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It doesn’t really matter if currency is driven into the dirt by debasing it, or if games are used to remove denominations from circulation or devalued for trade purposes; the result is the same, the people are hurt. But wait, the people didn’t debase their currency, did they? When we demand “free stuff” who do you think pays for it? Even in extreme poverty, large sects of Venezuelans don’t realize that they did themselves in by pushing for socialism. Unfortunately, these countries didn’t have Bitcoin to empower its people, which could have negated their country’s currency games and failed policies that resulted in massive currency debasement.\n\n# Phuk.Use Case 6 - Wealth Transfer\nInflation is used as a means to steal your savings over time without you realizing it. It is this thing that enslaves us most. For instance, a home that was purchased in the S.F. Bay Area for $25,000 in 1970 now sells for nearly $1,500,000 and has doubled over 60 times (and in certain areas even more). Have wages increased 6000% since then? For those that think that's a good thing, it isn't; that's massive currency expansion. No longer can a family survive on a single wage earner as did in my childhood, which is one of the primary reasons for the destruction of the family, and key contributing factor to why our society has declined so these past 50 years.\n\n# Phuk.Use Case 7 - Omnipotent Power\nThe existence of central banks allow them to print as much as they want, when they want it, and that paper is used to empower agendas which don’t have your better interests in mind. It allows for the corruption of anything, and anyone. Don’t believe it? Professor of Economics at Michigan State University, Dr. Mark Skidmore, has documented that over $21 trillion dollars has been stolen from taxpayers between the years of 1998-2015, and that is over and above the $20 trillion US debt ceiling. This evidence was taken directly from the US DoD, HUD, and the OIG budget offices. A lot of “agenda” can be bought with that much of your wealth.\n\n# _The Answer_\nThis list of Phuk.Use Cases are endless but the key to each one is stopping the printing press; just turn off the spigot. And so Bitcoin was born -- a currency that can’t be printed from nothing, that costs something to mine, that can’t be taken away from the people. It doesn't require \"money changers\" so there is no bank to overreach, and it can't be taken away from you by government because its everywhere, and nowhere. It roots out the problem and is backed by Phuk.U. At it's core, **==Phuk.U is the antithesis of debt and enslavement.==**\n\n# _Unstoppable_\nPandora’s Box has already been opened, and it can’t be put back in; it’s the Internet all over again, just bigger. Massive amounts of capital have been invested in crypto by the very same tech companies in your stock portfolio. Infrastructure and apps are being built to support it, and think tanks are working on the hooks to pull you in, and nothing having to do with Phuk.U.\n\nTHIS is the gift of ascending to the level of Phuk.U and it is ours for the taking. Not interested? ****.U\n\n-------------------\n\n# About The Author\nI am a software developer architect with over 25 years in the business. I discovered Bitcoin in 2014 and mocked it, only to rediscover it on my journey to Phuk.U. If you liked this article, you might also enjoy these:\n\n[Grasping Crypto Money from Real Money](https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@montehansen/grasping-crypto-money-from-real-money)\n\n[Managing a Crypto Portfolio - With Safe(r) Crypto Best Practices](https://steemit.com/crypto/@montehansen/managing-a-crypto-portfolio-with-safe-er-crypto-best-practices)\n\n\n# Ancient Greece and Rome**\n\nWhat do ancient Greece and Rome have to do with socialism and currency debasement? 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      "body": "[100000.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmarSsdXWq7mbEqwxfHjiDBcCsnnuPGsK5aRUa6LeRvvbk/100000.jpeg)\n\nAs far as the Federal Reserve (The Fed) is concerned **only** Gold is money. To illustrate my point you need look no further than The Fed's year end reports (but hang with me). Year after year, you see the same aggregate “11,037” million nominal dollars (or $11 billion). This essentially represents the same 260 million ounces of gold [FDR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt) repatriated from The Fed back in 1933 (at a book value of $42 USD per ounce). That is, FDR took the gold back into the Treasury, and issued gold certificates acting as a lien against the gold, to be held by The Fed. What’s interesting is that year after year, although the sum of gold certificates remain the same, the amount held between the 12 Federal Reserve banks (branches) is wildly different for each report, evidencing that the gold certificates move between them like money. So, as the dollars flow, so must the gold (certificates) flow because it is the only thing **they** consider “money”.\n\nBesides meeting much or all of the criteria of money, this is a critical thing that makes Bitcoin so useful; it flows. Gold is hard to move from place to place in physical form — it needs a virtual wrapper. When money used to be backed by gold, the money (or fiat “currency”) flowed easier than gold, and you could always walk into a bank and exchange it for actual gold (before 1933). Sovereign nations could also exchange the US Dollar for gold prior to closing the gold window in 1971. The reason for both gold windows being closed simply boils down to printing (way) more claims (dollars) than physical gold, causing a run on the nation’s gold (twice). We just cannot be trusted to do the right thing by not printing beyond that invisible \"limit\". Bitcoin solves all of these issues; it flows, and you cannot print it out of thin air — it can only be created from labor (BTW that’s not a bug, it's a feature). Sure, you can \"clone\" it, but as Bitcoin Cash (BCC/BCH) has learned, cloning Bitcoin (BTC/XBT) doesn't make you \"Bitcoin\".\n\nWhen solving difficult technical problems I collect facts and indicators, form a conclusion, and then a solution or two. Not easily done in a world where everything is emotionally driven as knee jerks through social media and propaganda. There is no one-stop shop, you must research for yourself. My research tells me that the US Dollar (and everything else) is devaluing at an exponential rate, and we must print more dollars than ever before. Although it's the same across the globe, the Dollar is the world's [reserve currency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_currency). So, when the Dollar goes, all others will follow. Similarly, when Bitcoin takes a hit, so do all other crypto currencies because Bitcoin is the reserve crypto currency. At the same time, faith in our nation is being rocked from within, and externally our allies stand against us and support a nation known to capture and hold hostages. Looking past the politics — these are but facts and indicators that faith in the US (Dollar) is and has been deteriorating. When the Dollar descends, something must “ascend”, and to ascend it must “flow” and have limits. No fiat currency will survive unscathed, not even the US Dollar. If not the Dollar, then what?\n\nBe safe and [practice safe crypto](https://steemit.com/crypto/@montehansen/managing-a-crypto-portfolio-with-safe-er-crypto-best-practices).\n\n________________________________________________________\n\n# About Early Crypto Geeks\nMany people ask me about crypto these days, but a year ago none of them could see or hear me. What most people don’t know is that many (if not most) of crypto supporters/benefactors encountered Bitcoin as part of their journey to learning about our failing monetary system. They were likely libertarian-minded people, constitutionalists, and probably were gold or silver bugs before trading metals in for crypto. They probably read the “conspiracy theory book” [Creature from Jekyll Island](https://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyll-Island-Federal-Reserve/dp/0912986212) from that “far-right” author [G. Edward Griffin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Edward_Griffin) (this, according to Wikipedia). I liken these folks to a unique group of individuals touched by aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind; making sculptures of Devils Tower out of clay and mashed potatoes while being shunned and laughed at. Many were moved, some got busy and acted upon that movement, some got the privilege to gaze upon alien craft, and some got to ride in it.\n\n> It’s not too late to get a good seat.