Before being fully orange pilled, all my bitcoin was kept on an app called Voyager. It made ~6% APY on bitcoin.

My friend argued that my bitcoin needed to be taken off the exchange, but that 6% was a drug.

It took months to understand why earning interest on bitcoin didn’t make sense. Even so, keeping it there felt easier and rewarding.

My friend never let me feel comfortable about it. He took every opportunity to say it was a bad idea. As unnerving as it was, I moved off the exchange and into cold storage.

News started to come out about exchange insolvency, and people started to talk about Voyager being next. I convinced my friends and family to pull their btc off Voyager DAYS before they stopped withdrawals. Then Voyager filed for bankruptcy.

Two things allowed me to get by unscathed. A patient friend who put up with my questions but didn’t put up with my complacency. A willingness to ask questions and learn.

Two of my friends didn’t get their bitcoin off the exchange and lost it. Why didn’t I tell them? They previously expressed that they didn’t want to hear anymore about this stuff. It wasn’t malicious though. I genuinely forgot about them.