imagined the companies that could potentially benefit from customers locked down at home... such as Netflix, Moderna (bought at $17 and sold at $300) DoorDash, and so on. What companies would lose out... such as travel industries like cruise lines and airlines and bought them low to hold for the future... ****THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE OF ANY KIND. THIS IS MY OWN OPINION AND PERSPECTIVE. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. INVEST RESPONSIBLY. DO NOT INVEST MORE THAN YOU CAN AFFORD TO LOSE, NO INVESTMENT GUARANTEES A RETURN, ANY INVESTMENT CAN END IN TOTAL LOSS OF FUNDS. THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE.****
You're essentially loaning it to the bank. Make sure you do it on a popular or trusted platform and not one of these fly by night ones. Also do not trust ANYONE.
What address are you sending to? If you want to use Trust wallet, or any other wallet for that matter, you should be able to copy the 12 word secret phrase from Zengo and use it to initialize the same wallet in Trust wallet. Do you have the secret phrase from Zengo? DO NOT SHARE THE PHRASE WITH ME OR ANYONE. ESPECIALLY NOT ANYONE WHO SENT YOU A DM.
Oh my god. WHY DIDNT ANYONE THINK OF THIS BEFORE?!?!
The list of words is likely the seed phrase to login DO NOT SHARE THIS LIST WITH ANYONE, EVEN YOUR FAMILY. keep it safe. So, he likely had a bitcoin hot-wallet or cold-wallet. These words are a recovery phrase in which, you can list them on the login or a wallet to gain access to it. Are you able to find out how he stored it? If it was on something like "Metamask" then you can download the browser extension and attempt login.
this is EXACTLY what has happened and will continue to happen more and more. the smart retail investors HODL. think about it... ANYONE who bought and holds for 5+ years has insane gains, no matter where you got in. go back further, my point is even bigger. the key is seeing the dips on BTC for what they are.... shakes to make simpletons fearful and dump their baggies. DONT BE THEM! HODL, motherfuckers.
ETFs started last cycle. Strategic reserves started the cycle before that, but a few more did come into play the previous cycle. The first big players started talking about making one this cycle, but have had one for years. MT NOX has been around since the silk road was closed, and every cycle the same FUD goes around about the US finally selling. Now the US is offically claiming its going to HODL, after HODLing for more than 12 years. More are occuring, but not at a rate that really is going to impact the market. I dont think any of the big EU countries have talked about it, china 'banned bitcoin again' last year, I dont even know wtf india is doing at this point, theyve been all over the board. Smaller nations are started to do it. in 2016, banks were literally refusing to let people move their money to 'protect them' from cryptos. in 2020, banks were fully open to you moving your money to exchanges. in 2024, banks started offering you the ability to buy bitcoin from THEM, meaning they were accruing it in the previous cycles in order to have a reserve. But not all the banks are doing it, and they arent just allowing ANYONE to buy it. ETFs typically have a set buy amount, so you cant just go into wells fargo and buy 30 bucks of bitcoin ETFs. This is just a regular cycle. And it wont break that curve until the market is hyper regulated. Just like how stock markets used to do the same thing.
Liberal Paradise, huh? Let in ANYONE without vetting, then remove the right of self defense. The criminals have NOTHING to fear. Go ahead and down vote the truth.
I just want to add on this, your Seed Phrase (set of different words) is your Holy Grail or Key 🔑 to your wallet. If you store that with anything that goes online, it could be stolen from a hack. Also there are very crafty scammers out there who will try to get you to provide it. Never ever provide that to ANYONE EVER.
DYOR before jumping into your hardware wallet. I'd recommend you Trezor as it is the most user friendly for starters and its equally secure as the other major brands. I ended up not doing any research and my first hardware wallet was Ledger which I switched to Trezor couple of days after my purchase. Seriously, do you research and try to make up your mind on how it really works before you buy or before you start storing you Bitcoin on it. Hardware wallet device is nothing but a transactions-signer. It does not store your coins inside the device, your coins are into the Blockchain along with the addresses you will generate with Trezor Suite to store and/or transact your Bitcoin. Your hardware wallet will generate a seed-phrase which won't "touch" the internet. The device will generate it for you and you need to sacredly hide. First you will need to type it down on paper but consider make it more resistant and transcribe it to a metal plate stamp (floods, fire, earthquakes happen). This seed-phrase is what you call the private keys to access your wallet in case you lose the device. If you lose your seed-phrase you're screwed and buy a new hardware wallet ASAP. If someone steals your device you're good, if someone steals your seed-phrase you're doomed. **DO NEVER EVER IN YOUR LIFE GIVE YOUR SEED PHRASE TO ANYONE EVEN IF THEY TELL YOU THEY ARE THE POTUS, POPE, TREZOR SUPPORT, COINBASE OR ANY OTHER EXCHANGE SUPPORT. EVERYONE ASKING YOU FOR YOUR SEED PHRASE WILL IMMEDIATELY SCOOP YOUR STASH IN COUPLE OF SECONDS.** Check youtube tutorials from official Trezor channel and try to make up your comprehension about it. After 6 months you're good if you DCA on a daily, weekly, monthly basis and you will eventually be doing more advanced aspects later on, like adding a passphrased wallet and using Sparrow Wallet attached to your own node. Start at the beggining now, you're good with a Trezor hardware wallet + Trezor Suite for start.
