OWN

DeaderthanZed

This doesn’t make any sense the entire point of Bitcoin was that it can’t not be censored no government can control your access to your funds or control what you spend it on. That assumes that you ACTUALLY CONTROL YOUR OWN WALLET. Which you don’t. Not your keys, not your crypto. You got scammed years ago. There is zero chance the $35k is real it’s called pig butchering. Nobody would ever need to send $1,000 to verify identity you can send $1. The other supposed cases you know of people getting their money back are fake. If you really want to buy crypto then don’t use a middleman (especially since you apparently did zero lateral research to verify authenticity there is no website or social media accounts for “safemoon reserve.”) Set up YOUR OWN WALLET. Safely store your own private key/recovery phrase on paper somewhere where nobody can find it. Then you will actually be invested in crypto.

SUPAH_ACE

See the problem most crypto traders don’t realize is that assets on an exchange means you don’t own 100% of those assets. A wallet on an exchange is a “custodial wallet”. That means, the exchange can do whatever they see fit with your coins. If they think it’s fraudulent, they have every right to take it from you. CEX’s are good for beginners but for long term, you don’t know if the exchange will survive or not. It’s far fetched but can be a reality. Look at ByBit, a very popular CEX. They got hacked and lost over $1.5 billion dollars in 2025. The user data also got leaked. KuKoin got hacked for $254 million. These CEXs are not bulletproof proof. If they get hacked, good luck recovering your funds. That alone for me makes me stay away from CEX’s. Once crypto is lost, scammed, or hacked, it’s lost. There is no way to recover the assets. By transferring to a cold wallet, you are using a “non-custodial” wallet. That means you fully OWN and CONTROL your assets. Using a cold wallet storage, the private keys are generated offline, minimizing risks of hacks. Sure, you may loose a bit on gas fees but it’s worth it for safety. If you don’t care about safety, then by all means do what you want. But in the crypto world, taking these necessary precautions will save you a BIG, BIG hassle. Every hack, scam, and grift all comes from user error. Best to educate yourself and be vigilant. No platform or exchange is responsible for your crypto. ITS UP TO YOU to protect and manage your assets.

Unfair-Remote-3388

What the fuck are you talking about? Okay, I'm going to go under the pretense that I AM BEING MY OWN BANK. Then the cops should REALLY help me because a bank as legitimate as they come. Anyways, money is money regardless of whether it is cryptocurrency. Wacko

Pawwnstar

Most people are not invested in other peoples failure but are definitely invested in THEIR OWN success. They don't want to see him fall but see him win so they can come and 'borrow' money, then claim its 'shameful to ask for a gift back from family' when he needs it.

swift_trout

Not a wale by any stretch of the imagination. But I do owe my financial security to Bitcoin. For thirty five years I tucked away my small but steady savings in the stock market - mutual funds and a few individual stock picks. Microsoft after its IPO, Apple when Jobs came back, Amazon in 2004. 8 did ok. Better than inflation. Annually, on the advice of my great uncle who founded a cooperative bank, I would buy a small amount of metal as a hedge against inflation. My strategy was what Uncle John told me - consistency. I listened. I work in technology. In 2010 I read about blockchain and Bitcoin. It was intriguing. I told some folks, including Uncle John’s grandchildren that it had the potential to disrupt on a scale of the microchip or the internet. I one or two listened. Most didn’t. For four years. Mostly to see if it could be hacked. Finally. In 2014 I put $2000 in the “Noble Coin” as I call it. Today that purchase is worth almost as much as my house. And I bought a similar dollar amount every year. My motto. Has been: “We OWN Bitcoin. We don’t SELL Bitcoin”. However, that sort of changed in the last two years as I started preparing for retirement. And I started mining. I buy miners via my hosting service and run them to provide my adult children with a passive guaranteed basic minimum income. I sold 2 coins to buy the first 10 ASICS. Our mining ops have hit a scale that means we can mine for perhaps another 15 years. I set up a routine that allows me on a monthly basis, buy my children’s monthly mining reward share from them. This provides them a minimum basic dollar income while still actually keeping the asset and growing the asset base. Soon I plan to explore ways of accruing yield by staking and other ways to put Bitcoin assets to work. And it’s still early days. And Bitcoin is still way under priced. Bitcoin Market Cap is at a current level of $ 1.676 trillion up 33.33% a year ago. If Bitcoin reaches 10% of global market its market cap a single Bitcoin would be valued at $1.2 million. My assessment. Bitcoin levels the financial playing field. Like nothing has in perhaps the entire history of mankind.

OmoOduwawa

Imagine losing something, and then as a result, its gone. wow. revolutionary. just ground-breaking. cutting-edge. Why are people like this. Why do they apply dishonest reasoning like this in order to prevent themselves from improving THEIR OWN lives. At this rate, the RICH n POWERFUL don't need to invent secret societies or 'illuminati' to keep us poor. With geniuses like these walking around, we can just 'hurt ourselves in our confusion' like a pokemon. The truth is that many poor people keep themselves poor by their small-minded thinking n pride! shame.

BraidRuner

As in all things you need to answer the question HOW MUCH is enough for ME? Do you want to OWN a % of the worlds wealth? Buy Bitcoin and then buy more...because...its the way the world is going to move value.

Happyeverydaything

Then in that case Mexico, India and African nations should have achieved the same level of rapid growth as China as the world outsourced to these nations as well. But they didn't. America became the wealthiest country precisely because it's able to outsource, and with China's nationalistic values, literal blood and sweat, unbelievably high productivity and efficiency, churned out goods for America at record speeds and volumes, and USA sold them at 1000X profit margins, making the top 1% ridiculously rich, and Americans are able to enjoy higher quality of lives getting more while paying less. Over the years, China saved and saved like hell, reinvested into education, infrastructure and advanced manufacturing technologies, and now became the world second largest economy through their OWN hardwork... While America sleeps away, and now all of a sudden, the World is ripping America off?? America's downfall is America's own doing. Blame no one else.

flavourantvagrant

I agree on the Gradient thing. Some things can definitely get taken more easily. No one is gonna take away your underwear with holes because you hodled too hard…but they might take your gold if they know where it is etc. It’s a dumb example but you could actually be pretty sure you OWN those underwear even more than the gold 😂 . Case closed! I think spoilage has some overlap but maybe it’s kind of a separate awesome facet 

JustStopppingBye

Yes and do you know who runs and operates Swift? The banks themselves and the G10 central banks run it. Banks are ADAPTING to use blockchain, as seen with the link I posted. The banks will strengthen their OWN system to use blockchain. Banks don’t need ripple anymore. You can achieve the same speed using tokenized assets and any L1. The banks figured this out years ago.