\n\n# About The Fed\nFor those that are unaware, The Fed is not “federal” and holds no real “reserves”, it’s a private corporation whose stockholders are the nation's banks. They cannot be audited. Like other corporations, they serve their directors and major stockholders, and the rest go along for the ride.\n\n# About The 260 Million Ounces Of Gold\nInteresting that the gold's book value is obfuscated. That is, the Treasury and The Fed neither disclose how many ounces it represents or assign it a Dollar value within this century (we must do the math and piece it together). This tends to suggest that there is benefit in not advertising how much that gold is really valued (psst, it’s the first line on their balance sheet, over and above the IMF's [SDR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_drawing_rights)). Even if you do the math, you will only see the derived \"nominal\" value of $42 per ounce, as revalued in 1973 following the closing of the gold window in 1971 by President Nixon. (It is important to downplay it's true value such as they have in order to prevent yet another run on it; this so that it can be accumulated for things that make the world go around.)\n\n# About the $100,000 Bill\nWhen the Treasury issued it's first $100,000 bill in 1934 (gold certificate pictured above), it's only fitting that they put Woodrow Wilson on it's face. It was on President Wilson's watch where our nation's leaders surrendered the power to issue our currency, and to hold our gold. FDR later repatriated the gold, and gave The Fed the paper (for fear that the gold would be depleted).\n\n# Gold Games\nBy today’s standards, at the current spot rate of ~ $1300 per ounce (and not the $42 book value by The Fed), that 260,000,000 ounces of gold would be worth $338,000,000,000 (that's billion). Gold has been revalued at critical times in the West within the last century. So, if the nation’s gold were revalued to repay our national debt of $21 trillion that would equate to ~ $81,000 per ounce, an increase of 62 times. While that does sound pretty crazy, consider that Venezuela revalued gold in early 2018 from 13,464 to 92,304,890 Bolivars, an increase of 6731 times (although I don't know that their Bolivars, or even gold, can buy any food in Venezuela these days).\n\n> 8/24/2018 UPDATE: 1 ounce of [gold is valued at 295,716,600.00 Bolivars](https://www.goldbroker.com/charts/gold-price/vef). That's triple what it was 3 months earlier when I originally wrote this and 9 times since their currency was reset in February, 2018. During their hyperinflation the value of **gold has outperformed the average cost of living by 5 times**\n\nOther methods of revaluation include using the money supply, but that requires an assumption that we know the true amount of currency in circulation, which I think is naive to rely upon trusted sources for an accurate accounting of this supply (for instance, Dr. Mark Skidmore, Economic Professor, has documented a \"missing\" $21 trillion). In the event of a revaluation, they would need to take into account all of the pools of money that are unacknowledged. A revaluation would draw ALL dollars out of hiding, acknowledged or not. Why is this significant? When our monetary system shifts they will likely need to do one of two things:\n\nBack the next fiat by gold: This requires that they show it, and they may not have it. That is, there is a high likelihood of it being leased out, or even plundered. The recent long repatriation timelines of Germany's gold tend to suggest this (we might get a clearer picture as other nations such as Turkey repatriate their gold). Also, in addition to the paper gold, it is quite likely that supplies have been used to smash down the spot price these past 10 years and prop up the Dollar. Or,\nShift to a completely new paradigm: This requires it meet all of the attributes of money, and also have adoption by it's people. Bitcoin meets all of the attributes of money because it was designed to do so. Bitcoin is also gaining on faith, which perhaps was also designed to do so (by running up the price). We have since witnessed a massive investment of Industry capital that depend upon adoption of Bitcoin.\n\n# The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend\nFollow me way off the reservation a bit.\n\nShould the Dollar fall out of favor, it is likely that it would be replaced by either the Chinese Yuan, or the SDR with yet another adjustment to the basket of currencies that effectively favors the Yuan equal to or more than the Dollar. On it's face, Bitcoin is sovereign neutral. So, if Bitcoin were adopted by the world, it would allow the Dollar (and the US) to live to fight another day. Globalists also want a unified money (as evidenced by the [failing] Euro). If, by some chance, Bitcoin should rise above all others, I would expect it to be preceded with China taking a harder stance against Bitcoin (overtly), and the US favoring Bitcoin (covertly). This because China would likely be the defacto next of kin to receive the reserve currency status (just as the US received it from Great Britain, and Great Britain from France, etc.).\n\nAnother theory is that Bitcoin is an \"Op\" designed by the the globalists and deep state; in which case we cannot forget about the wildcard of initially mined blocks of the theoretical 1 million \"Satoshi\" Bitcoins. In such a case, there would be enormous interests to cause a monetary shift in this direction; making Bitcoin the target of far more than $81,000 nominal Dollars per coin. Such an event is mind blowing; imagine a black hole sucking up all fiat currency (and assets, real or chattel). The question is, would those coins be used to enrich, or used to restore the world's monetary system?\n\nWhat do you think? Am I dancing with myself?!\n\n> NOTE: This is a repost from my linkedin page on May 10, 2018",
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These types of investments are subject to extreme price volatility, as well as volatility in relevance. A single event, rumor, video or news writeup (true or false) can giveth or taketh away while you sleep. Further, high tech criminals lurk everywhere and they want to steal your cryptos. Only bet what you do not need, and I don't recommend leveraging yourself to play the crypto game. \n\nInvesting in crypto isn't for everyone. For instance, I would not advise my mother to invest in cryptos of any significance, and the concepts described herein would be beyond her familiarity. That said, she has some crypto and allows the exchange to hold them for her. Although I do not recommend that, I would not feel comfortable advising her any of the best practices described herein. This article assumes the reader to be proficient with a computer, and understands what \"crypto currency\" is.\n\n# Coin Storgage\n\nCryptos have recently become so highly valued that thieves are constantly getting more \"*`creative`*\" to steal them. Assume they understand this space better than you. Every day an investor will lose their crypto to thieves, and some their entire life savings. \n\nDo not leave your coins on an exchange. It is my professional opinion that every organization can be hacked. Organizations are only as strong as their weakest link, and every organization has many. I witnessed it first hand, ~~even~~ especially from those responsible for the security of its data.\n\nThe safest method I have found to store crypto is by practicing the [Glacier Protocol](https://glacierprotocol.org/), using online and offline computer wallets. Unfortunately, this method is limited or impractical for diverse portfolios, and is not meant for mere mortals. It was designed to protect the serious Bitcoin wealth of seriously paranoid people (with good reason). \n\n### Hard Wallets\n\nHard wallet devices like Ledger Nano, Trezor, and several others provide a reasonable balance of ease of use and protection. That is, it offers an alternative to needing the encryption key to unlock the wallet. For the initial setup, the device will generate (typically) 24 random dictionary words, which can then be used to completely restore on to a new device in case of damage, loss or theft. For daily use, you choose and use a PIN. So the device shields you from yourself by not allowing you access to the wallet private keys, which are the primary thing thieves are after. Many believe that the device physically stores the coin, but it doesn't. It is merely a method of accessing wallets on the blockchain -- nothing leaves the blockchain.