> You can’t contact support or nothing? What "support?" You gave your private keys to a scam bot. You're wallet is forever compromised. First rule of crypto: never, ever, ever, EVER give your private keys to ANYONE. Not even your Grandmother. Don't take a picture of it. Don't save it as a text file. Don't show it to anyone. And NEVER "enter your private keys" into an app, website or bot. Say goodbye to your crypto. Get a new wallet address and start over. And never forget rule number one.
You hire a money guy.... which is called an accountant, if you hit 100k you need one of them and not to double your money no. He keeps it against safe as in against inflation. If you need more help they are there aswell you'll need a lawyer aswell to help build a trust that you pull the money to not to your normal bank account. Your not poor anymore so don't act or think like normal people( don't meant being an asshole or stuck up) i am saying ur in a different world now financially. LAWYER ACCOUNTANT ANYONE ELS IS TELLING YOU WHAT THEY *THINK* THEY WOULD DO WHEN THEY GET RICH.
it would be for a gender-expansive, neuro-inclusive, fluid person (i.e., ANYONE) who has shit ton of BTC from days of long gone would love this. Basically, if you bought low and with a sizable position - that thing probably feel good to look at no matter what type of person you are
Received this SCAM also. When you proceed to 'attempt' to withdraw the ficticious $3192.51, the redemption link directs you to connect to your preferred wallet to withdraw your funds. NEVER SEND YOUR WALLET SECRET PHRASES TO ANYONE... ESPECIALLY LOW-LIFE VERMIN, TRASH SCAMMERS... Like these Creeps ! 🖕 https://i.redd.it/k9cm653fb6ye1.gif
Received this SCAM also. When you proceed to 'attempt' to withdraw the ficticious $3192.51, the redemption link directs you to connect to your preferred wallet to withdraw your funds. NEVER SEND YOUR WALLET SECRET PHRASES TO ANYONE... ESPECIALLY LOW-LIFE VERMIN, TRASH SCAMMERS... Like these Creeps ! 🖕 https://i.redd.it/2myh8gml66ye1.gif
HUGE SCAM! I challenge anyone ANYONE to tell me that their portfolio of $35,000 has "grown slightly" in two years. Slightly! Guy had it 50/50 with btc and om hahahaha
your idea can potentially work in illiquid markets and is a type of market manipulation but one key aspect people who discuss hypothetical short seller manipulation is they always leave out the part where they need to buy back their short to close it out! every once in while some “geniuses” come along and attempt such game, actually some JP Morgan derivative traders have tried such in Gold, not only does it often blow up in their faces, but remember the minute ANYONE else with LARGER pockets than you learns of your attempt, you are done, you will lose all of it. That’s the short squeeze! and that one works really well, like really well, because the limitless risk of a short position is asymmetrical and means limitless losses, meaning all your collateral. re sha256 you seem to not really understand the role it plays. I’ll repeat. Your comment makes much more sense in the context of elliptic curve cryptography not sha256. And yes the Bitcoin network burns energy that is intentional and a feature, it’s also heating swimming pools, growing food and flowers, and numerous other waste heat applications, even home water heaters. Bitcoin LN already delivers immediate and extremely cheap micro transactions using Bitcoin. It works perfectly, I’m using it and paying for good and service on it, and deposits to CEXs. Not only that but with Bitcoin funded debit cards you can live entirely from Bitcoin self custody wallet and only fund your cards or fiat accounts on an as needed basis. This will also become unnecessary in the next 10 years when LN and other L2 open payment networks roll out with POS support. Square and other Block products are already available. Lastly. hedera is pointless. nobody needs or wants a KYC or AML. this is silly.
No shit! I was reading through all these responses and barely any of them even mention UTXO’s! If they are new to this concept, then I kind of get it, but that is the reason you never stop researching and learning about bitcoin! Always be asking questions, watching interviews, listening to podcasts, reading books, etc! It’s going to save people a while ton of money (not to mention headaches) when they are looking at a ten year pilot of little tiny $20 digital receipts everywhere… PSA: FOR ANYONE READING THIS, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT A UTXO IS AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM PROPERLY. IT WILL SAVE YOU LOTS OF MONEY!