Lurchco3953

130 x (just in case, that means mupltiply) 1.3 = (just in case, that means equals) 169k. IF YOU READ YOUR OWN SOURCE THAT PUTS YOU IN THE TOP 10% (which is exactly what I said off the cuff to begin with) ALL FROM YOUR VERY OWN SOURCE! My source as I've said put that in the top 5% but a you've said before to me "makes no difference"......my position is still true and you've dug your own hole.

throwaway445697

I never claimed to own 200 btc, I said in the text that I saw a review which shows how much that person has bought and it showed 200 btc. Which made me think it was a fake review and the website being a scam. I DO NOT OWN 200 BTC

BTC_90210

It means Coinbase could go out of business and you may not be able to access your account or Bitcoin. They own it until you actually withdraw the coins to your OWN hardware wallet.

Routine-Literature-9

who cares where they are going, they are refusing to give him, HIS OWN MONEY.

Worldly-Double9617

Absolutely not. It's not even a discussion. Invest with your OWN money. At least if you go down, you don't go down and owe a bank. Invest in yourself. Learn a new hobby/trade.

Crawwarch

Posted about Coinbase pre-listing their OWN COIN below $DOGINME I have no reason to endorse this other than follow the money usually wins. A shit coin? Probably. But it’s Coinbase’s shit coin that they just put a crown on. Would they possibly let this fail?? I wish this was a bullish market in which you could cleverly invest in clever projects and win. But we are in a zone in which you must find avenues to build Fiat in order to make those sorts of investments moving forward. Follow Coinbase lead! $doginme was that

Crawwarch

I hate the manipulation of the the CEXs. Hate it. But in a market when each dip seems like a deepfake…. Coinbase just put THEIR OWN coin on the fast track that more legitimate coins are lobbying for… I know nothing about $Doginme and don’t care to become dumber “learning” about it but yeah, much as I’d rather sink the 1K into $ondo // Coinbase ain’t launching its own bag to fail. I am a doginme bag holder

APPLECRY

Nig HOW MANY PEOPE OWN .0000001 btc? How many people own .01 btc?…. People who hold btc are less than 5% of population. Why would gov take tax payers $ to invest in something less than 5% own.

Parking_Cellist830

This is the liberal agenda right in front of your eyes people! This guy has TDS like so many of you libtards and is now legit trying to sell people on liberal logic. I took a shot in the dark. Then I went to his page and SURE ENOUGH!! TRUMP HATER. UNDERSTAND THAT THESE PEOPLE WOULD LITERALLY DROWN THEIR OWN MOTHER WHILE DRESSED IN MAGA GEAR IF THEY FELT IT WOULD LEGITIMATELY HARM TRUMPS REPUTATION

Martinezyx

I’ve been there. Only lasted less than 2 years in Night Shift. But it feels amazing coming from work and parking my car IN MY HOUSE THAT I OWN. And honestly working on my house like cutting my grass is more satisfying and I actually look forward to it. It’s a great feeling man.

Cardiologist_Prudent

Off CEX hit me differently. when I moved my BTC for the first time. I felt like I actually OWN it. It is mine and no one has the power to take it away. It is liberating and now all I care about is just hitting 1.0 BTC :D

CedarAndFerns

What if said lendors are creating their OWN strategic bitcoin reserves in order to combat their own deficits and dollar debasement?

DudleyStoks

I guess so. I think you and I have a very very different philosophy on taxes and paying your fair share. I, personally, believe the strong should be lifting up the weak. I am someone who likes to offer grace and extend my hand to a stranger who needs help. I don’t personally believe that everyone coming over the border is some blood-lusting, deranged lunatic. Some of ‘em, sure. But not all of them. I actually have a lot of thoughts and ideas on how to better secure the border and handle undocumented immigrants. As far as taxes go: paying taxes is apart of living in the modern world. If you wanted to, there is nothing stopping you from moving to the Alaskan wilderness and living up there. There is nothing stopping taxes, no woke, not much of anything. OR you could live with the rest of society in the modern world and enjoy all of the opportunities and amenities afforded to you but to do so, you have to pay your fair share. I am absolutely down to examine taxes, and cut unnecessary taxes. Like my car excise tax? What’s that bullshit? I even paid my car off— I OWN that bitch. Anyways, taxes have actually affected my life in a tangibly good way. My states healthcare is free for people under a certain income bracket. I was a couple years ago after being laid off and I was able to still get therapy, go to both the doctor and the dentist, and not pay a dime for any of it. After that, my state offers a program for people who live in my state to attend community college *for free.* this is built on the backs of a sport gambling tax, weed sales tax, and a 4% millionaire tax. What can I say. If these are the “ravages of socialism” consider me ravaged baby. My intro to python coding class is really indoctrinating me, ya know? Anyways…

Artistic_Pain_6038

He and Musk OWN congress

bynarie

It means DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH

DingleberryDelightss

I just answered your question. 1. I answered this like twice. Country X isn't holding Y currency, it's getting rid of it. It's selling Y's currency, SELLING. When most people buy and sell Bitcoin, they sell the currency of the foreigner who purchased from them, and get paid out in their OWN currency. Not sure how to make this more clear. 2. Dude, you almost had this one too. You even said that the country would be forced to print more money to buy the Bitcoin, because their country would have no currency left. But let's say they needed to get the money back somehow, they would need to sell products they produce to get that money back, as their products get bought by other people with their currency, they will have a supply issue, and those products will increase in price, and INFLATE. Aka, their currency will get devalued. 3. Basically all your "complex logic" relies on you thinking Bitcoin is something it isn't. Once you sell your ledger position, no one owes you anything to get that position back. Go ahead and buy a shitcoin from someone who bought it for 100k and now it's worth 1 cent. No you say? But it's an IOU. But Bitcoin is different! No, it's not. It was just the first shitcoin to come along.

