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Bitcoin hit $104,715 today.

And me? I’m just trying to figure out if I saved my seed phrase correctly 😅

Everyone talks about freedom and self-sovereignty — but no one talks about how confusing this stuff is when you're new.

Wallets, keys, cold storage… it’s a lot.

Not gonna lie, I kinda wish someone was here to guide me through it. 🧡

So how did you get started with Bitcoin?

Did someone help you… or did you just dive in and survive?

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FreeYoda 6mo ago

It isn't easy, and I question those who say it is...

It is not all those details and facts alone.

One also needs a few friends at roughly the same level to keep you sane.

A lot of the discoveries can be overwhelming.

Is this really how this world works ?

How can it be almost everyone just believes all the Shit out there ?

I can't imagine any sane person doesn't have those questions on their mind and needs someone to talk about it.

Expect you will 'lose' some friends and even family, make sure you get some (the right ones) others back....

On the technical stuff, understand what you do.

To much complexity will lose coins.

I don't think any step is especially hard, but there are so many..

There is plenty of help out there.

Watch those videos read the stuff untill you understand !

Only than proceed.

Everyone needs a special state of mind (sorry I didn't vote for it).

Every step you take, every mail, phone call, conversation, you need to be aware there could be someone after your coins.

It needs to become basic thinking:

No one is going to send you two Bitcoin back if you send them one.

I know it sounds stupid but many fell for such a simple scam.

You never enter your seed into any device or share it with anyone.

Your HW wallet creates the seed and you make a safe backup (test the backup, and understand what that safe means ).

You will only enter your seed into a new HW wallet if you lose your original HW wallet.

All these things are pretty straightforward but there are many of them (how to get and what HW wallet etc etc), and making a mistake or not understanding each step can be devastating.

You can do this, once going, there is no way back !

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favour 6mo ago

Wow… thank you for this 🧡

I read every word slowly — and honestly, you said what I didn’t know how to express. It is overwhelming, and some of the things you mentioned… hit harder than I expected.

I’m realizing this journey might not just change how I use money… but who I trust.

If you don’t mind me asking —

what helped you stay grounded when you first started?

Was there something (or someone) that kept you going?

FreeYoda 6mo ago

To be honest it was a long journey and still ongoing.

The first seeds where planted at school when I was like ~16.

One teacher explained how a mortgage works and that most pay their house 3 times.

One time for the principal to be paid back and two times that amount in interest..

I'm in Europe, we have mortgage of ~25 years and interest rates between ~2.5 and ~10% over the last ~30 years.

So I started my career with a mortgage that was insane low according to my advisor, who also accused me of "thief of my own wallet" for not taking a mortgage based on stocks, I refused additional money for renovations and even a car passed by as option, and I demanded a shorter period than usual that I even surpassed by making more deposits than required.

All that made money available for saving and I saved in physical Gold and Silver (I did understand inflation and roughly how the fiat system worked).

I was quite late with Bitcoin and still remember that arguments against Bitcoin in Gold forums made me realize the same argument I heard before against Gold.

Once diving into Bitcoin all pieces became together.

I never was the smartest guy in something special, but always wanted to understand the basics of most everything I run into.

That helped enormous with understanding all those aspects involved with money.

In those 30 years I have met some 10 guys who roughly understand the system.

And to my frustration one of them, I regard as one of my best friends, I haven't been able to explain Bitcoin.

He is well protected so I can live with it, but still....

I'm stubborn enough to say out loud to any audience they are probably wrong.

And some baggage picked up early on defined who I am.

But one needs some people who you can talk to who also understand and agree (well I do).

But being right is not always appreciated.

Earning more money than others is also not helping.

Retirement 10 years ahead of people making twice the money you earn and having tried to explain things early on is somehow also not helping.

And in general realizing how things work in a messy world (completely fucked up, is scaring most people away instantly) is also not always easy.

No clue what age you are, but you need some mental protection against all that.

If older one is hardened a bit more but time is running out quickly.

If younger things can be overwhelming but you have way more time to get things in order.

Well that was a short introduction 😉

favour 6mo ago

That wasn’t a short intro at all 😅 — but I’m genuinely thankful you shared it.

I read every part like a quiet story I didn’t know I needed. It’s wild how your journey started with just one conversation in school… and now, decades later, it’s shaped your entire life.

You didn’t just survive the system — you understood it and chose a different path. That’s rare… and incredibly inspiring.

I’m only just starting out, but I hope to build that kind of awareness and peace over time. Knowing that even the smartest people around you didn’t always get it makes me feel less alone.

I might not have all the tools yet, but I feel like I’m in the right place now — learning from people like you. So again… thank you. Truly. 🧡