A private key is your unique code to access all funds in that crypto wallet. It’s important to take the necessary steps to protect your private key. If you loose that private key or someone steals it, say goodbye to all your crypto in that wallet. Once you get your Trezor, and set up your wallet, it will generate a code for your wallet. What’s good about these types of cold wallets is that they will generate the private key strictly inside the hardware, not connected to any internet. This is a crucial step to protecting your private key. To store you private key: Once your private key is generated and on the trezor, write it down on paper and store it some where safe, such as a safe or a deposit box. A few pieces of advice: - NEVER EVER SHARE YOU PRIVATE KEY TO ANYONE!!! Regardless if it’s someone personal or someone online, NEVER EVER SHARE IT!! - Never store your private key online. If it’s online and your device gets hacked, they can access your wallet and all your funds. - Buy crypto from a hot wallet and swap into your trezor (cold wallet). This minimizes risk and saves money from fees. (Cold wallet platforms charge more if you buy crypto directly from the platform.) - Be vigilant and recognize scams, grifts, or malicious links. Don’t click on any links you don’t trust, they may have access to your wallet. Never sign any malicious contracts you don’t trust, they may access your wallet. - Always double check transactions and signing contracts. Some contracts can be modified in a way that when you sign it, it can drain those specific coins you signed for or even worse, your whole wallet. Overall, millions of wallets get hacked and it’s not the platform or companies fault. It’s user error. If you can be on top of safety and minimize risk, your chances of getting drained / hacked is minimal. It all starts with the users first and foremost. It’s your responsibility to protect your asset and keep it safe. That’s why it’s called “DeFi”. “Decentralized Finance”, meaning, no one has control over your assets except for the person who has the private key. There’s a saying that’s popular in crypto and it goes: “Not your keys, not your coins” Stay safe my friend.
If you have a cold wallet transfer it. Never question the security of your funds. A small amount of bitcoin today could be worth a lot tomorrow and will be worth an unbelievable amount in the future. Im also a parent and I would suggest investing in a plate for your seed phrase. Look up seed phrase storage for a metal plate. NEVER EVER SHARE YOUR SEED PHRASE WITH ANYONE!! EVER EVER EVER
Even the VERY LAST person to adopt Bitcoin on the planet will see prices fall all around them towards the margin cost of production, forever. It's wise that ANYONE adopt bitcoin as soon as possible Read books, listen to "Bitcoin Audible" readings. I truly want to see abundance for EVERYONE like we have never seen as a species.
**HIGHLY RECOMMENDED YOU DELETE YOUR POST AS ANYONE WITH YOUR SEED PHRASE HAS CONTROL OF YOUR FUNDS** As far as your question goes, you need your public address for the account (platform) you want to send to. There should be a withdraw function on the platform you want to transfer from and you will use this to put in the amount and the public address of the account you want to move the funds to.
First of all you are 21 .... that means (excuse my French) you know don't shit about f#ch AND your family knows that you don't know shit about f#ck. ... now ... the fact that WE KNOW that you happen to be right about Bitcoin, this means nothing. You still don't know shit about f#ck AND you shouldn't try to convince ANYONE (least of all your family!) about ANYTHING. Stop giving your family financial advice!
You didn't get burned by Celsius, you got burned by your own incredible stupidity. ANYONE could have seen that Celsius was at the very least taking tremendously irresponsible risk but more likely committing outright fraud. This is OBVIOUS from the rates/yield that were offered. I am SHOCKED and often wonder what kind of stupid person would fall for this scam, but now that you are here I have my answer. Do not spew nonsense suggesting that Strike and Jack Mallers are anything like Celsius and the fraudsters who scammed you. It is YOUR failure to see an obvious scam that is the problem, NOT legitimate lending against bitcoin as collateral. Return to your circus, daft clown
You didn't get burned by Celsius, you got burned by your own incredible stupidity. ANYONE could have seen that Celsius was at the very least taking tremendously irresponsible risk but more likely committing outright fraud. This is OBVIOUS from the rates/yield that were offered. I am SHOCKED and often wonder what kind of stupid person would fall for this scam, but now that you are here I have my answer. Do not spew nonsense suggesting that Strike and Jack Mallers are anything like Celsius and the fraudsters who scammed you. It is YOUR failure to see an obvious scam that is the problem, NOT legitimate lending against bitcoin as collateral. Return to your circus, daft clown.
Btc ablid what ANYONE else says
Why is bitcoin 62% of the crypto market?? 🥴 I bought $20 of PEPE a couple of days ago, other than that EXPERIMENT, all the other assets in crypto are scams! 99%! And it’s just way way too easy to rug pull, and times are tough so people are desperate to keep their families going, so no I don’t trust anything but bitcoin. We will see how PEPE does and in the mean time I AM open minded and want to learn, but it’s hard to trust ANYONE!
Be sure to let your friend know that ANYONE claiming to be able to help get the money back is also a scammer.
I thought it was a hellacious butt plug. Maybe set it up in a drawer close to the bed with a little chocolate on it, to look like shit. Much less of a chance of ANYONE touching it. :) I’m just here to help. :)
Do NOT...I repeat, do NOT tell ANYONE to buy ANYTHING when it comes to crypto. They WILL blame you when it goes down, and most will never understand it. Just deny you know anything about crypto and move on (to other topics). The most any of us should do, IMHO, is tell a person to go research about X, Y, Z, and then make a choice of their own.