nugymmer

I think you are underestimating human stupidity and the human element of markets. The market doesn't owe you, me, nor anyone else, diddly jack shit. This is something we all have to deal with. Admittedly we are idiots for not selling when we sort of knew this was coming. As for me well I deserve everything I get. I'm not doing anything and my port will probably get smashed to smithereens. But it's because I'm an idiot who doesn't listen to his gut. And always...always...always pays so very dearly for it. The first mistake I ever made in crypto was investing in Quarkcoin even though my gut for some reason told me maybe not a good idea. Then it was NOT investing in Ethereum shortly after its debut in October 2015 when I had easy access to 10,000 of those fuckers. Yeah, that's not coming back. That opportunity is GONE, done and DUSTED. So fucking gone. It hurts. I could have turned $10k into $40M so easily had I just bought in 2015 held and sold in 2021 close to the top. I'd be laughing right now. But I'm not crying, so at least that's something. The losses I have incurred so far (unrealised profits, not starting capital) don't bring tears to my eyes. But I can tell you what does bring tears to my eyes - the thought of ever losing one or both of my two little sausage dogs. When I had to rehome a dachshund back in September 2023 I was wailing like a baby. It hurt so, so much worse than the shit I am dealing with now. I really broke down back then and developed some rather serious health problems probably because the grief from that destroyed me. I can handle losing tens of thousands of dollars in unrealised profit. I can handle that shit. Losing a dog, on the other hand, is damn near impossible. Just some perspective, because things can be super duper worse than what they are now, on a personal level, for me at least. I have two dogs that I could not bear to lose. But as for investments, well, it's only money. It sucks, it sucks ass something serious, but it's only money and I won't starve or end up homeless. Again, sage advice is to NEVER invest money you could never afford to lose, because that is the real stupidity I see too often. Not realising profits is still not great, but it's never as bad as betting the house on crypto and losing the house. That's something that should always be avoided. Invest only capital that is your own and do your own due dililgence, and don't buy worthless stuff that has no clear agenda or plan behind it. It's why ChainLink is the biggest chunk of my port and will likely remain so until I add some BTC to my port once I can get more money down the line, if this lines up with a bear market year I'll have the opportunity to likely 5x my money so I'm not going to get too upset or pissy if this "promised" (bullshit) alt-season does not appear. I think we already had it and it's now too late to do much except wait. Next time more capital will be going into BTC. MUCH more. But, as always, it will be with my OWN capital and capital than I can afford to lose. I do feel sorry for those who are in over their heads and not realising that crypto can suck people in all so easily. Never fall for the trap. Just DCA after the dust settles, and slowly get back on track for your goals. Don't let fear dissuade you from what you want (or at least what you believe you want).

ShivaDestroyerofLies

> TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN BIOLOGICAL IMPERATIVES PEOPLE, FUCK. Oh look at you, sounding like all six of my baby mammas.

Dry-Blueberry-8226

Yes, you just came at investing from the perspective of evolutionary biology and nailed it. However, the missing key ingredient here is AWARENESS. What is awareness you ask? Why, gather round and I’ll tell you; Awareness is simply the Absence of Ignorance. But Lo! Mr. Blueberry! What then?! What happens in the wake of Awareness?? Relax young grasshopper and I will tell you. Once you experience the dissolution of ignorance, you become Aware, and you also become…ACCOUNTABLE. Accountable for what? For your own emotional reactions to life, that’s what. TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN BIOLOGICAL IMPERATIVES PEOPLE, FUCK.

kmdr

Dave Bitcoin from [https://www.walletrecoveryservices.com/](https://www.walletrecoveryservices.com/) is the only guy i'd trust for this job he is in the business since 10-15 years (see for example [https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1q8zan/dave\_bitcoin\_of\_walletrecoveryservicescom\_just/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1q8zan/dave_bitcoin_of_walletrecoveryservicescom_just/) and scorse af other similar posts) [https://www.reddit.com/user/davebitcoin](https://www.reddit.com/user/davebitcoin) Seems to be no longer active on reddit (??) DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Top-Bicycle-1899

I would do some serious research on RWA projects, as well as ISO20022 compliant projects. Find which ones look promising and allocate anywhere from 10%-50% (depending on your risk tolerance) of your crypto portfolio to those projects you’ve chosen. The other 50%-90% should be in the top 3 (BTC,ETH,SOL): Out of the top 3, either distribute evenly to maximize your odds of success, or pick 2 that you’re more confident in. But most importantly, DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. Don’t FOMO into a specific project just because your buddy or some Reddit mod claimed they made money investing in it. If you don’t know much about where your money is invested, your odds of making actual profits are not likely. Hope this helps ✌️

CryptoManty

You sound like a newbie to me, 50% corrections are normal in a bull market. If you start believing all you watch on you tube you will go mad. My advice is learn the basics of charts and more importantly how to use a fib tool on day Coin market cap. Do your OWN research and risk only what you can afford to lose. I have been in the space since 2019, made some stupid mistakes and have learnt from them. If you are invested in utility, layer 1’s or layer 2’s you will be pretty safe, however NOTHING is guaranteed………

Mgwilljr83

You are not ready. Do your OWN research.

