Every satoshi you have should be in open-source wallets and in my opinion on the actual chain (not lightning) Open source hot wallet, open source cold wallet, open source room temperature wallet

Personally, I would never keep my BTC on an exchange for many, many reasons. I have my hardware wallet and I keep everything in there (to put it simply, of course). BTC should be kept away from prying eyes, especially since exchanges have been equated to banks in terms of reporting customer activiti...

The only reason to have it on exchange is if you are trading. If not and you are saving, it's a simple question. Do you want someone else to have your savings in their hands? There's always a learning curve and every bitcoiner has to go through it which is why there's soooo many great resources onli...

Take baby steps in direction of cold storage. It's a learning process that takes months. Tutorials from nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 are very helpful.

Yeah get a hardware wallet for cold storage and withdraw your bitcoin from Coinbase. And store your seed preferably on metal. Yokis by nostr:npub1nt2xl8q89ayc6wcuf65guj9qfcg54padjszsk307r7qee5mmz5hshllhax is the most convenient: it has 3 seed metal plates and a metal carver pen with which you can w...

Everything is a tradeoff. If Coinbase gets hacked or goes bankrupt you’re fucked, but self custody you have to take responsibility and that can be scary at first. Just take your time. Here’s a good place to start: https://youtu.be/FAYmE5-40PQ

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It is certainly is not a good idea to keep in on coinbase. Learning to properly cold storage is paramount but also a learning process. Either buy a cold wallet now and learn to use it by putting smaller amounts on there. Or, I often recommend clients first play with a BitKey. It’s like training...

Make it a priority to move your coins off of there. Don't do it all at once or they may freeze you out lol. Pocket change can stay on an exchange ,0.1-1 can be on a trezor or bitbox with a passphrase. Any larger amount, assuming it is significant to you should go into a multi sig vault. Coldcard re...

self custody is the end goal... learn how to do it and go for it when you feel confortable

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what?!! no - get it off of there I haven't read through the replies, so I'm sure this is covered many times, but I see two separate questions: purchasing btc on CB keeping your btc on CB Step one: get that btc off of Coinbase. Learn to self custody, maybe starting with smaller amounts, but start ...

Begin making plans to get it off and in to cold storage. I recommend nostr:npub12ctjk5lhxp6sks8x83gpk9sx3hvk5fz70uz4ze6uplkfs9lwjmsq2rc5ky's Coldcard series of hardware wallets. Take your time, ask questions to us if you are unsure about things but order your Coldcard asap so you can have it ready...

Recommend getting collaborative multi cold storage with Casa unchained or nunChuck

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Important advice! Try to transfer a few hundred (or thousand) sats first when you got your hardware wallet or you might end up with nothing. Got a local bitcoin meetup to get advice on how to transfer. Last but not least, buy your corn from reputable bitcoin only exchanges to avoid shitcoin casinos...

Coinbase hold your bitcoin under a terms of service. Hold your bitcoin in a wallet only you control. That your bitcoin is under held on your terms, not someone else's

Coinbase has been proven to be a pretty reliable CEX Centralized Exchange. Using it reqires you to provide ypur true identity and a contact link. I would (and do) treat it like a specialist recommend by my personal physician. Use it for its specific purpose and then get away and unlink. The surge...

Buy on Swan or River then move to your own hardware wallets using Unchained for multisig self custody.

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Bad idea to stay that way. Get yourself a Coldcard and take custody yourself.

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Buy a Coldcard Ken, set it up and take custody of your funds. Otherwise you might never know if they really exist.

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Time to get your self a hardware wallet. It’s easier than you think.

buy only from Bitcoin-only firms. Swan or River are the only ones I can recommend.

Coldcard Q + Nunchuk for me! 💪🏻

Bro, you should get a hardware wallet, this was the first thing I got and I was at that point like a week into studying Bitcoin! 🧡

Keeping your life savings in a hot wallet can be risky. For better protection, it's safer to move them into a non-custodial wallet.

Great points on sovereignty. Another point is that they just can’t keep their API working in times of high traffic. That leaves much of their value prop, actually exchanging things, inoperable when you need it most.

Avoid ledger cold wallets, even if they are open source. I personnaly also avoid trezor. Recommended bitcoin only wallets such as the coldcard

You've got some great replies and some really good questions I see. I'll reinforce what some people have been saying. Definitely get a hardware wallet. I like the Coldcard from CoinKite. Avoid the Ledger hardware wallet. It's okay if you use Coinbase as an exchange for a while. I recommend eventuall...

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Self custody is absolutely mandatory!!!!

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