What was your scariest moment in #BTC history?
I thought SegWit2x was going to succeed…
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Sending my first transaction !
Same.
The coinbase ninja launch of bch was also a kick in the crotch.
Probably the China FUD in 2017 😂 I was waking up from sleep with panic attacks
Learning about the gap limit from seeing a zero balance in a recovery scenario.
My first transaction 😂 …
Recovering funds from a KeepKey hardware wallet after ShapeShift moved to a broken web interface that wouldn’t let me broadcast my transaction.
The network split before luke dashjr recognized the unintended hard fork.
Crossing borders without geographically distributed multisig
For sure sending the first sizable transaction.
Conversely, now sending transactions is quick, comforting… feels like a super power.
Checking my Coinkite wallet and finding out all my BTC was gone
Oh shit, were you able to retrieve it?
Unfortunately not. I had been using their hosted wallet for my BATMs back in the day. It was roughly two weeks before they were discontinuing the service that I got a call from customers saying the ATM wasn't sending BTC. Logged into my account and was devastated. Lots of hard learned lessons!
March '20 when I watched my leveraged buys get wiped and nearly liquidated.
I was to clever by half.
*too
It seems silly now that I'm aware of more plausible threats than simply a dramatic drop in price. At the time I didn't really know what I was trading.
It wasn't until this event that I took a really hard look at what could be a threat.
As long as there will be another block & only 21M bitcoin, there is little to fear.