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So why not just tell people about how to self-custody their sats on-chain to start, and only keep a small amount on custodial wallets?

If I’m at a bar and I want to pay the bartender in sats, I will say to them: Just download this app, and in two minutes, you will have a wallet​ set up where you can receive bitcoin.

I am not going to tell them to buy $500 worth of hardware, wait days for it to arrive, watch some YouTube videos to learn how to build a node, install and configure a bunch of open source software, wait a week or more to sync the entire blockchain, buy $1000 worth of bitcoin and deposit it on their core wallet, then join a bunch of Telegram groups to find random strangers to open channels with, then download an app on their phone to connect to their node, then sign up for another service to give them a Lightning Address just so I can send them 5000 sats.
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Ava 2y ago

i hear ya. but this post isn't a post to onboard people. that person projected their context onto my post. this post is for those who after too many months still have their btc in exchanges and are still using custodial wallets.

i might create a newbie guide or post some things to help people get started, but this one is for intermediate nostriches. make sense?

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The Daniel 🖖 2y ago

Yes, and if you want to collaborate let me know. I’m doing a similar post for my next Bitcoin for Bunnies 🐰🕳️ op-ed for #[8]​ 🥕

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Ava 2y ago

sweet. dm me the deets 🤙🏻💜