OWN

Silasurf

It’s basically a custom paper wallet project with artistic flair fun to collect, unsafe to store serious BTC. Who first generated the private keys? The whole point of cold wallet is that the Sole Owner generates their OWN private keys!!

TheL0ngGame

i'd never let someone know my bitcoin balance because i don't want this type of negative monitoring energy around me. people should be focusing on their own sat stacking since it is a representation of their OWN equity

kpooo7

I bought GBTC in 2021 in my retirement account, as a newbie to crypto, IMO compared to the exchanges that were either crooks or at the least poorly managed turned out to be the safest way to OWN BTC. Bought IBIT this year, will most likely transfer GBTC to IBIT because of the lower fees.

Delicious-Plankton-6

4 of them DO NOT OWN THE BITCOIN THEY HOLD. Stop posting this BS

Hellstorage

Tao easy can cost 3-4k in 5 yearsunlike bitcoin it use miners for learning ai so its gonna be #1 ai project with scarcity mark my word and see DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH !

Amber_Sam

If you don't like to run your OWN node, use liquid/LN hybrid wallets like Misty Breez or Aqua. The sats are automatically converted to liquid and stored in your wallet.

sssssseeeeee

"I was one of the people who never tried to time the market, was telling others to stay away from leverage," Friday you levered yourself to zero. Today you are timing the market, "waiting for 90-80k" to re-enter. JUST FOLLOW YOUR OWN ADVICE AND START DCA NOW. Dont wait for a dip that may never happen, dont use leverage. ETFs ended the 4 year cycle, its on a different schedule now, DONT TIME IT!

CashNasty79

YES!!!!!! You are attempting to own an appreciating scarce asset!!! YES!!! OWN A PIECE!!!!

_derd

Good God are you dense? The entire point is people with more power than the rest are influencing it FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT. This remains neither unregulated nor decentralized if the Govt which should protect the interests of the people is taking it away from them. Stop with your stupid so what questions and take 10 minutes to critically think about what's going on

robdajudge

It means you can access your OWN money he said?!?!!!!!!

Trick-Purchase8026

Got any advice on This. I own like 3% of a bitcoin do im sticking with Fidelity for now. But when I get bigger amounts how do I OWN OWN it. Not through ETF. Is it on a USB?

LankyRep7

"or the majority who don’t hold any" \- Take two steps back. AND FUCK YOUR OWN FACE.

Unhappy-Instance-503

first of all, trading has a serious mental impact, that shit can give you mood swings when your trades go from profit to loss or loss to profit, make sure you can handle that second, as it's your first, do not go full on on this, only use however much money you can afford to lose, it's probable you lose most of it, and do not use all your capital on a single trade always have a diverse portfolio third, always DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH, just because you saw some dude posting a coin to be bullish doesnt mean it will, always do loads of research before you invest, fourth, do not use very high leverages, higher leverages means higher risk too, if your trade is liquidated, the money is gone fifth, learn self control and do not trade based of off revenge, it's the best way to lose your money GOOD LUCK

Saylor_Moonboi

If you wait for governments to tell you what is safe and not safe, not only will you be waiting a long time, but then they will say what YOU are doing is 'sketchy', especially if you supported some truckers that didn't want a jab, or your social credit score went down because some group you are a part of is suddenly labeled as terrorists because one member flipped out, like incels or antifa. Like this stuff is happening right now, all around you. You can't trust your government to do the right thing, that is why we have uncensorable money, so you can make your OWN decision, if something is right or wrong, because Nanny States tend to think everything is wrong, if you didn't buy it from GM or Google...

Bob-8

It’s a fucking bank, they take cash deposits all day. ATMs hold many tens of thousands. I should be able to withdraw 10k of MY OWN FUCKING MONEY no questions asked. Several years ago I withdrew 8k to buy a car and they got all up in my business asking what it was for.

AggravatingCounter91

Hey, I like your point, but I read an argument earlier about how btc was the same way. You'd use it to purchase things, but then cash out to fiat because that was a no brainer. It wasn't until people started realizing that cashing out was almost pointless and that the coin itself had value. You don't think the same thing could happen to monero? I think if there were wider methods of adoption, it'd be a similar story, but the infrastructure is still in it's infancy. KYC was pretty much built on trading bitcoin, while Monero is slowly but surely building it's OWN community of dex's. It's the first coin to do really dig into this and you can see it with things like XMRbazaar, Haveno, and atomic swaps. You can't see becoming something so much more?