Intrepid_Guidance_57

Do your OWN research and don’t trust these YouTubers , one day bullish next day bearish … Good to take little tips from here and there but if you do your own research you’ll come to the conclusion that we are about to have the biggest bull run in history.

mozy777

Just ask ChatGPT about Wintermute and how exchanges use Market Makers to manipulate price. TAKE YOUR COINS OFF THE EXCHANGES AND HOLD I YOUR OWN WALLETS

GreemBeam

Half a brain is required to receive more than you send if you're running your OWN lightning node (rather than using a platform to create an account on someone else's node - this is still self custodial btw). If Bitcoin were to be used as daily currency then only really businesses will need to be concerned about managing liquidity (most people spend more than they receive, paychecks would be on L1). There's a lot of methods and platforms which assist with this. Lightning works and it works pretty well. However I think the world's pretty much decided Bitcoin's digital gold currently, and on-chain fees are so cheap right now. It's quietly developing in the background though :)

Aethrrr

2 huge mistakes here. First you have not completely understood what you've invested in. Second seems like youve put in more money than youre willing to lose. For the first mistake, you need to understand crypto market cycle, global liquidity, human psychology and market manipulation to know whats going on during each part of the cycle. Otherwise you wont know whats going on and will be freaking out when it goes down, and thinking your the smartest person on the planet when it goes up. No one can tell you itll go up or down, because should believe what YOU believe. 90% of people in crypto lose money anyway, so most of what you hear online isnt good advice. Build your OWN conviction, so strong that no matter what bullshit is being blasted at your face , you know where youre going. I know my conviction, i have no stress whatsoever because i just trust the process and wait it out, meanwhile everyone in here is freaking out lol. For the second mistake, just dont overextend yourself into this world of crypto. Doing so is a manifestation of greed. Put in how much you can genuinely be fine losing. If youre waking up in the middle of the night after having a nightmare your portfolio went to 0, you have put in too much. My advice? hold until markets recover (they will, most ppl here are just stupid and think otherwise), and sell some of the your portoflio so youre at a level where you are fine losing everything. Or invest way more time learning the structure of a bull/bear market, why each part happens, and what catalysts need to occur for them to be kicked off. Good luck <3

OddCheesecake1628

THE AMERICAN WOMAN IN PAKISTAN MADE HER OWN COIN HAHAHA🤣 $PAKISTAN Contract Address: FvEBvSLtgURrp6riZnejfrpqHcU11HvNFY6K6Nppump

noltron000

You will own nothing and be happy. (In this case, your OWN MONEY)

TABOOxFANTASIES

So he's going to use our Social Security money to score a profit, then rugpull OUR OWN MONEY from us?

BatteryBro42

Reeeeeee the ORANGE MAN BULLYS OTHER NATIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF HIS OWN MUH CRYPTO VOLATILITY IM GOING TO CALL THE HECKIN CRYPTO POLICE

Eleven_inc

Where did I say anything about defending NAFTA. I don't need to read it. Trump just threw out his OWN trade agreement (USMCA), which I guess you're declaring is a bad agreement. And on the topic of deficit, Canada imported $11000 of goods per person, whereas America imported only $1409 per person. If anything the deficit is with the Canadian population, not the other way around.

Verzuchter

OWN don’t rent. And do not postpone upkeep. 

BreadJohnson1991

Okay. A war. Sure. How about the MILLIONS that died by the hand of their OWN government. MANY TIMES OVER. Comrade. Its fun, isn't it? Comrade comrade comrade. Eat shit, asshole. Your argument sucks. You're only a "Comrade" to be edgy and cool, despite the clear evidence that your philosophy has killed millions of people and leads to horrible outcomes.

DriveNo8704

Doge was made in 2013, the second oldest real coin is ETH, what other memecoin is recognizable by anyone even if they don’t know crypto. Name another memecoin that’s on its OWN chain. Eth and sol can be replaced by better tech. All memecoins on those chains will be forgotten. Doge earning a 50billion marketcap on its own chain while simply being a meme. Never being supply controlled or pushed by vcs. Crazy to not think it’s special. 99.9% of these utility coins are useless, inefficient compared to methods we currently use, and the coins be recreated in the future with better features 100s of years from now doge will be the first memecoin, older than any other coin, and will be a collectors item with a mcap that slowly trickles up cycle after cycle. The only coin you can say that has the longevity of doge is btc. You’re insane to assume that any other crypto will outlast doge. Out perform okay but out last, your best bet is doge there’s nothing even close.

DellaMorte_X

It IS public. It is OLD news. YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW WHOM YOUR OWN SATOSHI IS!!!! When are they gonna dump their coins? This post and others like it are en embarrassment to humanity.

1infinite_half

Have you ever considered you are fundamentally mistaken? Lotta folks out here calling tops like they have a clue. They don’t. It’s been three months since election night. It’s time for these posts to stop and it’s time for the people making them to get some self-awareness, shut their mouths, and observe. OP YOU LITERALLY ANSWERED YOUR OWN QUESTION IN YOUR POST! “Oh well pa on alts is dumdedum, but it should be dooptidoop; alt szn guaranteed after btc top, where altszn?” Gee, idk OP, where IS alt season? Hmmm. Let’s apply some critical thought and come up with some theories as to what this puzzling situation must mean….

JuggernautMinimum752

I was JUST thinking of moving to Chase. Thanks for the heads up. I don’t need them interfering with my regular buys on cashapp or River WITH MY OWN MONEY.

sortofhappyish

Fun Fact: in the US and UK, there is no "real" estate. The government has something called "eminent domain" where THEY can decide what your property is worth and force you to sell it to them. In the UK local councils have literally bought peoples houses from them via the courts, for a 10th of what they are worth, then turned around and sold the property privately to MPS/local councillors etc who make a killing on the value. So you do NOT OWN property at all. You are there entirely at the whim of government, who can decide your $900,000 house will be sold to a government employee for $1

Dry_Dentist_665

The thing about bitcoin, that separates it from other assets, you can buy as much as you can afford. You can't buy AND **OWN** 0.0001 of a house/hotel/land, or a football team, or a company etc... When i buy my bitcoin. I OWN MY BITCOIN. So buy as much as you can afford. and remember, Not Your Keys, Not Your Coin.

Ok_Structure_5415

That's anarchy, WHERE WE HOLD OUR OWN FLOOR.

