It’s a good idea to stick with companies and products that are “BTC-only”. So for hardware, I’d recommend Coinkite and their products (cold card, etc). And I second Derek’s recommendation of watching BTC Sessions tutorials on YouTube. He’s covered just about everything and is a great resource.
Since you asked… I absolutely want bitcoin to succeed long term. I understand the case for software maintenance over time. I’d say my concern is that while we technically can read the code of open source projects or proposed changes, most of our community (myself included) aren’t savvy enough to do that- or do that well. We will fall back to other people’s assessments or summaries, which may or may not be accurate. The “experts” might be in conflict. We might have our trusted voices whose opinion we hold high, but there’s risk there too. I appreciate the ones who are full time in this space- but a lot of us aren’t even if we run nodes, etc. At the end of the day- none us want to break this with a self inflicted wound by a malicious actor who broke the trust.
It’s “and”, not “or. Buy it now. If it dips again, buy it again.
I was at dinner with friends who said “I heard Bitcoin is crashing”. I thanked them- pulled out my phone, and smash bought.
I don’t have a son- but both daughters know they need to show they can put the spare on before they can drive on their own. Life skill.
I like the expression “eat what you grow, and grow what you eat”
I onboarded to Coinbase, on a recommendation from a friend… but I can’t thank you enough for the education since then to level up and move to BTC-only companies. No more distractions at the crypto-casinos!
Clips like this… smash buy!