JustStopppingBye

Youre an absolute imbecile. The exploit was caused by a low liquidity price feed, that was set up by the protocol not Chainlink. The protocol chose the set up and acknowledged the risks in their OWN FEED. Chainlink warned them it would fail and it did.

JustStopppingBye

THEYRE BUILDING THEIR OWN CHAIN. Are you stupid or something?

jawni

>Criticizing the competition also falls under talking your own book dude. Everyone knows that. Only if you're criticizing it relative (say it with me)... TO YOUR OWN BOOK. We've only talked about Cardano, so unless you're saying "my book" includes every single asset in crypto other than Cardano, I'm not talking my book. I'm talking Cardano, not my book, not indirectly about anything I own, just Cardano. >Regarding EUTXO, it’s a unique approach, which makes it harder for the copy/paste smart contracts crowd. Plenty of chains with novel architectures haven't had the same issues. >But this is a marathon, not a sprint, and stability/security/determinism could be pretty important as major financial institutions adopt blockchain. And yet those institutions don't seem to be choosing Cardano.

poor_doc_pure

Never back up your wallet online did you have it on screenshot on your pc ? Else your PC might be infected with a keylogger or some other kind of malware. Was that supposed to be your. OWN public address ? How come you sent 200k as a newbie ?

hucisco

1st Learn what crypto and the blockchain are. **DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH**. 2nd FInd out about an exchange that you can use in your region, Coinbase and Crypto.com for example, there many. 3rd **DO NOT INVEST WHAT YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE** 4th. There are SCAMERS like everywhere else. Be careful clicking on random links. Answering uninitiated emails, texts, phone calls etc. 5th When and if you do invest tame your emotions, crypto is VERY volatile take profits have an exit strategy. 6th Try to not keep your crypto in an exchange RESEARCH CRYPTO WALLETS. There are different cryptos in different Blockchains DO NOT SEND YOUR CRYPTO to the WRONG Blockchain, You will NEVER get it back, "maybe" Just don't. 7th. **PROTECT at all cost your PASSWORDS & SEED PHRASES. **** THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVISE **** I could be a scamer.

lightbulb-7

Dedicate all the time you need to watch tutorials, step-by-step guides, asking here or in r/BitcoinBeginners, etc. In the end, you'll realize it's easier than doing a bank transfer. But this topic is important. Legally, you are not the owner of those bitcoins. And many exchanges throughout the years have gone belly up, so it wouldn't be suprising if in the future others do. You might want to OWN that money first.

Pristine_Librarian34

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biba8163

> MicroStrategy is to BTC as Bitmine is to ETH Saylor's conviction in BTC is not the same as Tom Lee's conviction in ETH. Tom Lee was paid to become the chairman of Bitmine because he is a megabull who has a lot of influence in Wall Street and putting him as the face of an ETH Treasury company was great marketing to attract money. If Tom Lee genuinely considers ETH the **"Biggest Macro Trade of the Next Decade"** then: - Why was he not screaming this in 2024 or before July 2025 when he was marketed as the chairman of BMNR? - Why has he not allocated a percentage to ETH in his OWN ETF, Fundstrat's flagship ETF? - Why is Tom Lee allocating to BTC in his very own ETF portfolio through MSTR and not have ANY exposure to ETH? https://grannyshots.com/holdings/

Dr_Critical_Bullshit

This is straight BS and really irritating 😠. Bitcoin IS the crypto used by the majority people for Any illegal activity. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND QUIT WITH THE FUD! getmonero.com is the official place to start with your XMR education. Could recommend wallets and exchanges, but the best path is Your Own Research and Conclusions! Financial PRIVACY IS NOT ILLEGAL OR WRONG!!!