I certainly would for a fair wage.. that's the point. It's honest work, but it's being exploited.. I'm neither a Republican or a Democrat, because bribes and corruption exists on both sides of the aisle and there are filthy people who play a role in both sides bought off by oligarchs outside of this country.. cough cough -WEF... I do apologize to you for in any way offending you and making the assumption that you're brainwashed, but truthfully and respectfully speaking, many people here in this country are, and it's sad, but then laughable when you realize they CHOOSE to be that way!.. it's a sad case that one can't feel so bad about because you'll only end up losing energy and care for certain opinions... I am a Mexican immigrant who was brought to this country before I could even realize what was going on, I studied and worked here legally, and paid my dues as well as continue to pay taxes.. and I learned by not jumping to conclusions that there is too much propaganda for one to just get carried away, especially by news titles and media which is evidently controlled by rich men (skin color doesn't matter at this point, Jay-z being an example) who work for and hold an agenda.. there is plenty of evidence for why things are the way they are, and Trump isn't playing a role in those games, evidently by the way he attacked THEIR agenda and was multiple times almost offed for doing so.. it's history repeating itself... They did it to Washington, they did it to Lincoln, they did it to Andrew Jackson, they did it to X, King jr, JFK, and to ANYONE who opposes their plans! The same agenda formed by free Masons from the beginning, is still being worked to achieve today.... They often want to distract us and misdirect us from the TRUTH, but the fact is.. History cannot be fully hidden... They can only try every thing to censor those who keep the truth alive. I could NOT share this kind of conversation on YT or Facebook.. it's wild. The only way to see these things is to spend less time arguing about opinion, and spend more time studying and learning the facts.
Basically write a small book with a very detailed list of instructions on how to handle the bitcoin and explanations of the basics in as clear text as you can with as simple text as possible without oversimplifying. It should have warnings like "DO NOT SHARE SEED PHRASE WITH ANYONE YOU DON'T 10000% TRUST" and "BE CAREFUL WHO YOU SEND IT TO AND DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE SENDING" at the very start so they won't try to do that while looking for answers. It should also have a list of contacts for people who you FULLY trust to help your family deal with the bitcoin when you die. If no such persons exist, then instead make a set of rules for asking advice from forums (stuff like "don't share seed/private key", "be wary of tricks" and "reveal only strictly necessary info"). Put the last word of your seed phrase in an envelope that is given to your heir according to your will. The rest of the seed phrase should be in a safe along with the book of instructions. The keys of which only your heir and you have. This guarantees it's fully secure until the time is right. At least that's what I'd do in your position.
For a real question tho, how can we distinguish a real start of rally from just another usual pumps that will dump in few days. Is the sign of a real rally different from pump? ANYONE HAS EXPERIENCES PLS TELL ME
I sure hope they would step in. Seeing as a Russian asset (or ANYONE who wants to influence Trump) can funnel money to him in an untraceable way.
LOL that goes with ANYONE on reddit. If you got that new account day counter then i dont even Wana text you because shits sketchy
ELON MUSKS OWNS MORE TESLAS IN THE WORLD THAN ANYONE ELSE See how stupid we sound
Tell me, how do you squeeze out a small miner on a decentralised network that absolutely ANYONE can participate in?
If this is your fear, then make sure she has a cold storage wallet and make sure she's educated on it. Tell her not to share the keys with ANYONE, including yourself under any circumstances and tell her the only reason to send btc from it is if she means to sell or spend it. If she remembers those two steps it will protect her from most btc-related scams.
As a Bitcoin holder since 2017, I ask what are you smokin? Cause I want some. As a bitcoiner, I dont just view the asset as a way to make money. I view the asset as a solution to a systemic issue with the money today. I view the asset as part of a system that represents hope for the future of humanity and of society. A more fair one and one less fraught with moral hazard. Why put ANYONE in a position wherein they could cheat? Bitcoin is the answer. And the sooner the world realizes it, the sooner we can do something even better. 🤝🫡
I would be careful what you say to others. You're in a household where the 3 of you are struggling to make rent? Be careful the others don't snatch it out from under you. Ideally DO NOT TELL ANYONE (except your financial advisor). Large amounts of money make people jealous and do stupid things. If you let on that you're suddenly rich you'll have distant relatives come out of the woodwork begging for money. Financially, I personally would hold onto it in Bitcoin and only take out what I need as I believe it will continue to go up in value forever. But I may also be an idiot.
Firstly secure your bitcoin in a wallet that you are confident in, and that you no the phrase for. If your happy where it is then that's fine Been said previously but get your self a coin base account. Or equivalent. Transfer a small amount of your bitcoin to it, to check it gets there. Go through the verification process before you deposit a large amount. Deposit a small amount of money into you coin base from a bank account you can withdraw to You need to do all this before you try and withdraw a substational amounts to make sure there are no snags along the way. Then you can move a larger amount in. Depending on what sort of numbers we are talking about here, I would not move more than 1btc onto the exchange at a time before cashing it out. That's at an absolute max aswell. Honestly if I was in your situation I would keep the majority of it as bitcoin and only extract the amounts I needed at anyone time. Don't respond to anyone that dm's you. If you are really struggling you can DM someone from this thread that has given you advice and ask for further information. Do not understand any circumstances given out any keys, any passphrases or any information at all really. Do not transfer bitcoin to any address suggested by someone. Only to an address you have from either the exchange you want to use, or another wallet you want to use. In fact anyone asking you for any sort of information about yourself, or your accounts should not be trusted. BITCOIN IS INHERENTLY SECURE. THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT YOU CAN CONTROL THESE COINS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR GIVING OUT ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION TO ANYONE EXCEPT THE EXCHANGE (Because the exchange needs the information because they deal in Fiat)
For starters, DON’T TELL ANYONE, anything about the amount of money you have, not even the people you know irl (friends, family, etc.). Definitely seek a financial advisor so that you can manage having a lot of money. Don’t buy flashy items or flex on social media. Buy a new place to live (or pretend to struggle until you find a better job) and eat quality food.