BtryceCheeseLink

DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH!!! After you do you’ll realize Chainlink is what you should be buying

CptCk

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.

sortofhappyish

So you mean men hung like a horse, men who OWN/ride big horses or some sort of centaur?

road22

Most of these coins on exchanges belong to exchange customers who left their coins on exchanges. They do not understand how important it is to remove coins to cold storage. Sad thing is that one day when they want to remove them, they probably will not be able when exchanges run out. If you have bought coins and left them on exchanges you actually OWN NOTHING.

sortofhappyish

Whats it for? I'm hiring 5 expensive prostitutes who are into golden showers and scat..... Legally they can't refuse to give you YOUR OWN money on 'moral' grounds. Ask them if you want to be more explicit on what the scat will be used on/in

sortofhappyish

the correct response is to IMMEDIATELY change banks. Give the reason as "I do not trust this bank to not steal my money as they have refused to allow me to spend MY OWN MONEY on what I choose"

Delubyo06

Diversity is key. I ain't a pro. But I won't put my money on one place. S&P 500 for long hold stock. Don't put it all on Crypto. It's very hot right now. Everything is up. Soon whales are going to widraw some gains. XRP, ADA, BTC (when it goes down) same with Etheruem. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND DD TOO.

Emergency-Bit-6226

These are the ones you should invest in. #DO #YOUR #OWN #DD and the biggest one is #READ

m1ndfulpenguin

 To think they could have used that money to secure their OWN ***physical & tangible*** ***"hawk TUAHS"*** rather than purely digital ***"not TUAHS"*** . The tragic irony of blockchain is that it continues adding ***block TUAHS***

m1ndfulpenguin

To think they could have used that money to secure their OWN ***physical & tangible*** ***"hawk TUAHS"*** rather than purely digital ***"not TUAHS"*** . The tragic irony of blockchain is that it continues adding ***block TUAHS***  

breakboyzz

Haha ok this made me laugh. The only advice I have for OP is to DO YOUR OWN research. Don’t listen to these punks in those chats. They are not going to guide you in the right direction, especially if you don’t know them on a personal level.

Icy-Success-3730

This is exactly one of the big reasons why I am in this. First, it is to OWN my own money; second, it is to be able to free my time to live my life, instead of living to work.

BrawndoCrave

Bro, every one of these articles says the opposite of what you said. Not only is the Fed going to use their own FedNow network, and NOT Ripple (as described in these articles), but the speculation is that by way of the Fed using their new system it will have network effects and may impact XRP indirectly. But nothing in any of these articles says the Fed will use Ripple or XRP. Because it won’t. Because as stated in these articles the Fed came up with their OWN system, FedNow. The first link is someone asking “should we use Ripple network” in 2019 conveniently leaving out the response, which was a no. The most recent article you attached only focuses on network effects, which means indirect impact to Ripple, as in no actual partnership but if the fed is doing fast payments then maybe people will recognize the value of Ripple too, which is a pretty worthless assessment to make but that doesn’t surprise me given the sources you’ve provided. These are the type of half baked, speculative, factually inaccurate comments that let me know I can’t take these comments seriously.

TodayPlastic

Before I post the sources, I never said LINK wasn’t in a fund lol, I said they need their OWN ETF.

DefactoCryp70

Always remember that advice is advice and everyone is a critical. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.

jeffdanielsson

JHE, PBE, HIC, YBS, OBD, OWN if your like high risk high reward: LBF, VSO, PWN, BIX

DefactoCryp70

No judgment here. Everyone has to start somewhere. For Legal reasons let me start by saying: THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. I am only here to help in every way that I can and direct you towards the path of doing things correctly. Both coins have their strengths and weaknesses and both have value that is heavily tied to community hype, which can be unpredictable. So be careful, it's important to DO YOUR OWN thorough RESEARCH and consider your risk tolerance. my risk tolerance is different than yours just like it's different for everyone. Diversifying your investments and only investing what you can afford to lose is always a good strategy. (This is true for every investment) Snek. Has a strong community. The tokenomics has burning mechanisms, which it's always good cause it can increase scarcity and potentially drive up the price making it deflationary and it's on the Cardano blockchain meaning it benefits from the security and scalability of Cardano Qubic integrates AI and quorum-based computation, aiming to improve efficiency and reduce transaction fees. It also has initiatives like QEarn to encourage long-term engagement. *********************** You need to remember that a good meme coins relies on a strong community and strong utility. Both these coins are still in the early stages of development, which means higher risk.They're both highly volatile and influenced by social media trends so be careful. ALWAYS DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH ********************** Compared to more established cryptocurrencies they both have a lower trading volume, leading to higher volatility. Because of this they have the ability to have bigger swings to the upside AND THE DOWNSIDE. NEVER PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET. ITS THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT. NEVER SPEND MORE THAN YOU'RE WILL TO LOOSE. everything in life is a risk. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND NEVER RELY ON WHAT OTHER PEOPLE TELL YOU. NOT EVEN ME. nobody can make a decision for you. ONLY YOU CAN

DefactoCryp70

Sure, I'd be happy to help clarify things for you! Understanding the Value of Cryptocurrency Coins Some people view cryptocurrencies as a proxy for the transactions they facilitate. In this sense, the value of a coin could be tied to the number and importance of transactions it supports. This is similar to how traditional currencies work. Others see cryptocurrencies more like shares in a company. In this case, the value of the coin is tied to the success and potential of the company or project behind it. This is particularly true for coins associated with blockchain projects or decentralized applications. You have to remember that just like everything else in life reviews can sometimes be skewed towards negative experiences, as people are more likely to share bad experiences than good ones. However, it's also important to consider the specific issues raised in reviews. Common complaints about platforms like Coinbase and eToro include high fees, poor customer service, and technical issues. I particularly don't like "or use" coinbase or eToro. I use crypto.com and blofin. (if you'd like a referral to any of these I can most definitely provide it so we can both get kick backs. Just let me know) coinbase even though they're a publicly traded company their fees are usually higher and dear god their customer service takes forever. And eToro isn't even a legitimate crypto exchange. They started with stocks first and just transitioned over to move with the space. Crypto.com has some of the lowest fees in the space so that's why I've been using them for years You have to look at the world we live in. Everything and everyone is in a competition to be the best. Think cell phone companies, car companies, grocery stores. It's literally no different than the exchanges. Crypto is a new space and it's just going through growing pains. Remember when cell phones 1st came out? You had nextel you had Motorola razr you had apple and everyone and their grandmother coming out with a new style of phone. Now there's really only 3 top brands that control the markets. Apple, Samsung and Google Before investing, it's a good idea to "DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH" Learn what KYC is 1st - **Read multiple reviews**: Look for patterns in the feedback. - **Check regulatory status**: Ensure the platform is regulated and follows best practices. - **Consider alternatives**: Compare different exchanges to find one that best suits your needs. the same holds true to the crypto or literally anything else you invest in. It's an absolute must to know who and what you're investing your money into. You're not just gonna go buy something from a random dude off the street just because someone says they're good. Because what happens if you go talk to him and you get bad vibes from him. Trust your own instincts not someone else's. That's why it's important to DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH When in doubt always ask questions in the crypto communities such as this one. Finding a good community helps a lot