breakboyzz

Why aren't we hearing about banks using XRP? What banks are using it? Ripple has had 10 years to onboard banks with your money. WHERE ARE THE BANKS!? [WHY ARE BANKS LOOKING AT CREATING THEIR OWN STABLECOINS?!](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bank-of-america-in-on-stablecoins-180020573.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGTksOCyb6sQnaHro-QgwzmmwcNhB61ALWvut4JNrLehqqoERW0xBlKWFc5EKGmoheu67nXO85CDDats22jnzhc9uuSiZlNkO7HJzGSbGBAaql3Q2x3tHUaHAzAYNuvKxO4edsLMyZ4ZI8XFvaFaYh2rjH91tzsOY6waKFdYnc6V) Either the banks don't see XRP as a viable solution, or they see it as competition. I'm not sure which one it is, probably competition, but they aren't using it. Don't take my word for it, take [the JP Morgan's word for it](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/17/jpmorgan-stablecoin-jpmd.html), or you can take [all the major bank's word for it since they can just make their own joint stablecoin ](https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/crypto-stablecoin-big-banks-a841059e)

NikkiOh_1110

The amount of Bitcoin Maxi’s on this app is kind of wild to me. While I do believe Bitcoin will be a staple for years to come, it’s also nearing the top of this cycle and is more than likely going to plummet after this bull run. Now, not financial advice and NOT trying to support the guy, per se, but you need to follow the money. Trump and fam have been investing in coins like ADA (Cardano), CRO (Crypto.com, they hold 19% as of a few days ago), LINK (Chainlink) and XRP. Just to name a few. I’d begin by doing your own research. Possibly starting with those coins and then make YOUR OWN educated purchases from what you learn. Lastly, look into cycles and teach yourself the Elliot Wave Theory, as best you can and quickly because I do think a cycle top is is very near.

BetterThanOP

"Use your OWN judgement" that's not how any of this works.

BurritoSkin

DeePdive into stronghold shx and their ties with NACHA. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH

ChiChiWana

got my btc on a cold wallet — i actually OWN it

xpresstuning

It's infinitely easier today, which means it's also infinitely more approachable by people that are not familiar with self-custody and self-accountability. You really don't own much in this world. Not even your house. You're taxed up the ass for everything. Shit, most people go a few steps beyond and become debt slaves. With Bitcoin, you OWN it. If you want to. You can do with Bitcoin what you're doing with pretty much everything you have, and just leave it with a middle man - a broker, an exchange. It would be far easier not owning it. Unfortunately, people fail to realize that with a new venture, you would need to do some light research. They don't. They jump blindly, and they mess up. Actually owning something is much harder. With Bitcoin, it's never been easier. All you literally have to do, is a 30 minute light read concerning: - Basic knowledge regarding transaction format(s) (thus enabling you to be aware of the different address formats, public keys, derivation paths & fundamentally what wallet supports what) - Basic knowledge regarding security (what the private key is, where your Bitcoin is stored, what the BIP39 & SLIP39 standards are and what passphrases are) Just input that in a Large Language Model or something.

annonnnnn82736

why are you asking us this DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH

rdnkjdi

Putting all these pieces together to help privacy doesn't change the 15 decoys statement. Most of your critiques didn't answer my questions - you start talking about FCMP++ Which I understand but Eth talked about shading for 5 years. You actually depend on OTHERS OPSEC NOT YOUR OWN. "Battle-tested" doesn't seem quite right when it's just driving the fees up to keep people from unwinding the privacy by spam?

tomsmac

LOL. Dude, many companies have LITERALLY already announced that they’re seeking to create THEIR OWN STABLECOINS. Amazon, Walmart, JP Chase, BoA, Citi, etc….

314stache_nathy

1- Monero isn't transparent, Monero uses RingCT (FCMP++ coming soon), uses Stealth addresses, Bulletproofs+ (ZKP) and Dandelion++ (protect your IP in network layer) 2- This is your opinion, ok. 3- AI and metadata? You know what you say?  4- The ChainAnalysis enterprises only can track Monero if you have a bad OPSEC (this will be solved with FCMP++, but I recommend use NON-KYC, and **USE YOUR OWN NODE, ZCASH NOT SOLVE THIS, AND NO PROTECT YOUR IP IN NETWORK LAYER LIKE DANDELION++**). You can buy Monero without KYC in:  * Retoswap.com  * BasicSwapDEX * Eigenwallet.org  * Trocador.app (Agregator)  * Cyphergoat.com (Agregator). Coming soon: Serai.exchange 

sicckarri

Translation: “What? This is bullsh*t! What do you mean I can’t pull out MY OWN money? Do you want to see how hard I can punch?” PSA I don’t speak mandarin