\n\nI use both the Trezor and Ledger Nano but they sell out **fast**. The Ledger  offers more coin support (as of this writing), and its architecture offers better protection should the device be stolen (although I have not put it to the test). Whichever you choose, be sure to buy DIRECT from the manufacturer even if it means you must wait. Do not buy from Amazon, eBay, etc. There is nothing stopping a tech thief from manipulating a hard wallet or its packaging in some way (even if bought from the manufacturer's \"store\" on Amazon). Avoid wallet marketing programs. For instance, Salt Lending has a promotional offer to buy a Ledger Nano with their logo embossed on the device for a mere 5 SALT tokens; as of this writing that is quite the bargain. \n\nWhen buying a hard wallet, purchase 3 if you can afford it (2 at the least). This because the device may become damaged, or get lost or stolen. With spare devices you can recover a wallet from seed words generated by the device during setup. Without spare devices, you might not get another opportunity or could be forced to buy from risky resellers. Spend the money and buy 3. Take your spares and place them in a safe place together with your seed words in a safe place such as a safe deposit box(es). Having 2 devices protect you from loss, theft or damage, while 3 devices may give you a fighting chance should your seed words become compromised.\n\n> UPDATE: Since I began writing this, at least 1 hard wallet \"reseller\" has stolen coins from an unsuspecting buyer. Expect to see other types of attacks on hard wallet distributors, device patches and replicas. Just buy direct from the manufacturer.\n\n### Privacy\n\nMany believe that Bitcoin and others like it are inherently private because it is not associated to `you`. While that *may* be true today, tomorrow it won't be. There are efforts underway to identify you to any and all wallets you have interacted with. This list will start off sparse, but will fill in over time and soon our privacy will depend upon how well everyone we interact with over the blockchain has practiced safe crypto. Unlike receiving a discreet call from a clinic several months later, it will be made public for the world to see for all time. This is why anonymity coins such as Monero are getting additional attention (and many other privacy class coins).\n\nHard Wallets can `aid` in maintaining your privacy.\n\n### Seed Words\n\n> Assume your devices are or will be observed electronically.\n\nTreat your seed words like a combination to a remote safe filled with your treasure. Seed words are a dead giveaway to common soft and hard wallets so you should assume that anyone that gains possession of these words will be able to steal your treasure. Therefore, do not:\n\n1. Snap a picture of them (clipboard, smartphone, or camera)\n2. Copy them to the computer's clipboard\n3. Send them over TXT (iMessage or SMS)\n4. Send them over email\n5. Type or key them on any computer or other device\n6. Leave them on a sticky note on your computer \n7. Hand them to someone you do not trust to hold your darkest secrets \n8. Keep them stored in one single location that can be [burned to the ground](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-santa-rosa-future-20171024-story.html) by directed energy weapons\n\nIf on paper, laminate (safely and without prying eyes) and place in a fireproof box. Another option is to purchase the Cryptosteel which uses engraved letters to hold your seed words in a steel cradle. A third option is to use a letter stamp or electric engraver to engrave your seed words onto stainless steel or bronze sheets available from a hardware store. In the end I spent the money for a couple of Cryptosteel cradles.\n\nShould you decide to live dangerously and print your words, consider that network printers are not secure and leave data behind to find later. If possible, use an old wired-only printer, otherwise ~~disable~~ cripple networking on the printer and reset to factory settings after use if able (although no guarantee the data is wiped). Consider printing to waterproof tear-resistant TerraSlate 4 MIL paper for laser or inkjet printers.\n\nIt is a good idea to have 2 or 3 copies, placed in safe and alternate locations. Keep in mind that a hurricane or flood can wipe out or displace an entire region. \n\nFinally, each wallet initialization should be tested. That is:\n\n1. initialize the device as described above\n2. transfer a low value coin to the wallet via the device\n3. wipe the device\n4. restore the device using your seed words\n5. verify the coin is still in the wallet \n6. ready to rock\n\n### Compromised Device or Seed Words\n\nEnough time plus phyisical access is all that is needed to breach the data. That said, I am not aware of any published hard wallet breaches and such a breach isn't for mere mortals without a published tutorial.\n\nIf your device is compromised then the PIN is needed to access your wallet. If there are multiple failed PIN attempts then the device should get wiped automatically, so there is at least some protection there. Not so if your seed words become compromised, since your PIN can be bypassed with a restore using your seed words. In this case you should assume that it is only a matter of time before someone gets ahold of a spare device to restore onto, and steal your coins. This is where it is important to have 3 devices; it allows you to quickly restore onto device 2, and transfer to device 3 as described next.\n\n> Here the `source device` is defined as device 1 when the seed words are compromised, \nor device 2 when the actual device is compromised. The `destination device` can be either device 2 or 3.\n\nShould your device or seed words become compromised, restore your `source device` from your backup seed words. If your coins are still present, **immediately** proceed to setup your `destination device` as a new device. Then carefully transfer your coins from `source device` to the `destination device`. \n\nUnfortunately, the Ledger Nano can only hold 3 to 5 coin applications on the device at a time. You may still hold coins from another application (such as Dash) even though you might have deleted the Dash application from the device to make room for another application such as Litecoin. Deleting the application doesn't cause the deletion of your coins, just the application. Therefore, use care to ensure you have secured the transfer of ALL your coins to the `destination device`. \n\n### Dedicated Access Device\n\nWhether you use a hard wallet or not, **do not use the family computer** to access your coins. Code has or will be written to quietly breach computers for mass wallet sweeps. Reduce risk of breach by storing your coins on a dedicated device that is used ONLY for that purpose. I recommend something like a securely designed device that can be found on [Puri.sm](https://Puri.sm). If you cannot afford a device like that, consider purchasing something similar to a Raspberry Pi but with a little more power and RAM (such as the Banana Pi [and others](https://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/gadgets/8-alternatives-raspberry-pi/) for under $100). Install a simple and secure(r) OS such as PureOS or Qubes, then install Chrome, or Chromium. Before installing your OS version, ensure Chrome or Chromium is available for your platform.\n\n### Hard Wallet Not Always An Option\n\nNot all coins can be held on a hard wallet . For instance, the Ledger Nano and Trezor do not (as of this writing) support Monero and many others. This means you may be forced to a hybrid approach such as using a paper wallet or running a full node or \"core\" implementation. When running a full node client/wallet, use the dedicated system principals applied above, or if not an option, consider running a VM client such as VMWare, Virtual Box, or Parallels. Also pay close attention to the math on how large the blockchain data is (and growth rate) because you will essentially download the coin's entire blockchain data to your local disk. In this case consider also storing your VM's disk on a separate USB SSD or other external hard drive that can be disconnected. Enable encryption if supported. Also, dedicate that VM solely for it's intended purpose. Nothing is bullet proof but each additional layer helps. \n\n### Read Only or Watching Wallets\nSome coins such as Monero provide the ability to create a \"watching\" wallet that is read only. This allows you to have 2 full nodes of where one has wallet read rights, and the other has wallet spend rights. If you implement this model, it is typically done with the notion that the spendable node does NOT have network access. This allows you to better protect your coins with \"separation\". Protect the spend keys on that device by ensuring that access to it is protected, not network connected, with an encrypted hard drive, and backup the wallet addresses, spend and read keys to an encrypted flash drive.