DefactoCryp70

***To save my ass. Nothing is ever financial advice. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH**** It really all depends on your risk tolerance. The higher the marketcap the less risky it is. Bitcoin is the most stable. Solana would be a solid alternative Ethereum killer. literally almost every good meme coin out now that everyone is talking about is built on the Solana network Sui (Layer 1 potential Solana killer, created by former meta Facebook engineers and executives) Aioz (Artificial Intelligence) Oraichain (Artificial Intelligence) Superverse (web3 gaming) Meme coins. There's a ton just don't ever go all in on them since the prices fluctuate so often. Pepe, turbo, MOG, Brett to name a few

DepartmentCautious34

Not being an a-hole but this doesnt mean you actually have it right? Post a pic even you cashed it out on your OWN bank account.

A_British_Villain

The real upside here isn't the capital growth. At 18 you will have money THAT YOU OWN instead of a bank account that reports your activity to the government, and which can be stolen at any time.

ApolloRT

No you dont get to be your own bank. This not even close to the truth. What you do really is that you convert your money to gold instead of putting it in the bank. You do this because you think gold will have more value and gold is something that will always be valueble because it has its uses. However, in this scenario it has zero uses. And not only that, the top 1% , matter of fact the ones who OWN the BANKS that you are so afraid of control the price of that said gold.

dyerdigs0

You find it delusional that someone predicting a floor of 80k from a high of 93k, correct? Does it not show that as further delusion that a better prediction of a floor of 10k being many years out as compared to a timeframe of a mere few days? Wasn’t even a counterpoint my dude I was showing more evidence to your OWN POINT.

chosfs

Think of it as the US dollar. Back in the day it was worth more and more but now it's not and IT will never reach its original value bc they print more. Bitcoin can't and as time progresses money is fluctuated in bc it's an asset that can't be replicated and protected by an unowned asset. Nobody can OWN all of Bitcoin unless they throw away all their money. Its value is the same thing that drives the dollar, the usage of its ABILITY to trade goods. We would still need the dollar but while they print more you could put your money into crypto to save yourself from inflation.

Satoshi-kris

So bitcoin is like gold in ways out to offer value, the price fluctuates on the market sentiment. If you heard of California gold rush, then bitcoin is just “digital gold rush” Bitcoin is, put it in one word is “store of value” just like gold that’s unshakable unless compromised by majority nodes (which won’t happen, that’s fkn impossible) So bitcoin is an electronic peer to peer cash system, that works on verification not trust! It’s like a digital file that’s on the blockchain, what is a blockchain, it’s a network where nodes are connected to validate the ledger, like everyone has data on everyone unlike traditional networks! It is decentralised and secure, in a way that everyone trusts the data, and that’s how my friend bitcoin gets its value, as one Redditor said buy in as much as you can and only the amount that you can afford to lose! Store it don’t sell unless you think you need the money urgently and don’t store on a centralised exchange store the private key securely, and just forget come after 5 years or so when it hits more than 100k and buy in amount every once in a while that you can afford to lose that’s it! Think that you are buying gold, but digital gold! THIS IS NOT A FINANCIAL ADVICE, DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH BEFORE INVESTING

Individual_Refuse_30

Welcome to crypto world. First things first, there must be dozens of questions and people like you in here and other subreddits. Please scan and look proper, I'm sure you will find TONS of information. To help you in short... >I have been reading alot of people saying that buying btc eth and sol atm are the best bet Why? Who's been saying that? Mate, wherever you go, especially reddit people will say to buy whatever they have interest/invested in. Do not listen to random people suggesting investments but rather do your own research and make INFORMED FINANCIAL decision otherwise you're likely to invest high, sell low and lose your hard earned money. \-- Best way to start is to start slow.. Bitcoin is nr 1 crypto and you should likely start there. But do your own research and make your own decisions. > I'm also interested in other coins and would like to learn how to find new Coins before they explode Nobody knows what will explode, you have to understand this is HIGHLY SPECULATIVE market. We are in the middle of bull market (hopefully) and likely a lot of crypto will go up (hopefully) but there's no guarantee that is why you need to make research and your OWN financial decisions. > What advice would you give someone starting out ? Instead of asking what to invest in, educate yourself and make your own financial decisions. Most of newbies coming into crypto will lose money because they will listen to some random advice. > Is it worth buying any crypto now and just holding and if yes which ones ? or should I wait until they dip ? Again, nobody knows what market will be tomorrow, day after and more. Yes, we are during bull market but nobody knows when will it end so you have to make your own call. If market goes down and you buy in you will lose (short-term at least) but if you wait for dip it may not even come.. then you will lose too (miss out short-term investment). So ask yourself are you looking to invest long or short term? Answer should be long-term since you are new I would advice not to day trade. Then one of popular strategies is to DCA (google if you don't understand what it means). But again, this is just one way and you have to make your **OWN** decision. > Does this type of boom happen every year around October November? No but it has rallied in the past during these times, you have to understand that past performance **DOES NOT** indicate future of crypto. Good luck.

CriticalBasedTeacher

Yeah lol dummy so OP is wrong then too. OR he was saying the MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT COULD OWN 1 BTC can be 20m and SO WAS I. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

originalrocket

The only people buying alts are retail like you. The people buying BTC OWN other peoples businesses, assets, and retirements. ie: The big players don't mess with scams.

Coretron

Gorbachev! *TEAR D*OWN this *WALL*!

sydsydsydsydsydcid

The US doesn't OWN bitcoin.. they can try regulating all they want. This isn't the UN. They can't veto bitcoin. 😂 They don't have power over bitcoin. Bitcoin is a DECENTRALIZED PEER TO PEER NETWORK.