Well sir, you are about to learn some life lessons. First, find a financial advisor. Don’t go to the first one you find, find the best one that meets your needs, remember, these are gonna be your money people and you have to deal with them somewhat frequently, make sure it’s people you want to deal with. Second, DO NOT TELL OR GIVE ANYONE A GODDAMNED PENNY…. EVER. The second you tell anyone, you’ll have lots of friends and family, until you run out of $$$ or stop paying for them, and they will all disappear. Yes, even your lifelong friends. Do NOT start paying for things like group dinners unless you want it to be expected weekly for life for people who will feel entitled to your money. If you have to help someone, do it through your financial advisor and do it anonymously. I came into a bunch of money when I was younger, and I’d still have a lot more of it and some of my childhood friends if I had never told a soul. Yeah, never having to worry about money again is great, but once the moochers and bloodsuckers leave, it’s pretty lonely especially if you didn’t grow up in the world you woke up in today. Congrats, your life has already changed for the better, just be extremely careful who you bring along or you’ll be where you were before yesterday before you know it.
Do we have one? One the plus side, border crossing is down. (Although he's also deporting less than Biden did, if that matters.) On the negative side, he's destroying the economy that was handed to him on a platter, he's bombing the markets, he's pissing off ALL of our allies, he's cozying up to Putin, he filled his cabinet with unexperienced knob gobblers who don't know what they're doing, he broke his own trade agreement with our bordered allies, he broke the agreement with Ukraine, he wants to leave NATO, he's negating our influence across the globe, he's breaking federal laws with at least half of the orders he signs (and some directly against the constitution itself), he's destroying and freezing industries left and right because he has no idea how to run a business or a government, to top it off he's letting an unsecure billionaire with massive conflicts of interest into all of our servers to do... whatever he wants, apparently installing stuff, fires all oversight and inspectors, fires ANYONE having to do with his corruption- do I need to go on? Where's this leader putting his country first? Trudeau?
As soon as ANYONE corrects what was said yesterday about Noone being able to hack Bitcoin yet and the truth gets out that's it already been done and they LIE about it so as to not spook the public. There was 184 BILLION made out of thin air a few years ago. They had to reset the whole blockchain to fix it. As soon as someone on television starts to explain to the masses about the difference in utility from Bitcoin (non existing) to XRP ( globally redifinig) then people can start making INFORMED decisions. The only people that can say Bitcoin is "better" are liars. They will only tell you that so they don't lose money. And now that the W.H. won't be buying any new Bitcoin that really hurts em.
Why would ANYONE SELL RIGHT NOW? Just give me one reason lmao
Never let ANYONE shit talk about doing that. Yes, it may be sad to not have the BTC but you have a home for your family at like 50% less than the current interest rate. Honestly, all you need to do to get ahead with that is have another month's mortgage payment saved up in an HYSA, take it out as the next month's payment comes in and keep stacking up that HYSA interest money as you will be earning about 1% back on money you would be using anyways
Number 1 rule. ANY motherfucker who DMs you ANYBODY could be the god damn president of the United States. ANYONE who DMs you with about ANYTHING related to crypto is trying to scam you. They’ll piss on their own grandmothers grave if they could scam you out of 0.1 SOL.
Well it all depends which one you pick. For Tangem, it's quite easy, so you don't really need a guide tbh. But the rule of thumb would be : \- Never ever share the list of 12 or 24 words with ANYONE (it gives access to your crypto). \- Ignore any DM you might get claiming to help you \- Don't sign anything you are not 100% sure of (Bybit hack happened because of this) Stay safe!
Maybe it's just me, but the LAST people on Earth I would take financial advice from is ANYONE from the Trump family. Mostly because they are trying to grift you...
Fr fr dont talk to ANYONE about this. Outside of worrying sbout where its stored, for the love of God and your sake, do NOT share with anyone.
Personally I understand that they have to learn a certain amount themselves not to be spoon fed meme apes with no understanding bc I told/showed them everything. Just like computers. It ain't for everyone but.. its worth mentioning as a good idea to start learning ! [Tried to convince people since btc was 60p, ya think ANYONE listened? Ever? Exactly.. they only ask when greed/hype are in and it's too late for that in the cycle by then 😂😂] "Don't worry boys.. you'll get them.. eventually?" Idk.. I gave up on people thanks to the phrase "I don't get it" being uttered so many times.. if they cba to learn.. fk em'...
The most important characteristic of crypto is that it is permissionless. Everything else (blockchain, decentralization) is just a means to achieve a full permissionless network for transferring value. The desired effect of this, is that ANYONE CAN USE IT, including people you would rather not use it. In a perfect world, scams would be dealt with by law enforcement and they would use the tools that the crypto industry has provided to investigate and prosecute criminals. There are companies that can audit smart contracts to provide information on how easily it can be rugged, there are block explorers that can be used by investigators to trace the movement of money in the same way that Coffeezilla does it. Scams are the fault of law enforcement and regulators, not the legitimate companies operating in this industry, they created what we wanted. A fully censorship resistant network, that anyone can use.
