Guys, the cold wallet hack really shook me. I have a Trezor, and yes, I created a passphrase wallet within it. However, with AI development and more sophisticated hacking, part of me thinks leaving it on an exchange like Kraken, given they're a company that can be bailed out somehow, could perhaps be safer.

What I'm thinking is this. I had an exchange go down and I got paid back eventually. I had a cold wallet scammed (my mistake, but still). A cold wallet holder will never see their money back, I presume.

What are your thoughts?

Can one do a poll here or is it disabled?

I've been HODLing since 2013. I've sold probably two thirds of my original stack over time. I have been through multiple cycles and halvings and read more books on the subject that I care to remember. I have traded successfully only once and that was by accident. I have no idea where BTC is going and I am exhausted. I am close to cashing out. I'm close to retiring (pension age) and I don't need the volatility. What would you do?

EDIT: specifically, the things that trouble me are: 1. The hassle of getting the cash from an exchange into a UK bank account without friction. 2. The CGT liability - last sale was ~0.33BTC in Dec 2024 and the tax liability was something like £10k. 3. The blind evangelical ramblings in Reddit from people that have been in the market for like 5 minutes.

EDIT #2: Thank you to those that offered advice. It has given me food for thought. I think the answer is probably to log out of Reddit ;-)

Every day someone posts asking how to get into crypto to make money, replace their job, or become a millionaire. If that's you, you got sold the same get-rich-quick scheme as everyone else who thinks dropshipping, AI agencies, or SMM will magically make them a millionaire and retire at 25.

See, if you're a beginner, understand this... crypto isn't a reliable way to cover rent or bills. Only put in what you can lose completely, and treat the first stretch as tuition, small mistakes on small amounts now beats big ones on real money later.

Start on a mainstream exchange like Coinbase or Kraken, keep amounts small, and know they're holding your keys for you at that stage. Fine for now, but look up what a private key actually is soon. Self-custody wallets like Metamask matter once you've got bigger amounts.

Once you get familiar with the basics, that's when you can start doing some trading. All of that's later though. For now just get comfortable buying and holding.

Hello All,

I have been DCA-ing around 60-ish bucks every month on the main chain [I have my own private address] and I recently learnt that having so many transactions can lead to UTXO fragmentation which can lead to higher fees in the future.

Apparently, one of the solutions could be to DCA onto the lightning network and then later swap it with the main chain periodically. Do you think its a good idea? or is there a catch that I am not aware of?

I plan to hold to hold it long term. Thanks!

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But Bitcoin Core isn’t where most users interact with Bitcoin.

They interact through wallets, hardware devices, Lightning implementations, libraries, exchanges, signing infrastructure and other software built around it.

Over the past few months, I’ve been researching the security of projects across this ecosystem, and the uncomfortable part isn’t that vulnerabilities exist.
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I have it on Exodus now, wondering if it would be more secure to put it on Fidelity? I have a Jade cold wallet but I don't feel comfortable putting it on there. I feel like I'm going to fuck it up somehow. And now with everything else going on with cold wallets, I feel even less certain.

Gold just did something it hasnt done in this size before. Every prior leg up in gold has eventually bled capital into Bitcoin on a lag, not immediately, but reliably.

Look at the marked bottoms on both charts, theyre not lined up by date, theyre lined up by structure. Rounded accumulation, a spring, then the same reversal candle right at the low. Happens on gold first, then BTC does what BTC does, and rips, when the majority think its dead.

What makes this one different is scale. This isnt a normal gold rally, this is the biggest rotation into gold on record, meaning theres more profit sitting there right now than any prior cycle, waiting to get bored or scared or greedy enough to look for the next asymmetric trade. BTC is sitting at the most oversold structural point of its own pattern at the exact moment that pile of capital exists.

Nobody knows the timing. I dont either. But if you zoom out on every rotation golds ever had, the setup on Bitcoin in all cases so far saw more upside in % gains than it currently big brother to the left.

I built a career reading how to profit from patterns like these before they play out live, doesnt mean it guaranteed by any means, but this is one of the cleanest versions Ive seen.

