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I Became My Own Bitcoin Bank and Hated It
The latest cold-wallet hack reminded me why I gave up my private keys.
For the better part of seven years, I had a pre-travel ritual that drove everyone around me crazy.
Every time I got ready to fly out of the country, I’d sit my wife down and call my mother to let them know how to retrieve my crypto funds if I didn’t make it home.
I had almost my entire net worth in crypto… seven figures stored behind private keys that I controlled myself.
The thought of them not being able to access millions of dollars in assets made me sick.
So I came up with a system.
How I Avoided Scams and Hacks for Seven Years