So, this one guy? So far, across four hours, one person has been pointed out. And ANYONE Is going to look like a leftist next to Jordan Peterson. One person is Hardly “the left”. Surely, collectively, you have dozens of examples? Maybe someone in a position of authority? Not just a guy who debated someone one time. It’s a boogeyman argument. There’s dozens of upvotes supporting your posts. But NO ONE can point me to a RELEVANT SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT ? No movement? No leader? You guys are sad.
Lol the picture lists the causes, all the things the cameras are pointed at are the things that CAUSE the federal reserve, not the government, to print more money... If you guys would stop playing fucking 21 degrees of conspiracy, Clinton's, and cabals separation....you might see the ACTUAL degrees at which things are separated. Look you can literally predictively dissect the problem backwards it's so simple. If 10 people don't have 9 trillion of the metaphorical 10 trillion printed....we don't have to print more money solves inflation. If Climate change isn't causing us to lose crops, freshwater, housing, and just humans in general...but mostly insurance for all the lost houses. Trillions isn't getting blown back in circulation at insurance companies in coastal cities, mountain cities like salt lake, we don't have to print more money to increase supply, NO INFLATION yeaaa whooo... If 1.7 trillion dollars over the last 10 years isn't given to 10 companies in the form of profit, it hits 100 million Americans with $17,000 extra dollars...PER YEAR of money that could be in circulation and not being held as "stock and non liquid assets" by those 10 companies and you guessed it that means less we would have had to print...meaning ANYONE!? Ben Stein got it folks less inflation, but don't get me started on tariffs. If our military didn't spend 3000 times as much on things that kill humans without any other human using them or using a button, we might not have upside down college debt, which would mean less printed money for haliburton, and large financial institutions to hold on to...wouldn't that mean less inflation too!? If we didn't have supply side economics...We wouldn't have to have a federal reserve to dictate the outflow of wealth from a magic fucking stream into a lake...and we'd follow the lake to the river to the literal ocean of wealth that is waiting to be created by an economy.... instead of just speculating what's giving us water from the stream.... The elephant in the room is the fact that economics is a consequence of humans, not a product, time is a consequence of motion...not a product. One exists in ALL spite of the other, and can be influenced by each other, so says relativity and supply and demand....but neither can ever be over one or the other...so says relativity, and supply and demand. There's not a massive media conspiracy against you, there's not a hypergenius group of individuals in a space station shaped like the Pentagon pulling strings via mysterious pay phone calls and subliminal messages on New York digital billboards, and the FED doesn't control the economy, the Fed attempts to prop up an economic policy that is historically, categorically, and empirically denied as being ever able to work in a non utopian setting. We're fucking idiots ziptying an economy together and calling it perfect, not fucking ethereal mathematicians, fortunetellers, and alchemists, surgically keeping the economy alive. Conspiracies are fun but I swear to God some people believe conspiracies more blindly than they believe we follow the cabal or whatever. THE ENQUIRER IS PROPAGANDA NOT PROOF. Why's this so hard to understand!?
I'd say $ANYONE ... The biggest privacy project in crypto. With its own hardware / router, and already 10,000+ nodes registered on the network, already larger than TOR. This protocol will disrupt the entire VPN industry. At only $55 million market cap at the moment, it's a steal.
Please don’t trust ANYONE that tells you to hold. Clearly you made a huge mistake by “investing” aka “gambling” yes! gambling with $ that you couldn’t afford to lose. The ONLY way to fix this in a safe way for you is to liquidate EVERYTHING, take whatever you have left and use it to pay the debt that I imagine that you took. I’m an Electrical Engineer, with a MSc. In applied Math. I have been coding, trading, investing, etc. for the last 40+ years of my life. I’m a derivatives/options market maker. DO NOT GAMBLE, DO NOT “trade” crypto, etc. , you WILL destroy your life, finances and health. Take the loss of your poor decision and DO NOT attempt to make it back like “gamblers” try to do and make things worse. Work hard, save money, live a frugal life, spend less than you make, focus on your family, friends, get an education, become a productive member of the world. DO NOT chase money, focus on personal growth, exercise, eat healthy and try to be the best human being that you can be… money will follow you. DO NOT GAMBLE!! What you did is/was a gamble!! not different than sports betting!!! GAMBLING WILL DESTROY YOUR LIFE!! please STOP, if you don’t you will remember my words and YOU WILL REGRET IT.
When was the last time ANYONE went to jail for launching a crypto rugpull shitcoin?
I don't think ANYONE wants this
It seems like people are just too short-term-minded. It's exactly why most fail and never really make any huge financial progress in life. Even with ETFs, if you put a decent amount away every month for 30 years ANYONE can be financially stable. Obviously bitcoin has had a better ROI in the last 12 years than any other asset, but people cannot seem to buy and hold. Too many emotions and not understanding time in the market beats timing the market.