BustaNuggitz

Years ago, I remember having a discussion with someone about Bitcoin. I wasn’t being over the top at all; the conversation sort of started when there was lots of buzz due to a recent all time high or something. Someone asked the question “give me one good reason that Bitcoin’s not a scam”, so I very innocently obliged by explaining some of the problems that it solves. This guy became absolute irate and hostile, and just devolved into a tirade to the point where it really caught me off guard… until he says “I know more about finances than you ever will… I OWN a bank!” And there it was. I was talking to a “bank bro” without realizing it (idk if he really owned a bank or not — doesn’t matter. I was wasting my time. We all need to understand that Bitcoin has several very powerful enemies (banks, governments, etc.). There will always be haters with their heads up the ass if the traditional fiat systems who are either too shortsighted to see Bitcoin for what it is, OR absolutely terrified because they DO see it and can’t stop it.

penty

By your OWN argument the amount of gold isn't set or limited but infinite as "there's an infinite amount of gold in the universe". At least have a non-self-refuting point.

JustStopppingBye

It’s not my opinion, it’s ISOs. I have repeated what they have said ON THEIR OWN WEBSITE.

DinnerPuzzled9509

I don’t think people are talking about this enough^ Like you OWN the crowbar! It’s yours.

supremezionsky

Not gonna lie... people like this make me so annoyed. Why you even getting into bitcoin while still pulling your pants down for traditional finance. JUST BUY THE BITCOIN, PUT IT IN YOUR OWN WALLET. Or buy it from someone if you dont want your details on an exchange... Bruh, I hate how spineless everyone is... tax used to be NOTHING. Now they take EVERYTHING. People carry on like nothing is wrong... I hate this time of history... its so depressing how nonchalant people are about parasites stealing children's future and their parents assets.

Aggravating_Loss_765

FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION.. :-/ Insane

Time_In_The_Market

Can’t think of a time I’ve ever had a neighbor cooking fish…so no problem there but yeah…a food smell once a decade is worth missing out on millions in additional net worth 🤪 In a home that you “OWN” you could never have a neighbor do something annoying could you?

orchidonthetable

Enjoy your neighbor’s frying fish down the hall! I love my beautiful home that I OWN!

boringtired

Ironically, I remember story right around 2017 all time highs. I don’t have the link to the post but the guy essentially posted a picture of his yard or some shit and said “hey guys it was a great ride but I don’t want a house payment anymore and it feels great to know that I OWN this house and every blade of grass” etc you get the gist of it. Whether or not he would have been better if he held to know idk but I would say he is most likely close to 100% doing better than his peers because he owns a fucking house. No small achievement imo.

Creative-Tomorrow-54

Sell EVERYTHING YOU OWN (I own?) I'd be on my way around the world seeing what I wanted. $120k in any currency form is enough for that with leftovers for others in need

Responsible_Media496

Side note: DO NOT PUT ANY OF YOUR OWN CRYPTO IN THAT WALLET. If you do, your so-called friend can run away with your crypto.

62DoubleCab

Well I just had a fight with mine. I did sink my entire retirement in BTC/crypto. I did this ON MY OWN! I took a huge risk IMO and frankly am proud a F I did this! I have been proven right!! When it shot up to 112 the other day I was like “hey look how good WE are doing”. She rolled her eyes and said “why are you obsessing over that stupid stuff?” Bitch YHGTBFKM! You and the kids are going to benefit from this!!! Most women have 0 understanding of money and don’t want to know. Sad. Young men’s don’t get married plz.

Dr_Chym

I OWN a real estate agency … and always thought my dream was owning investment properties. Nope… I own my home and stack BTC… and my “investment” passive income is MSTY.

AspectDaDon

Simple explanation - an agreement that states how your assets, investments, property, everything YOU OWN will be divided in the process of divorce, without that she can wipe you clean, but best way is to put it under your kids name and don’t do them badly like other parents would

Glenmaxw

I would only buy what you can afford. Save up a couple months and buy some coin, that way you actually OWN it. In my perspective the reward isn’t worth the risk.

