| ▲ | jrm4 20 hours ago | |||||||
FWIW, this is why "not your keys, not your coins." Coinbase is good for on-ramping, bad for storage. You know, the entire point of cryptocurrency. | ||||||||
| ▲ | jclarkcom 20 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
True - but be very careful. Roughly 10–18% of all BTC are believed gone forever due to lost keys/wallets. That is more than all hacks and exchange blowups combined. If you take your wallet offline it can be hard not to lose your keys over a long period of time, including across death to your next of kin. | ||||||||
| ▲ | wmf 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
People doing self-custody also get hacked and phished all the time. | ||||||||
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