Absolutely. There's a greater chance for ANYONE who understands what Trustless Money means to gain generational wealth than even selling or renting real estate... which *was* the greatest tool available for this purpose to the middle class (at least those with some hustle). Now, anybody can access substantial wealth within their own generation... and with A LOT *less* effort, so long as they learn what the value of a Trustless Monetary Asset really means for mankind.
> People should care about centralization vs. Decentralization and premine vs. Fair launch. the private key to the genesis wallet was in public code base. What is more fair than ANYONE can take as much or as little as they like? >Fiat is what crypto is supposed to be the antithesis of, not just fiat 2.0 like ripple is trying to be with a 100% premine. the system has no mining. >It is a joke compared to properly decentralized projects like btc and ltc and will not be a paradigm shift. Provide an example of the centralization of "XRP" that you claim exists. -show how Ripple can doublepsend -show how Ripple can create more XRP -show how Ripple can reverse a transaction -show how Ripple can force a code update on the validators -show how Ripple could censor a user or transaction. Provide any theoretical or practical example like the ones I listed above that prove it is centralized. Ripple control 1 Validator on the network atm. the XRPL requires an 80% super majority to reach consensus. Can you explain how 1 is an 80% super majority? There is no central control over users, transactions, code base, validators, or the network. it is decentralized.
Do not share the words with anyone whatsoever. Period. To access the coins you’ll have to buy a hardware wallet (I use a ledger nano S) and when setting it up you’ll enter the phrases. That’ll give you access to his wallet and whatever’s in it. There’s no telling what the seed phrase is to so it could be Bitcoin or it could be shitcoins. Some wallets are only compatible with certain crypto currencies, but ledger supports various kinds so that would probably be your best bet. Again, do not share the words with ANYONE.
And NEVER share your seed phrase with ANYONE EVER. NEVER. NEVER EVER.
Do not tell ANYONE this seed phrase or password under any circumstances.
> Bitcoin ( the asset) was not created out of thin. Code created BTC yes or no? > They were MINED my guy. thats the distribution method, not the creation method... YIKES >He also locked them up. Source? Satoshi has an escrow? since when? >Those coins will never move. This was done because it had to start with someone and to make it fair they are locked up. Source? >The founders of xrp just gave themselves a bunch of the supply with no work involved. Of which ANYONE could of taken any amount they wanted, then After they got their initial amount they decided to give it away for free to everyone on the BTC talk forums for the price of an email. Then even after all the complaints They too Also Locked up their own funds in timelocked escrows during the 2017 bullrun.... Notice how you dont understand the topic?
> You are being disingenuous. factually correct information =/- disingenuous >Whether the genesis wallet was available for people to take from does not change the fact that the founders got a large portion of the tokens. what is more "fair" than ANYONE can take ANY amount they want for free? >They enriched themselves They gave themselves something worth 0$ and put in the most time, development, resources to build its value. Should they not gain the most? > there was no work involved with creating or getting those coins by the founders. Coding/programming isnt work now? lol >This is why xrp should not be considered a reserve currency. no true scottsman fallacy is probably the worst way to try and form an argument. Try not to use it cuse it makes you look extra dumb. >Why don't you learn about Bitcoin then come back to the discussion. I mined my first BTC in 2012 on my GTX 580. >Saying Bitcoin was created out of this air is foolish. Code created bitcoin, Yes or no? let me know when you realize you dont understand the topic.
>Ripple controls ~50 billion XRP (out of 100 billion total supply) held in escrow ~43Billion * >giving it immense influence over the market and token distribution. correct, if the price goes down they lose the most and if the price goes up they gain the most. giving them the most basic incentive of, drive the price up. >This concentration of supply undermines decentralization. explain how token ownership in a Non proof of stake consensus gives control over the network, users, codebase, nodes etc. >They also oversee XRP’s development they are not the only dev >protocol upgrades they are not the only dev >and strategic decisions Then why did Ripples cheques amendment take them 3 years to get my validator among others on the network to vote yes and approve of the code update? (sounds like to me you dont know what you re talking about) >Unlike Bitcoin or Ethereum, there is no decentralized community-driven governance model (e.g., miners, stakers, or DAOs). Again, why did it take Ripple the company 3 years to get their cheques amendment approved by the validators to then get applied to the code base? > XRP uses a Consensus Protocol (not Proof of Work or Proof of Stake), where transactions are validated by a pre-approved list of nodes. Which every node gets to decide for themselves if they wish to. Ripple doesnt control the dUNL and runs 1 single validator atm. the XRPL requires and 80% super majority to reach consensus. Can you explain how 1 is an 80% super majority? >The network relies on a small set of ~35 validators, many of which are directly affiliated with Ripple. Literally 1 is run by Ripple. The rest have all Voted against Ripples amendments/proposals in the past many times. IN fact even Ripples on Validator has voted No at times against their own amendment/proposals... >Unlike Bitcoin, where anyone can run a node, Ripple’s validator list is curated, limiting open participation. ANYONE can run any of the 3 node types for the XRPL, (stock, Hub, Validator) you can also specialize further into any of the 9 sub node types. https://github.com/XRPLF/rippled Nobody can stop you from running a node, nobody can stop you from being on someone elses UNL list. anyone can make their UNL anything they want, they can choose to publish their UNL or not. open participation is allowed and no one can stop you from doing so. Listen, if you dont understand the topic, just say so. Its very obvious you need to do A LOT of reading. Maybe come back in a week and then delete your post/apologize for posting misinformation.