AnAbandonedAstronaut

Right, but bitcoin doesn't adjust for inflation. For it to serve that purpose, the price has to not be converted at the point of sale. If you buy $5 in bitcoin and milk goes from $2.5 to $5, you can still only buy one milk. Same with holding it. If it goes up 20% but inflation goes 30% in that time, you still lost money. It can't do what its meant to until it holds ots OWN unit of value.

Necessary_Flounder_7

Coldcard. Or you can use a managed service like Unchained or Casa. I know there are more options, so be sure to do YOUR OWN research!

AllUrUpsAreBelong2Us

Fun fact, you don't OWN fiat, you have right to it's usage, a right which can be revoked.

JustStopppingBye

hahahahaha spoken like a true XRP cultist. You think XRPL is this magicaL chain but when it comes to proving its usage, its, "DO YOUR OWN REASEARCH BUDDY!!!" lol comical. Love the new integration with wormhole by the way. [https://www.reuters.com/technology/crypto-network-wormhole-hit-with-possible-320-mln-hack-2022-02-03/](https://www.reuters.com/technology/crypto-network-wormhole-hit-with-possible-320-mln-hack-2022-02-03/)

Awkward-Flight-20

I realized , everything is pegged to dollar Thus dollar isnt going anywhere, There isnt a stable commodity that it can peg too , and it is has no value. THus I am not sure how it will be used. Cross border remittancess is the ONLY good use for Stable coins (I as Cryto byitself is free fall. But if Banks adpot somehting NEWer than SWIFT , and bring the cost of the remittances to zero . Stable Coins have no Value. Even credit cards are a challenge to stable coins as its already in place with 2 - 3% charge. and they are widely used in cross border payments I treid investing, then I realixed it has its OWN ecosystem and Whales and their posse's , run the show, there is no value of certain things other than speculation . In FIAT , all the cost of printing. security is manged by respective GOVT and Banking systems, whereas in CRYPTO , the cost itself is close 25- 75000 USD , that isnt the value , as NOW you need electrciuty , computers and people to mange it , that is a COST - which means developers, miners are getting paid , but that isnt the VALUE one will pay later. Its a PONZI. it worked well for the Trumps or such , as it was bacy way to amass funding, which was denied/ Hard for them after first term. BUT GOOD LUCK OTHERWISE , FIAT is manged by GOVT's ( Fidicuary is part of Govt duty and reponsibility , as versus wonton capitalism ) , "in god we trust "

POLISHED_OMEGALUL

Most UK banks already prevent you from using your OWN money for buying cryptocurrency. They straight up reject any transaction you try to make using your debit card on a crypto exchange, they even block bank transfers to exchanges. There are just a handful of crypto friendly banks left in the UK (e.g HSBC, FD, Revolut)

Select-Macaroon-3232

First, it's not very considerate to flex online. Second, if your intention wasn't solely for attention, then keep finances to yourself so you do not bring strife into your life. You should learn about Bitcoin, first, to build conviction. It'll make your life worse buying an expensive asset not knowing why you did. You should, in my oppinion, buy $500 in sats. This will create an incentive for you to learn about Bitcoin. Make up your OWN mind after that.

captain-lowrider

first of all: get your PRIVATE OWN PHYSICAL LEDGER. then do rhe other things as ppl told you here

Ologist126

Y.O.L.O. bro. SEND IT! Turn down for what?!? Live yo best life. Do it. Do it. Do it till your satisfied. Imagine how much bang-tail your gonna be drowning in when you got your OWN MOTORCYCLE. if you don't, you'll always regret it. Heck, might even miss out on so many opportunities. Might not meet your soul mate! Picture her all alone. So pretty it makes your tounge itch. Checks every box you have and then some. Had to shoot down every other lame at the dirt bike party until she sees you, mounted on your neddin magnet 5000. Then poof, you got the baddest Betty rocking some whatever you like pants... Fr fr. Do it. BUT make it an Investment! Just in case if after you do get it you only then realize that your not Into dirt bikes anymore (or you suck at motocross) you can then sell said neddin magnet 5000 and hopefully make a profit.

uminomtubig

If today's leaders were forced to fight one-on-one duels instead of dragging the country into war...we would have a neverending peace. Imagine rich, power-loving, comfort-loving, control freaks risking their OWN lives for their country...haha...never would happen.

nugymmer

You really believe that? Alts with piss poor tokenomics, with unlock schedules, and all that other shit, yeah, I invested in those. Want to trade places and we can swap my alts for your BTC? I didn't think so. Forget alts. For your OWN sanity.

