The odd thing is the self custody made sense to me right off the bat, though in practice I probably put myself through more risk. I bought and got it into a shitty mobile hot wallet and did a bunch of shit wrong and without understanding what it was I was doing. Managed to restore it through a new phone. Never lost any somehow.

And then sent like half back to sell for eth and cardano and chain link 🤣🤷🤦. eventually I sorted my shit out. Cold storaged and verified by my node now.

I still have much to learn. 🤝