ThatUsernameIshuhuhu

Used properly, hardware is the best way to hold your crypto in your OWN hands, rather than in someone else's.

sydsydsydsydsydcid

Everything besides bitcoin is owned by companies. Companies that can change the style of coins, change their protocols, make business decisions against people who use their product. Bitcoin is decentralized. No one can add coins, change the block chain, change bitcoin and there is no business making business decisions about bitcoin. (Well, Microstrategy, but they don't OWN bitcoin, they just own bitcoin. A lot.)

TheMissingNumba

I read SOMEWHERE dat IT was 3-4 Million, so think about how RARE dat BTC already is by designed, but IT got even RARER!!! Ppl r gotta INVEST in whatever THEY want!!! EACH TO THEIR OWN, PPL!!!

No_Trust6310

Down 95% from starting val in an initialization without their soon to be product (always wildly speculative); 150k volume thanks to the Bing hack/ reduction in MM activities post doj-indictment rocked cryto liquidity world, and lots of others’ vol went down because these two as well. People will be forced to look at it with quantum threat (QT) looming. In CTO/ founder’s interview with bitcoin.com, he states: “Centralized authorities like governments, companies, and organizations can switch their IT security to post-quantum cryptography much more easily than blockchain platforms. People often overlook that blockchains are decentralized. Existing public blockchains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, etc. cannot adopt post-quantum cryptography without significant user impact. According to Vitalik Buterin: “few users would lose their funds”. Pseudonymity of blockchain will backfire at post-quantum migration because it will be impossible to tell legitimate owners migrating their own funds and data or hackers stealing all of it apart. In this case, billions of dollars worth of “free money” and data could land in hackers’ hands if they start migrating on the real owners’ behalf making the affected blockchains immediately worthless. There is simply no secondary authentication mechanism to prevent this from happening in case of already running blockchains.” (https://news.bitcoin.com/existing-blockchains-cant-adopt-post-quantum-cryptography-without-significant-user-impact-says-johann-polecsak/) Existing tokens can do a hard fork to become QR, but the user impact would be significant enough to be *completely* destructive. Pre Q-day, addresses that are inactive/ do not receive news in time and fail to migrate in time would ENTIRELY lose their funds. Post Q-day, there will be no way of telling legitimate owners’ funds from hackers’ during a migration, rendering the currency worthless through hackers’ dump/ complete lack of trust in community/ regulatory pressure in the criminalization of the chain (knowing the extent to which funds are illicitly obtained in hack.) A secondary authentication system ruins the entire purpose of cryptocurrency and could pose extreme user-danger. So, we are in the Pre Q-day scenario: What might be some of the difficulties in migrating? To start, even seeing this as a threat is needed. With the integration of large asset management firms within the crypto world, a retail philosophy that one can get rich without dyor or even remotely understanding their investment, and a media circus that knows covering this threat will only degrade viewership ratings, their ideal in place of truth — we are becoming increasingly leveraged, unable to back out in any way, of a known looming catastrophe. Without active threat-perception from all involved parties, we will have no action… Reason being, blockchain is built upon consensus mechanisms; parties need to be in agreement. With an increase in the diversity and leverage of holders, the disagreement that would be catastrophic to a chain’s life would be a certainty: Cryptos would die in paralysis from indecision over aspects with an incredible range of impacts like which QR algo to hard-bake (instead of having Qan’s Xlink), how long to set a bridge for (knowing that many long-time users will get left behind, eroding community faith in the project & leadership), how to time the migration start to optimize their own cost/benefit analysis. In the case of BTC, Jameson Lopp predicts that best case scenario for BTC: Full agreement of everyone, BTC not used for anything else is 1/2 a year. Obviously, this is not feasible: He believes we should assume that it will take many years for a BTC migration to PQ cryptography to occur. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTUzpR_mxAg) Now, what if many experts are predicting sufficient qubits come 2030🤯?? This timeline might even begin to creep up on us 😳: https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08585 RE: actually looking at it Eventually tier1 CEX’s will have to contend with the QT. Creating a QR page or labeling will be in their best interest as narrative heats up & people become hungrier for a token that is QR, given that Q-day would trap funds w/in digital world as a run on fiat would halt all institutional withdrawal; QR’s would balloon with incoming funds. Don’t even need Q-day to actually happen so much as we just need an announcement by a reputable state actor/ firm that they have cracked. When we get in the range of possible qubits, this announcement will always be on the table.. The CEX’s know the threat even though they’ll play it down; who can blame them, after all, they should ride the elliptic curve train until it’s run out of steam and jump ahead to the next. Having a channel for them to ensure THEIR OWN funds are secure in the case of this event is also imperative. Bargaining adv should change within the next 1-1.2 yr based upon the rate of narrative development we’re seeing? When it does, think we will be essentially guaranteed all major CEX’s. Into sol early 🤝🏻 Next train Qan 🚊 Boarding: 👥 (that’s us btw, in case you don’t notice 🥰)

Slajso

Don't listen to anyone. Anyone who knows anything will NOT recommend any coin, apart from perhaps saying "Go research about X and y". Any other type of advice should be IGNORED. ALWAYS do your OWN research.

termn8or3000

Absolutely NOTHING "Stupid" about paying off a mortgage. Talk about security!! So MANY folks would give their ARM or LEG to be able to truthfully say they outright OWN their home with absolutely NO mortgage(s) on it. So, good for you for using your crypto for a smart investment and peace of mind knowing you don't have any house payment to make each month now.

grndslm

What you describe needs no investigation at all.  Public address changing every 5 minutes. A device with closed source proprietary software that requires you to login to a website is NOT a hardware wallet.  SeedSigner, ColdCard, & Jade are all open source hardware wallets, designed for Bitcoin only.  Those are what you should be considering.  Closed source hardware wallet is  oxymoronic, since Bitcoin's mantras are "Be your own bank".... and "Not your keys, not your coin".   These mantras CANNOT apply to you if you don't OWN the software.