Important Lesson: NEVER let yourself get rushed into making financial decisions by citing a “unique once in a lifetime” opportunity! Not by ANYONE! Not a salesman, not your friend, not the media. Period “Opportunities in financial markets are like trains. Another one is always sure to come” Often, when everyone around you says you must invest, you are in the middle of a hype cycle. And more likely than not, too late to the party, just before the bubble bursts - If the opportunity was legit in the first place, because creating pressure to buy is also how fraudsters operate
> pre-mining allows and encourages a centralization of wealth and power/influence, creates a perceived lack of fairness "pre-mining" is irrelevant in a system which has no mining to begin with. what you're talking about is distrubution. the original distribution of XRP was ANYONE can take as much as they like from the genesis wallet. The private key to the genesis wallet is still in the public codebase today https://github.com/XRPLF/rippled/blob/ffd453f7dd091b0499fd6ab964880c8268deead4/src/ripple/app/misc/NetworkOPs.cpp#L852-L854 what is more fair than Anyone can take any amount they like? Hell even after the genesis Ripple gave it away for free simply by giving them ur Email.
If this is genuine, congrats on your new found life. DO NOT RESPOND TO ANY IDIOTS WHO DM YOU ON REDDIT. You can copy/paste the wallet address into the Blockchain here: https://www.blockchain.com/ This will show the balance and all transaction in and out of the wallet. DO NOT SHARE YOUR WORDS WITH ANYONE. THEY ARE HOW YOU ACCESS THE COINS. Check the balance on the Blockchain. The second set of characters might be an access password. Again share NOTHING with anyone at all.
One does not trust ANYONE that uses or interacts with the network. Its a \*trustless\* system by design. So the gov starting a reserve is no different than someone else... with near infinite resources and access to the Fed banking window... starting their own BTC reserve. It's good for the market as long as they don't pull a fort knox and make tons of paper BTC without any real BTC behind it.
Imagine if ETH or Cardano or XRP or ANYONE ELSE **"partnered with Intel and NVIDIA on AI"**..... Imagine the front page news and hype that would to along with that Literally MASSIVE news, no matter who it is! But nope, it's Hedera. So it's just flat out ignored by everyone. Hedera is a sleeping giant. The world will be built on Hashgraph. My bags are packed, liftoff will happen eventually. It can't be ignored forever.
You are very confused. Miners don't control the protocol. ANYONE can create a hard fork. Miners cannot increase the supply anymore than a regular person can. Both would need buy in... or network effect. Which they would never get..
Dude, I might come across as mean, but you need to hear this. You are the reason scammers exist. Wake the fuck up! NEVER TRUST ANYONE ON THE INTERNET WITH YOUR MONEY. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. DONT EXPECT OTHER PEOPLE TO EDUCATE YOU. TAKE FUCKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN FINANCES. If you dont wake up and listen and learn from your mistake today you are going to lose alot of money.
I want to understand it, but you didn't offer an explanation. You defined some terms and identified some participants and then said "its complicated". But like credit default swaps in the 2008 meltdown, I doubt its too complicated to even attempt an explain. We can now explain 2008 in like 3 sentences: mortgages were lumped into groups and resold for a good profit, hiding the viability of any particluar mortgage. This incentivized offerers to give ANYONE a mortgage no matter how risky because they were just selling them. The end result was a lot more defaults, causing a big mis-risking of those CDSes. I'd love a clear explanation of how it all works!
Have you seen ANYONE in this sub who didn't approve buying BTC?
Where the bogleheads at pushing their varied index funds?? Anyone!! ANYONE!!
Do not tell ANYONE this words. Download virtually any wallet and add them there.
I don't talk about crypto with ANYONE except the degenerates on this site.
Please don’t seek advice on Reddit. Seek technical help from licensed cryptographer. They can help you move the assets without compromising security. They will cost a hefty sum but you should be able to get it all out safely. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE GIVE ANY CODES TO ANYONE ON REDDIT!
1) Buy a hardware wallet 2) Research or ask on here how to use it 3) Don't trust ANYONE on here - not even me. Especially not me. 4) No DM's. If you have a question, have it asked and verified by people on here. All public. 5) DO NOT TRUST YOUR FRIEND MATT TO HELP YOU RECOVER THE COINS. HE WILL STEAL THEM AND PRETEND THERE WASNT ANYTHING TO BEGIN WITH AND YOU WON'T HAVE ANY RECOURSE. 6) My condolences for the passing of your husband.
If you are opening and clicking links on emails from ANYONE at this point, you're gonna have a bad time. Rule of thumb- no inbound.
not a good medium of exchange for .. who? not for ANYONE? online gambling is probably the biggest industry that regularly transacts in Bitcoin. Maybe you're not a responsible gambler, but lots of people around the world are.