Classic_Flower_735

Ah but when Bitcoin hits a million? Then the lowly Satochi is an entire PENNY in value and so worthy to stand on it's OWN on the exchanges! THEN I will feel like I have something! Hundreds of Sats! not some silly number on the wrong side of a decimal point...which makes me feel idk LESS than a whole human being

OtterZoomer

Because it's literally the biggest ripoff of all time. The "Federal Reserve" (Fed) is neither "Federal" (it's not a part of the US government) nor is it a "Reserve" (it just adds zeroes to balances in computers, for most of the fiat that's issued). This name is a straight-up 1984 "New Speak" term for this collective of private banks to gain official-like credibility. The biggest scam is when the US Treasury sells bonds (Treasury Bills) and the Fed buys those bonds on the secondary market, using "money" that they invent out of thin air (it's not money they have/own - it's never their own money - it's invented money and called Quantitative Easing). These purchased bonds end upon the Fed's balance sheet and the Treasury (we, the US taxpayers) then have to pay interest on these bonds. The Fed takes this interest that's paid by the Treasury and the Fed takes off typically 3-5% as an "operating expense" of the 12 private reserve banks and board, and an additional < 1% "statutory dividend" for member banks, so typically the Fed only returns about 95% to 98% of that interest back to the Treasury. In other words, for doing NOTHING, these private member banks are skimming 2-5% of that interest off of money they "lent" to the Treasury, which was money they INVENTED and did NOT OWN in the first place. And we the public are the ones that are paying these damned private banks this ripoff scam fee, year after year.

Full-Atmosphere-4818

Coinbase does not OWN Bitcoin, they custody it. I hate these poorly researched posts.

Reasonable-Let-2098

Why not use your OWN money to buy your OWN bitcoin ???

Forsaken-Spring-4114

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.****

chilldpt

As a Digital Artist I completely disagree. I'll start off by saying that I've never launched an NFT project, so I'm not trying to protect the industry or anything haha. But as an artist, I personally work fully in the digital realm. I make 2D & 3D stills and animations. Drawing with a pencil & painting were never things I was good at, but when it comes to making art on the computer my brain just gets it. So basically, all of the artwork I have ever sold and made money off of was digital. All the art I've sold has not been NFTs as they were generally made for a content creator or businesses in Web2. I make the art, I send them the files, done. BUT in the real art world (the one where rich people go to auction houses and bid) there hasn't really ever been an in for Digital Art because of the ownership issue. No one wants to buy a print of digital artwork, they want to own the real thing. Now I don't know if NFTs in their current form is the answer. I don't like the idea that the NFT is actually just a receipt of the transaction and the art is stored elsewhere. But the idea that you can OWN a piece of digital art is not stupid in the slightest. It's would be massive for the entire digital art industry and create a lot of openings for digital artists. Unfortunately with NFTs and the crypto community since they were treated as scams, all the bad art made it to the top lol.

radiocrime

There are all sorts of companies and services that help facilitate estate planning specifically regarding bitcoin (that you don’t have to give custody of your coins to) that involve multi-sig tech, multiple partial keys that have to be put together with all the others (all the kids get a chunk of the key, etc) and all sorts of other detailed planning just like any other asset. Owning stocks is different than owning Bitcoin itself. There may be a lot of “paper Bitcoin” out there involving these ETFs and I for one would way rather have my OWN Bitcoin rather than going these guys have all the Bitcoin they claim to. Just look at all the companies that have pulled the rug out and collapsed for these exact reasons. Anyway, to each their own, but self custody is the way that Satoshi intended this thing to work, and he was right. I’ll follow that pathway…

tungfa

“custodial platform “ - as u do not mention the name i can only imagine ; ) hold u own keys / BTC - do NOT trust anybody and specially not pages that hold coins for u ! Buy a TRZOR (hardware wallet), its like 70 $ bucks and u are really your OWN bank and do not have to stress over some “custodial platform “ if they give u your coins when u want or really need them !