XXsforEyes

THIS is the answer everyone who asks that question needs to see. GONE are the days of putting in a few hundred bucks and seeing mind-melting gains. You will NOT get rich quickly but you WON’T get poor slowly. Educate yourself, start with The Bitcoin Standard - I found a free pdf copy online. I was tempted to skip to the Bitcoin specific chapters later in the book, because I have an overly firm grasp of the history of money, but these proved even more interesting than my original education in the subject. The more you LEARN about BTC the less you’ll rely on the financial advice of others and the more pro-Bitcoin you will become. Want to OWN your future? Start asap and DCA what you can afford to. Even when it dips, and you feel like you f*cked up, you’ll be the winner in the long-run. Do what’s best for future you and your future family. DCA and HODL to self-sovereignty.

MPH2025

So, are you familiar with allodial title, or land patents? You do realize that no US citizens actually own their property, right? You literally own absolutely nothing, and this is what the world economic form means when they say, “you will own nothing, and he will be happy”. You don’t own your money because your money isn’t money. Those reserve notes are instruments of debt. You don’t own your car because it’s registered to the state. You don’t own your property, nor your house because the county holds the deed or title. US citizens are only allowed to hold a CERTIFICATE of deed or title. Same with your vehicle. You don’t possess the title, at all. You only hold the certificate of title. You don’t own your physical body because it’s registered property when your registration of birth, (birth certificate), was created. People think they own things, but they own nothing. Bitcoin is the only property we can actually lawfully OWN. The legal system is the criminal system, and is what is used to enslave US citizens. Did you know the legal definition of a license is, “government permission to do something that has been made illegal “? In natural law, you cannot take away an unalienable right, then sell it back in the form of a license.

tonyschaefer

That all depends on what you're looking for/interested in. Which, of course, you may not know just yet. I've only been involved for a few months now and I can tell you with 100% certainty to DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. In no way, shape, or form is that statement meant as a dig on your question. Don't fall head over heals for any one influencer. Find out more and more about what crypto actually is. The real use cases, the technology, the ecosystems, etc. Then, unfortunately, research the absolute corruption that is happening right before our eyes with our own government and their lack of regulation and innovation. Like I said, I've only been involved for a few months and I have learned a TON by doing my own research and not relying on YouTube influences and the main stream media (or lack thereof) to educate me in this space.

deltamike54

I think that was a wise move, you can’t wait forever. You’ll still have the coulda woulda shoulda, but so what. Enjoy your OWN house, the only thing i don’t like is when taxes and insurance are due but that’s how the world works. Congratulations.

RookXPY

"We Hope Regulators Look At The Spot ETF Filings As A Way To Democratize Crypto" Really? Because my translation into normie speak would be. We Hope Regulators Allow Us To Centralize Bitcoin Into Being Exactly Like The Other "Democracies" We OWN.

BagHolder9001

so ugh lets use Crypto to finance war vs USD? Russia bypassing sanctions because they invaded a sovereign country, China threatening Taiwan than we are back to square 1? USA and EU are simply going to OWN the crypto so it can be manipulated to their wishes...

DueSomewhere5546

Just make sure you own the coins in an actual personal btc wallet that is not linked to an exchange. Also, do not buy bitcoin on websites like etoro, plus500 or degiro or whatever OWN THE COINS. MAIN PRIORITY!

FrancoDad

https://i.redd.it/mgid5vn19nud1.gif This is primed and ready to take off soon. By all means DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH, never take anyone's opinion/theory as fact when investing, check out the podcast on YouTube, the website has all the links, this is built as a company, a brand, the structure was put in place BEFORE the launch, you're still early, don't put off doing the work and researching for yourself, you'll regret it come 2025. $CT 6fUwECXzRQeh2wYuTg3xeQHGt4wSbiUbsdd1PYw3pump

diradder

> Bitcoin doesn’t enable me to do anything that I couldn’t do before. You're allowed to do what your bank and its regulators tells you you're allowed to do. Bitcoin lets you do exactly what you want to do with your satoshis, the only limits that exist are your own means (you do pay fees, there is no free lunch), the rules of the network.... and once you want to leave it (use fiat) you're back to the world of restrictions/limits/KYC/etc. > Bitcoin can’t scale to be actually used, right now it’s a bunch of Centralized Exchanges that handle almost all of the volume, not the Bitcoin network. It does scale because it enables and provide security for layers on top of Bitcoin. These systems are built and still developed it's your choice some are more centralized than others, but there are plenty of transactions happening there. Sometimes they are settled on-chain when it seems necessary to the parties involved, on their OWN volition, not because a bank (or another centralized entity) forced them. > We don’t actually know if Bitcoin will succeed until the block subsidy becomes insignificant, which won’t happen for another 20 years. We know that miners have already collected more money out of fees from some blocks than the subsidy and that people are willing to pay these fees even when there is a high tx traffic (and fees rise). There's no indication that this model doesn't work for now, if it was proven to fail there is nothing that prevent participants to change the rules of the network, but it would require an overwhelming/extraordinary scenario to do so. And transacting on higher layers when fees are too high on the base layer is pretty cheap too.

sortofhappyish

US CBDC literally 'evaporates' your entire holding after 60days. making it physically impossible to save money. i.e. the rich stay rich, you have to spend it or lose it! Also the NSA, FBI, CIA AND your state government have full control over your 'wallet'. So they can extract payments/fines etc warrantless whenever they feel like it. Best part is...you can appeal forfeiture, but you gotta pay your OWN legal fees and there's no compensation if the government makes a mistake.

HODL_monk

This is kind of a 'want to have my deflationary cake, and inflate it, too.' You know, people could just buy Bitcoin with their paychecks, and its basically what you suggest. I prefer to flip the script. Let the government print 'prepayment tax slips' and call them dollars. They can only be loaned out, not paid for wages. They can inflate as many as they want, and will it steal our Bitcoin ? Of course not. The only people that suffer from overprinting is the government itself, becasue every worthless slip that comes back to them is one less BTC tax payment. This is the beauty of the dual system. They can inflate, when they really need to, but they are only spending their OWN taxes, not anyone else's money. This creates a natural check on the printer, because they need some real money to keep funding themselves.

NambaCatz

WARNING: Solana is a hot air balloon which is on the verge of imploding from it's self made tech black hole of greed. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!