\n \n# Choosing an Exchange\nThere are many exchanges being added all the time. Some can accept fiat currency, and others deal only in crypto. There is also a new breed of decentralized exchanges that do not hold your coins like centralized ones do. Decentralized exchanges are new and are under constant change and I will omit those from this article, mainly since you cannot avoid a centralized exchange; you still are likely to start and end with an exchange that trades with fiat currency.\n\nI attempted to open a tier 4 `organizational account` on various exchanges only to have a bad experience with Coinbase, Gemini, and Poloniex, which were completely unresponsive. I received a general response from Coinbase 5-6 months later (shortly after they received a large funding round) but no real change in quality of service. Poloniex responded 7 months later with an automated response. To my surprise Kraken and Uphold were the most responsive, and Bittrex was also fairly responsive.\n\n* Binance.\n  My favorite platform so far. They have a wide array of coins listed, and the best app with the highest availability (very scalable). As of this writing, withdrawals on unverified accounts are limited to 2BTC per day *per account*. This exchange operates in China.\n  \n* Kraken.  \n  Kraken's support was the most responsive. I filed numerous support tickets on varying issues only to get prompt, professional service, and always to my satisfaction. Kudos to Kraken. I like their application but it was not designed to scale to the response it received. For much of 2017, it was constantly error prone or unresponsive. They have recently rolled out an upgrade in January 2018 which appears to be a big improvement. This exchange operates in USA.\n  \n* Coinbase.\n  Great to use until you need support, or until you want to buy/sell at the best price. Month after month I watched their site (and mobile app) fail to fulfill buy or sell orders when the price was to my significant benefit. Magically, the site would be responsive when the price came back into line with norms or outside of that sweet spot. I gave the finger to Coinbase and haven't looked back. This exchange operates in USA.\n\n* GDAX. \n  An extended trading platform run by the Coinbase organization. You can expect the same problems as with Coinbase and Kraken, but without the honorable intent as Kraken. This exchange operates in USA.\n\n* Bittrex.\n  Better than Coinbase, not as good as Binance. Still a required supplemental exchange.\n\n* Cryptopia.\n  I like this exchange, but withdrawals on unverified accounts are limited to 5,000NZT per day *per account* (about $3,600 US). The first to use Litecoin pairs (buy or sell coins with or to Litecoin). This exchange operates in New Zealand. \n  \n* Uphold.\n  This exchange is probably the best kept secret, although it is not intended for traders like the other exchanges. You can also dabble in foreign currency. Uphold is also responsive to support requests with fast professional service. Probably the best choice if all you need is to buy and HoDL only the most common of coins. You will pay a little bit more than a trading platform but well worth the peace of mind it buys you. Also, I really like their application \"tiles\" model for first time users -- it's very well thought out and has an emphasis on usability for mere mortals. This exchange operates in USA.\n\n* Etherdelta.\n  Recently hacked December 2017 by stealing their DNS nameservers and hijacking all site traffic to an evil twin site.\n  Weeks prior to that redirected customers from original site etherdelta.github.io to etherdelta.com without a formal migration effort, and without warning (laughable considering crypto traders are already very paranoid).\n  \n  Stay away. You've been warned.\n  \n* HitBTC.\n  This exchange would seem to be operating rogue. There are countless complaints of unanswered support requests, stolen wallets, and the like. I have personally experienced no response to support tickets after several weeks. \n  \n  Stay away. You've been warned.\n\n# Two Factor Authentication (2FA)\n\nTwo factor authentication extends existing security models from \"something you know\" (your authentication credentials) with \"something you have\" (a device such as a smartphone). It originally started as a key fob style device that issued a predictive token, and then later evolved to sending a code via SMS (TXT) messages to a telephone, mainly because the key fob device became expensive and impractical. The SMS method is still in use today, but shouldn't be. This because hackers are sometimes able to hijack the telephone service of your telephone number, thereby gaining access to your exchange accounts via SMS-based 2FA. One recent well known example is the purported hijacking of *John McAfee's* AT&T cell service and using his device in a coin pump via Twitter (the shame). \n\nMost exchanges today offer alternatives such as *Google Authenticator* or *Authy*, which are applications you can download to your phone, or even your computer. During this process of setting up your 2FA authentication, you will be prompted with at least 2 pieces of information:\n\n1. a QR code that your phone would typically picture, and\n2. a backup key.\n\nThe 2FA app will typically add a new account for authentication by taking a picture of (or scanning) the QR code. Before going through this process it is VERY important that you record the backup key. This because if your phone is damaged, lost or stolen, you will not be able to gain quick access to your exchange accounts without it. With the 2FA key properly backed up, you can easily setup new phone service, install the 2FA app, and manually bind the exchange to it using the backup key.  Be sure to record your key along with your credentials as described in `Passwords and Password Managers`. I also have a spare phone (with service) for this very reason.\n\nSome like Authy because you can download it to your computer, whereas Google Authenticator is meant for your smartphone only. There are alternatives and tweaks to challenge this assertion but I do not trust them. The purpose of 2FA is to protect you, so as a best practice the secondary authentication device should NOT be the same device as the first. For instance, if you use your PC (⚠) or your iMac to access trade on Binance, then you should use your your smartphone to perform the 2FA authentication. So for me, that extra feature of Authy provides is moot. If you choose to live dangerously then make double sure you do not allow the browser to remember your exchange credentials.\n\nAn interesting debate exists concerning the likes of Authy vs. Googe Authenticator. Both have strengths and weaknesses, and the debate is beyond the scope of this article. Keep it simple, assume you will lose your device and assume you will want to restore service to your exchange accounts quickly and with the fewest possible failure points. For me, the answer is Google Authenticator when a choice exists. If you use Authy, be sure to understand the implications of the multi-device option, and also record your backup key.\n\n> If you are worried about Google Authenticator accidentally wiping out your keys because of an erroneous update (nah, that could never happen), I would argue this shouldn't be a serious issue with the best practices.\n \n# Be Paranoid\n\n### Sweeps\n\nI'd welcome back the days when my face planted on the keyboard after a long night of BBS hopping, while a virus quietly disabled your modem's volume and then dialed 976-XXXX \"hotlines\". Since then, we have graduated to the big time with things like ransom based evilware (like ransomware), and something likely to happen I will call \"`clean sweeps`\". The potential for a single crypto hack could yield a massive payday; this means solo hackers, organized crime syndicates, and even government intelligence agencies have most likely put forth significant resources towards stealing your wealth.