BadgerFamous6204

Maybe the family needs to buy their OWN Bitcoin!

Status-Nose-7173

It's even easier when you ignore it all, I know. This should help you understand how flawed your logic is right now. *He keeps arguing with me, am I the one whos wrong? No, he must OWN some HBAR.*

Tropicthunder07

Scamers have entered the chat... Be extremely cautious who you take advice from. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH

UnderstandingOwn320

Well I was told that the Trezor wallet holds the crypto, but when you sell it, many people recommend transferring it to an exchange (Coinbase, Binance, Kraken, etc) and then selling it through there. Those exchange platforms are typically connected to social security number. Like I said, none of us are well versed in crypto or how any of it works. Which is why I reached out here. But from what I understand now, I guess if he decides to sell he can move everything from the Trezor wallet into his OWN exchange account under his own social security number, and sell at that point. I just don’t know how the taxes and all works, if he would just pay long term capital gains tax on the profit.

horendus

Start life owning your OWN home Lucky boi (or gal)

LT-3

To avoid this go check r/pepecoin NO PREMINE ON IT’s OWN BLOCKCHAIN FAIR LAUCH pepecoin.org

WaffleDonkey23

Soon we are going to see articles saying "BLOOD soaked red bear market as Bitcoin, CRUMBLE IMPLODES to a devastating value of ONLY 100 thousand dollars!" We will see these same articles all the way as Bitcoin "EMBARRASSINGLY POOPS ITS OWN PANTS DOWN TO 500 THOUSAND TINY DOLLARS!"

After-Score-5687

Lets get gew thinhs striaght bc u sound like you halfway know what your saying. BTC CAN go to a million dollars each ONLY if the US dollar completley collapsted and was then replaced "whixh will NEVER HAPPEN in our lifetime" stablecoins with a value like usd 1, 5,10,20,50,100 is wat u will witness bro u teally think ANY goverment is guna lat a Crypto who no1 knows made that ows 6millnand xould crash everytging to o. Then 15% ish is akready list forever. Sonlets say BEST case a MAX supply EVER of 14mill coins replace USD and be our new currencey lmfaooo. If that happens the US/ will hire worlds top crypto peeps and make there OWN digital currencey they fully control from the start and can pront more when needes like now

Emergency_Egg1281

I'm telling you things are gonna change ! I posted an article this morning in r/cryptomarkets that explains new bills drafted for the adoption of BTC. Heads of Microsoft are urging their board of directors to start buying BTC instead of their OWN STOCK ! Also lists new meme coins in presale that are first to be tied directly to BTC ! These are real. ALSO ,crypto scammers are being thrown in jail. CELCIUS CEO just went to jail yesterday!!

JerryLeeDog

This does not include ANY funds that hold Bitcoin for clients These are companies that OWN the Bitcoin on their balance sheets for the purpose of maintaining their capital

Apprehensive-Lie7134

Dont get fooled into the ALT trap. There can only be one. BTC. I initially bought 8 btc in early 2017. Squandered it down to basically nothing by 2022 in leveraged alt gambles. Just stack sats. DO NOT BUY INTO ALT MANIA AT YOUR OWN RISK! Best of luck and welcome to the club!

No_Grocery_9138

sell at 130 K, keep your coin on YOUR OWN WALLET. i can show you how to make your own, protected offline fortress if you're willing to pay. if you have a serious ammount of cash it'll be worth it. (over 150k) I have my own offline bitcoin core wallet that I connect to with my online node. essentially i made my own trezor hardware wallet without having to use trezor / ledgers servers. i controll my own coin totally. without 3rd party involvement

Electronic_Law1470

Learn about self-custody and then self-custody your Bitcoin so that you can truly own it. Trust me DONT NOT GET RID OF YOUR BITCOIN BUY AND HOLD IN COLD STORAGE WHERE YOU TRULY OWN IT AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR SEED PHRASE BY BUYING A STAMP SEED OR BLOCKSTREAM METAL PLATE. Thats a great solid way to start

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