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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.

petesergeant 15 hours ago | parent [-]

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