\n\nI believe this new breed of evilware will attempt to replicate to every reachable computer. This code will scan files, images, network pipes/streams, the clipboard; essentially all data that:\n\n1. contains a wallet (public) address, and\n2. contains a wallet (private) key, and\n3. contains wallet seed words, and\n4. contains a QR code or an OCR'able image dereferencing for 1-3 above, and then\n5. replicate itself anywhere it can to continue its deeds again later, and finally\n6. connect and send data back to the mother ship \n\nMeanwhile the mother ship:\n\n1. cross references against well-known wallet types, and\n2. places into a database for the [`clean sweep`](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qw-h_yZ1ZQ)\n\nClean sweep day:\n\n1. we wake up\n2. eat some waffles\n3. discover that [our cryptos are gone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY&start=51)\n\n### Injections\n \nTo this end, open source will likely be one of the new exploits. Most think open source software is immune to such attack when in fact it is the perfect injection point for a mass delivery system and without much effort. Most development projects have numerous dependencies which in turn have many other dependencies, none of which the project developers know anything about. So much so that build and continuous integration systems (like Maven and Jenkins) are designed to manage these complex dependencies for us. Moreover, developers develop, while managers, leads, interns, associates or juniors often do the merges into the upstream source code branches (and less likely to know what they are looking at). Generally speaking, the serious developers write code and they do whatever they can to spend more time writing code than managing or testing code. For instance, I have watched numerous roles vastly expand over the past 10+ years to aid developers to focus on their development tasks (analyst, qa, etc). This is a generalization and not absolute for all organizations, but it's important to call out because open source dependencies are the perfect delivery system for *rogue code*.\n\n### Coordinated Attacks\n\nMany years ago I was in the debt collection industry and \"observed\" the art of `the gag`. Skiptracers would gag postal employees to pull box cards (for their address), gag bank account numbers from bank staff, etc. Crypto theft coordinated attacks operate on the same principals; work boldly from the shadows with enough inside data fragments to make the con believable. Crypto hacks are far more sophisticated, however, and each successive hack will be better and bolder than the last. \n\n`I was engaged in a conversation with a co-worker (\"Rick\" from Malta) about how helpful it would be to have access to the rumored \"non pub directory assistance\" number. We debated its existence. This collector was so good that he said \"Let's see\", switched into character, dialed 411, impersonated a top Pacific Bell officer, and scored. Called the number, and they answer: \"Non Pub\". After doing a directory assistance lookup they respond: I have that information for you, what's your billing code?`\n\n**Enigma Catalyst ICO**\n\nOn the day of this long awaited ICO, sophisticated tech thieves:\n\n1. Hacked into Enigma's Slack channel obtaining their investor participants email list\n2. Attacked their Slack channel preventing the administrator to moderate the channel\n3. Posted lies to Slack channel that the ICO was now live\n3. DDoS attacked the Enigma site making it unresponsive\n4. Sent a pre-emptive email to the investor list prior to when the ICO was supposed to start\n\nMind you, this was at a time when ICO's were selling out in *minutes*. The slack channel attack prevented the administrator from moderating, and the downed website also prevented the notification of the fraud via the site. This had the effect of throwing chum in the water which created a FOMO frenzy for the investors because they thought the ICO was so successful that the site wasn't responsive. Many rushed to sending their Bitcoin and Ethereum right into to the thieves' wallet, never to be seen again.\n\n**FaceCoin** \n\n[FaceCoin.tech](http://Facecoin.tech) appears on the scene and gets write-ups from unsuspecting (and some well-known) vloggers and bloggers. The website looks professional and well done (and the site is still up as of this writing). Turns out FaceCoin is really `FakeCoin`. A simple domain registrar whois query shows that the \"professional\" website was posted just a few weeks before the ICO, and ditto for their Twitter page. Also, notice that the team members do not point to real LinkedIn profiles. On ICO day the ETH poured into the FakeCoin wallet. You might think you would never fall for that, but this highly experienced tech guy with an eye for this sh!t did (the shame).\n\nLike Inception, this one goes deeper by hacking into email lists of well known YouTube'ers such as Suppoman's Udemy.com account, and sending email to his subscribers that masquerades as Suppoman, suggesting they should buy into FakeCoin using his referral code. I don't fault Suppoman, he was a victim too.\n\nIt's an ICO Wild Wild West right now. There is no protocol for ICO's and many of them repeat the same mistakes, while tech thieves dream up new ways to fool us, the new ICO managers, and anyone else they can manipulate along the way.\n\n**MyEtherwallet Click Scams**\n\nBut wait, it goes deeper still. These same organized criminals that hack into Slack, etc., are not wasting a single email address. They are blasting the inboxes of their mail harvest with email that lure unsuspecting \"prospects\" into phish bait to sites that run evil clones of myetherwallet. They use FUD surrounding \"real news and events\" to lure the recipient into giving away their private key. The site looks like myetherwallet, but it isn't. In fact, the source to their site is made available from the official myetherwallet site directly for those that wish to run a local copy of the site without being connected to the network.\n\nThe moral here is NEVER click on a link to take you anywhere, most especially a financial or crypto site. Also, don't rely on a search engine to serve up the right site address either. Navigate manually from the address bar, and once authenticated as legit, bookmark it. Assume any link is phish bait.\n\n>Running a local copy of the site isn't useful for hard wallet user's because the ssl over the https:// protocol is required when connecting to a hard wallet device (as opposed to the file:// protocol when run locally).\n\n>MyEtherwallet cannot access a hard wallet when run in Incognito mode.\n\n### Slack\n\nAvoid creating an account at Slack. They are vulnerable, easily hacked, and they will not delete your user record citing rubbish reasons for refusing to do so. You've been warned.\n\n### Passwords, Password Managers & Browser Extensions\n\nUse a **different password for each exchange**, and that password should be VERY strong, not a recognizable pattern or dictionary word. Use randomly generated passwords that are 30+ random alpha+numeric+special characters. Did I mention random? This way if one exchange's credentials are compromised (perhaps even by the exchange itself), those credentials cannot be used to gain access to any other well-known exchange.\n\nDo not use browser extensions or plugins except for those installed by your hard wallet device. Do not use online password managers such as LastPass to store your exchange credentials. Do not allow the browser to remember these credentials. Consider using a hardware password manager. Ledger has a password manager app that you can download directly onto the Ledger Nano, or install a local password manager that supports an encrypted database, preferably in a VM that is **not internet connected**. \n\nStore your account id's, passwords and 2FA backup keys in the secured password manager. Export the database to a military grade hardware encrypted flash drive and store in a safe location(s) as backup. These devices can be found on Amazon for $50-$75, and the cheaper/smallest disk sizes available would be suitable for this purpose.\n\n### Exchange Support Desks\n\nWith massive customer growth comes massive support incidents and (some) exchanges are scrambling to keep their service levels up. I get that it's difficult for them to keep up. Unfortunately, they are outsourcing their support \"site\" to a third party without you realizing it. Here's how it works and why you should care:\n\nYou decide to open a support incident, and follow their site navigation. A popup or page opens prompting you for your credentials. With bewildered pause, you input your exchange credentials but they don't work. Some may eventually come to realize that you must create a separate \"support account\" but what they don't tell you is that the support site is actually outsourced to and hosted by a third party such as ZenDesk or FreshDesk. So when you input your exchange credentials this third party now has access to your credentials for your exchange account.\n\nThe exchanges know this, and do not care because it suits their needs. Otherwise they wouldn't use deceptive branding to make it appear as the exchange (instead of the third party), including using deceptive urls such as support.(exchangedomain).com. An exchange more concerned with your security than their needs would disclose this too you when prompting, and also encourage you to use a different password than your exchange password. I have reached out to a few  exchange security departments to point this out, unfortunately my efforts were futile.