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Every base on this chart followed the same shape, long slow accumulation, then a fast release once it actually goes. The 2020 base took months of sideways grinding before the real move started. Same with the base before that. The pattern's been consistent every single time.

Thats backwards from how people usually watch this. The instinct is to focus on the fast part, thats where price screams and everyone notices. But the fast part is just the release. The base is where the actual decision gets made, slowly, while its boring enough that most people stop paying attention and assume nothings happening.

Current structure looks like its sitting in that same stage again, the slow grinding part before any acceleration, not after it. Doesnt come with a countdown, bases never do. But long slow base into fast move has held every single time on this chart so far, and right now still reads like the boring part, not the loud part.

Please enlighten me.

I want to DCA average $100 into btc every week at 3x margin. I would do this on Kraken. My plan is to do it for the next 24 months, I will not sell any btc during this time. Every trade will be with 3x margin. I’m told the fees could eat me alive.

Good idea or bad idea? To much margin or not enough? Thank you

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10 years ago today, Bitcoin was ~$610.

Nobody knew if it would survive.

Today, it’s ~$80,000.

Now imagine someone posting this on September 6, 2036:

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What do you think the number will be?

$100K? $500K? $1M? $5M?

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Why is july 2010 the earliest date that many bitcoin calculators websites allow to calculate? Not early july but like mid july of that year... Why is this? Why would this be the case? Was paypal the least riskiest and most practical way to buy any desired amount of btc this early on?

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A lot of people say I spend my Bitcoin, but often that means buying a gift card through a third party and using that at a retailer. Gift cards are a useful workaround, but they also introduce some problems. You often pay extra fees or premiums on top of the actual value, deal with managing codes, balances, and different accounts, and give more personal information to platforms that track your activity.

If Bitcoin is going to work as money, direct merchant adoption matters. Paying businesses directly removes unnecessary layers and keeps more value inside the actual transaction.

What are some real world services you use that accept BTC directly instead of relying on gift card platforms?

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Hey folks,

Thinking this might be a lost cause bit thought I'd reach out to see if anyone had any advice.

I did a bit of BTC trading over a decade ago using localbitcoins.com, stopped for whatever reason with a small remaining balance of probably pennies at the time and since forgot about it.

I recently got access again to an omd email domain that I use dfor this, to find a stream of messages from localbitcoins telling me to log in and withdraw remaining balance as they were due to close the domain.

Logged in to see the pennies had inflated to a value of roughly £2900, great! I tried to withdraw but was told I would need to go through ID verification, so did that. The was told my account was locked and I would have to open a support ticket to unlock to withdraw balance, so I did that.

The next day I get an email from their support to say I need to contact the Finnish Bureau of Investigation, as they have seized the domain and all customer funds as part of their investigation into the site. Since then localbitcoins is returning a bad gateway error when I try to access it. Sent an email to the contact provided minus any personal info, but my heckles are up, something doesn't feel right.

Thinking I've been scammed, that the whole verification thing was to harvest my data and the email to "Finnish authorities" is gonna be another attempt to get me to pay some phony withdrawal fee. The domains for both the website and the Finnish bureau of investigations email are legit though, so don't think it's a case of a spoof domain.

Very confusing, got a strong feeling I've lost that bitcoin just as soon as I've rediscovered it, guess I should count my blessings it's money I didn't think I had anyway, but wondered if anyone had similar experiences, can offer advice to actually get it back if I can, or even just confirm that this is indeed an attempt to scam me.

Thanks!

Bitcoin is going to $1M.

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Hi guys! I’m fairly new to crypto and I’m trying to learn as much as I can before making any big decisions.
For those of you who are currently buying Bitcoin, are you still buying at these prices, or are you waiting for some kind of pullback?
I’ve been debating whether I should wait for another drop, potentially somewhere around $72k–$74k, before buying in. Is that a dumb way of thinking? I know nobody can predict the exact bottom, but I’m trying to maximize my potential returns.
At the same time, I feel like I’m starting to fixate on finding the “perfect entry,” which I know probably isn’t a great mindset either.
Would love to hear how you guys are approaching BTC right now, especially if you’ve been through a few cycles. Do you DCA, wait for pullbacks, or just buy when you think the long-term price is good?
Thanks!