\n\nMost of the exchanges operate this way, although some (such as Kraken) appear to have a single sign-on token between the support and trading sites. In Kraken's case no credentials are stored by the support third party but it doesn't rule out that the third party's employee or agent couldn't make use of the token to authenticate. If the token could be used to breach your account, it would be more damaging because it would likely circumvent the 2FA requirement.\n\nJust use a different password than your exchange account and if you host your own mail server consider using an alias email address for the support account too.\n\n> Although damning Kraken on this one, I actually commend their honorable intent. They openly state to customers that the explosive growth is resulting in their support being below what they consider good service levels (and without spinning it). They also appear to be holding the barbarians at the gate by responding to their support tickets far better than most.\n\n### Bank Account Credentials\n\nWhen linking a bank account to an exchange, does it seem normal that Coinbase, Gemini and others should prompt you for your private credentials to your bank (as in your userid and password)? If you answered \"NO\" then [good for you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrm-rPSCIBw). After reviewing their code, it not only appears that you are providing these credentials to the exchange's developer's but they also provide those credentials to yet another \"trusted\" third party. So, that's 2 third parties that have access to what should be your very secret banking credentials; but that's OK because they are trusted. Clearly demonstrating making it as easy as possible to get you to part with your money is far more important than protecting your data and money. But don't worry, you can still trust them to hold your Bitcoin.\n\n> The irony here is staggering because it illustrates that Coinbase and others are merely pushers of a product that they do not care about. It's a sale, that's all. This lack of common sense is the very reason why we need trustless systems. Each month brings a new example of how the exchanges have no clue about data security best practices and highlights why you should not leave your coins on an exchange [to \"hold\"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qttxEQikeu0). \n\n### Coin Transfers\n\nEven if you manage to avoid evil doers, you can easily send your coins into oblivion never to be seen again. We can be our own worst enemy sometimes.\n\nWhen transferring coins between your local wallet and the exchanges, use care, take your time, and double check everything. Avoid making transactions with your heart racing, nothing good will come from that. If you are partnering with others (such as a spouse), agree on strategy, and then choose a single person to implement that strategy. Remove all outside stress and influences that can distract you from the task of moving crypto over the wire. For instance, I took a spare pair of ear muffs from my range bag and it sits permanently on my desk. When folks tap on my shoulder when I am in cryptoland, they talk to the hand =). \n\nVerify everything, twice. This includes the token identifier (for instance, PPT for Populous), the amount of transfer, and the address. I usually verify the first 4+ characters and the last four characters of the address. I do not hand key addresses, but I also do not put faith in the clipboard's accuracy (the developer in me knows better). If managing more than a single portfolio, also double check the account/wallet you are transferring to/from. For instance, co-mingling coins between your personal portfolio and your retirement trust isn't a good thing. If you do make this mistake, document it and return the coins and try again.\n\n### FOMO and Reverse FOMO\n\n_PAY < > PLR_\n\nI was excited that Pillar was finally getting some volume and decided to sell 1000 PLR tokens on  HitBTC as a test. I had never used this exchange before. From Myetherwallet I sent over 1000 PAY tokens to HitBTC. Wait, I meant to send over PLR tokens, not PAY tokens! I still have not been able to get my tokens back, and may not. \n\nVerify everything. Test with small amounts regardless of cost.\n\n_Its A Trap_\n\nFor months I had been concerned about my Bitcoin holdings for fear of it turning into Shitcoin because the transfer costs are so high and it takes forever to confirm. Somewhere in the back of my mind I have this sneaking suspicion that Bitcoin Cash (BCH) might seriously challenge Bitcoin. Suddenly I see a move on BCH and the price starts to move so I decide to move significant portions of Bitcoin and shift to BCH. The price triples that day and I begin to fear that [it's a trap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F4qzPbcFiA) and decide to revert back to Bitcoin. I mistakenly sent my coins to Kraken to trade back for Bitcoin, and the Kraken site is exceptionally hammered with only 1 out of my 30 transactions go through. All the while I am watching the price spin down in high speed so I have to hand key the Satoshi value directly and preempt the price because the price is dropping faster than last price paid is updated. Come to find out someone at [Coinbase leaks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Ry3ot67O0) that BCH is going live on this day. Here are just some of the mistakes I made:\n\n1. I painted a picture in my head that didn't exist at the time\n2. I reacted with emotion and FOMO with significant amounts of Bitcoin\n3. I hand keyed a Satoshi price in a rush when selling my BCH\n4. I sold for less than I needed to\n5. I thought I mistakenly sent my Bitcoin into oblivion when transferring to Kraken\n\nIn this scenario I actually walked away with more Bitcoin than I started with but only by God's grace. There were so many failure opportunities here where things could have gone wrong. Take your time, [breathe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwBDnYj7plQ&start=39), make some chamomile tea, and block out your surroundings with headphones or ear muffs if needed.\n\n### Regulators Regulate\n\nGovernment is likely to attempt to regulate the crypto space but it will take time to discern how to reach something that isn't there, there is no jurisdiction defined for it. From the \"currency\" perspective Bitcoin and alt-coins challenge central banks and our entire money system. From an \"equities\" perspective ICO's and Ethereum-type ERC20 tokens attract the attention of organizations like the SEC. We cant forget the taxing \"authorities\" that want their cut too. As of this writing, China and South Korea are the latest to take notice, with many more jurisdictional huffing and puffing to come. We can expect more government reach into both fiat and non-fiat based exchanges. \"`Anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering`\" efforts such as [AML/KYC](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=454795.0) are bound to (over)reach even further. Moreover, decentralized exchanges will make this even more challenging for lawmakers. The concern doesn't stop there, for instance Substratum aims to decentralize the internet as a whole and others like Opus Foundation aim to decentralize internet music; two categories with regional censorship. \n\nSo, the `decentralization` movements may be perceived as an act of war against government sovereignty, while also posing a [threat to the entire fiat based monetary system](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR6qvkDDBCg&start=2). It is reasonable to expect numerous sovereign's to try and slow it down.\n\nNeedless to say, this brings yet more risk to investing in crypto's.\n\n### The Kiss of Merchants and Wallet Makers \n\nScared? Don't be because a much bigger network effect is right around the corner. Back in my debt collection days every once in a blue moon I would actually get someone to send me the entire balance of their credit card on the first call (\"talk off #1\"). In that industry this was affectionately called `a kiss`.\n\nMuch rides on crypto wallets for the next network effect. So far, we have merely witnessed explosive growth for purely speculative purposes. The next massive effect takes place when people actually use crypto; transactional use that scales far beyond the white noise of exchange-based transactions. To reach that there needs to be:\n\n1. (Real) Transactional scalability \n2. A universal wallet so easy a caveman could use it (without depending upon vendor trust)\n\n[Something wonderful will happen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BekjyAH7c2A&feature=youtu.be&start=20) when these [two meet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJLDF6qZUX0&start=5).\n\n# Disclaimer\nThis is not financial advice, I am not your financial adviser, this is insight from my personal experience that I am sharing with my readers.\n\n# About Me\nI am a software developer architect, with over 25 years experience designing and constructing business systems for the enterprise. Prior to software development I was a proprietor of a collection agency, with extensive background in banking and credit. I spent years in the banking system, and was an expert in enforcement of judgment. My [awakening of our financial system](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=The+Creature+from+Jekyll+Island%3A+A+Second+Look+at+the+Federal+Reserve) and other things lead me to the world of crypto.",
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      "title": "Managing a Crypto Portfolio With Safe(er) Crypto Best Practices",
      "body": "<html>\n<p>Are you thinking of investing your money into \"`crypto currency`\"? Perhaps you are thinking of investing from a rollover of your retirement to a solo 401K or IRA retirement plan, or invest money from savings or a credit card. Whether you are thinking about it or have already jumped into the crypto world I will help you understand and avoid traps that could put your hard earned money at risk.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>While not intended to assist you with **what** to buy, I will assist you in the process of going about it, and how to protect it. I will share with you my experience gained while managing a crypto portfolio, as well as some technical experience that I used to my advantage as a 25 year veteran software.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p># Risk</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>This space is changing rapidly and there is great risk when [HoDL](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hodl)'ing your crypto. These types of investments are subject to extreme price volatility, as well as volatility in relevance. A single event, rumor, video or news writeup (true or false) can giveth or taketh away while you sleep. Further, high tech criminals lurk everywhere and they want to steal your cryptos. Only bet what you do not need, and I don't recommend leveraging yourself to play the crypto game.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Investing in crypto isn't for everyone. For instance, I would not advise my mother to invest in cryptos of any significance, and the concepts described herein would be beyond her familiarity. That said, she has some crypto and allows the exchange to hold them for her. Although I do not recommend that, I would not feel comfortable advising her any of the best practices described herein. This article assumes the reader to be proficient with a computer, and understands what \"crypto currency\" is.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p># Coin Storgage</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Cryptos have recently become so highly valued that thieves are constantly getting more \"*`creative`*\" to steal them. Assume they understand this space better than you. Every day an investor will lose their crypto to thieves, and some their entire life savings.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Do not leave your coins on an exchange. It is my professional opinion that every organization can be hacked. Organizations are only as strong as their weakest link, and every organization has many. I witnessed it first hand, &lt;s&gt;even&lt;/s&gt; especially from those responsible for the security of its data.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>The safest method I have found to store crypto is by practicing the [Glacier Protocol](https://glacierprotocol.org/), using online and offline computer wallets. Unfortunately, this method is limited or impractical for diverse portfolios, and is not meant for mere mortals. It was designed to protect the serious Bitcoin wealth of seriously paranoid people (with good reason).&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Hard Wallets</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Hard wallet devices like Ledger Nano, Trezor, and several others provide a reasonable balance of ease of use and protection. That is, it offers an alternative to needing the encryption key to unlock the wallet. For the initial setup, the device will generate (typically) 24 random dictionary words, which can then be used to completely restore on to a new device in case of damage, loss or theft. For daily use, you choose and use a PIN. So the device shields you from yourself by not allowing you access to the wallet private keys, which are the primary thing thieves are after. Many believe that the device physically stores the coin, but it doesn't. It is merely a method of accessing wallets on the blockchain -- nothing leaves the blockchain.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>I use both the Trezor and Ledger Nano but they sell out **fast**. The Ledger &nbsp;offers more coin support (as of this writing), and its architecture offers better protection should the device be stolen (although I have not put it to the test). Whichever you choose, be sure to buy DIRECT from the manufacturer even if it means you must wait. Do not buy from Amazon, eBay, etc. There is nothing stopping a tech thief from manipulating a hard wallet or its packaging in some way (even if bought from the manufacturer's \"store\" on Amazon). Avoid wallet marketing programs. For instance, Salt Lending has a promotional offer to buy a Ledger Nano with their logo embossed on the device for a mere 5 SALT tokens; as of this writing that is quite the bargain.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>When buying a hard wallet, purchase 3 if you can afford it (2 at the least). This because the device may become damaged, or get lost or stolen. With spare devices you can recover a wallet from seed words generated by the device during setup. Without spare devices, you might not get another opportunity or could be forced to buy from risky resellers. Spend the money and buy 3. Take your spares and place them in a safe place together with your seed words in a safe place such as a safe deposit box(es). Having 2 devices protect you from loss, theft or damage, while 3 devices may give you a fighting chance should your seed words become compromised.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>&gt; UPDATE: Since I began writing this, at least 1 hard wallet \"reseller\" has stolen coins from an unsuspecting buyer. Expect to see other types of attacks on hard wallet distributors, device patches and replicas. Just buy direct from the manufacturer.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Privacy</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Many believe that Bitcoin and others like it are inherently private because it is not associated to `you`. While that *may* be true today, tomorrow it won't be. There are efforts underway to identify you to any and all wallets you have interacted with. This list will start off sparse, but will fill in over time and soon our privacy will depend upon how well everyone we interact with over the blockchain has practiced safe crypto. Unlike receiving a discreet call from a clinic several months later, it will be made public for the world to see for all time. This is why anonymity coins such as Monero are getting additional attention (and many other privacy class coins).</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Hard Wallets can `aid` in maintaining your privacy.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Seed Words</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>&gt; Assume your devices are or will be observed electronically.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Treat your seed words like a combination to a remote safe filled with your treasure. Seed words are a dead giveaway to common soft and hard wallets so you should assume that anyone that gains possession of these words will be able to steal your treasure. Therefore, do not:</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>1. Snap a picture of them (clipboard, smartphone, or camera)</p>\n<p>2. Copy them to the computer's clipboard</p>\n<p>3. Send them over TXT (iMessage or SMS)</p>\n<p>4. Send them over email</p>\n<p>5. Type or key them on any computer or other device</p>\n<p>6. Leave them on a sticky note on your computer&nbsp;</p>\n<p>7. Hand them to someone you do not trust to hold your darkest secrets&nbsp;</p>\n<p>8. Keep them stored in one single location that can be [burned to the ground](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-santa-rosa-future-20171024-story.html) by directed energy weapons</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>If on paper, laminate (safely and without prying eyes) and place in a fireproof box. Another option is to purchase the Cryptosteel which uses engraved letters to hold your seed words in a steel cradle. A third option is to use a letter stamp or electric engraver to engrave your seed words onto stainless steel or bronze sheets available from a hardware store. In the end I spent the money for a couple of Cryptosteel cradles.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Should you decide to live dangerously and print your words, consider that network printers are not secure and leave data behind to find later. If possible, use an old wired-only printer, otherwise &lt;s&gt;disable&lt;/s&gt; cripple networking on the printer and reset to factory settings after use if able (although no guarantee the data is wiped). Consider printing to waterproof tear-resistant TerraSlate 4 MIL paper for laser or inkjet printers.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>It is a good idea to have 2 or 3 copies, placed in safe and alternate locations. Keep in mind that a hurricane or flood can wipe out or displace an entire region.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Finally, each wallet initialization should be tested. That is:</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>1. initialize the device as described above</p>\n<p>2. transfer a low value coin to the wallet via the device</p>\n<p>3. wipe the device</p>\n<p>4. restore the device using your seed words</p>\n<p>5. verify the coin is still in the wallet&nbsp;</p>\n<p>6. ready to rock</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Compromised Device or Seed Words</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Enough time plus phyisical access is all that is needed to breach the data. That said, I am not aware of any published hard wallet breaches and such a breach isn't for mere mortals without a published tutorial.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>If your device is compromised then the PIN is needed to access your wallet. If there are multiple failed PIN attempts then the device should get wiped automatically, so there is at least some protection there. Not so if your seed words become compromised, since your PIN can be bypassed with a restore using your seed words. In this case you should assume that it is only a matter of time before someone gets ahold of a spare device to restore onto, and steal your coins. This is where it is important to have 3 devices; it allows you to quickly restore onto device 2, and transfer to device 3 as described next.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>&gt; Here the `source device` is defined as device 1 when the seed words are compromised,&nbsp;</p>\n<p>or device 2 when the actual device is compromised. The `destination device` can be either device 2 or 3.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Should your device or seed words become compromised, restore your `source device` from your backup seed words. If your coins are still present, **immediately** proceed to setup your `destination device` as a new device. Then carefully transfer your coins from `source device` to the `destination device`.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the Ledger Nano can only hold 3 to 5 coin applications on the device at a time. You may still hold coins from another application (such as Dash) even though you might have deleted the Dash application from the device to make room for another application such as Litecoin. Deleting the application doesn't cause the deletion of your coins, just the application. Therefore, use care to ensure you have secured the transfer of ALL your coins to the `destination device`.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Dedicated Access Device</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Whether you use a hard wallet or not, **do not use the family computer** to access your coins. Code has or will be written to quietly breach computers for mass wallet sweeps. Reduce risk of breach by storing your coins on a dedicated device that is used ONLY for that purpose. I recommend something like a securely designed device that can be found on [Puri.sm](https://Puri.sm). If you cannot afford a device like that, consider purchasing something similar to a Raspberry Pi but with a little more power and RAM (such as the Banana Pi [and others](https://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/gadgets/8-alternatives-raspberry-pi/) for under $100). Install a simple and secure(r) OS such as PureOS or Qubes, then install Chrome, or Chromium. Before installing your OS version, ensure Chrome or Chromium is available for your platform.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Hard Wallet Not Always An Option</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Not all coins can be held on a hard wallet . For instance, the Ledger Nano and Trezor do not (as of this writing) support Monero and many others. This means you may be forced to a hybrid approach such as using a paper wallet or running a full node or \"core\" implementation. When running a full node client/wallet, use the dedicated system principals applied above, or if not an option, consider running a VM client such as VMWare, Virtual Box, or Parallels. Also pay close attention to the math on how large the blockchain data is (and growth rate) because you will essentially download the coin's entire blockchain data to your local disk. In this case consider also storing your VM's disk on a separate USB SSD or other external hard drive that can be disconnected. Enable encryption if supported. Also, dedicate that VM solely for it's intended purpose. Nothing is bullet proof but each additional layer helps.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Read Only or Watching Wallets</p>\n<p>Some coins such as Monero provide the ability to create a \"watching\" wallet that is read only. This allows you to have 2 full nodes of where one has wallet read rights, and the other has wallet spend rights. If you implement this model, it is typically done with the notion that the spendable node does NOT have network access. This allows you to better protect your coins with \"separation\". Protect the spend keys on that device by ensuring that access to it is protected, not network connected, with an encrypted hard drive, and backup the wallet addresses, spend and read keys to an encrypted flash drive.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p># Choosing an Exchange</p>\n<p>There are many exchanges being added all the time. Some can accept fiat currency, and others deal only in crypto. There is also a new breed of decentralized exchanges that do not hold your coins like centralized ones do. Decentralized exchanges are new and are under constant change and I will omit those from this article, mainly since you cannot avoid a centralized exchange; you still are likely to start and end with an exchange that trades with fiat currency.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>I attempted to open a tier 4 `organizational account` on various exchanges only to have a bad experience with Coinbase, Gemini, and Poloniex, which were completely unresponsive. I received a general response from Coinbase 5-6 months later (shortly after they received a large funding round) but no real change in quality of service. Poloniex responded 7 months later with an automated response. To my surprise Kraken and Uphold were the most responsive, and Bittrex was also fairly responsive.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>* Binance.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;My favorite platform so far. They have a wide array of coins listed, and the best app with the highest availability (very scalable). As of this writing, withdrawals on unverified accounts are limited to 2BTC per day *per account*. This exchange operates in China.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<p>* Kraken. &nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Kraken's support was the most responsive. I filed numerous support tickets on varying issues only to get prompt, professional service, and always to my satisfaction. Kudos to Kraken. I like their application but it was not designed to scale to the response it received. For much of 2017, it was constantly error prone or unresponsive. They have recently rolled out an upgrade in January 2018 which appears to be a big improvement. This exchange operates in USA.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<p>* Coinbase.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Great to use until you need support, or until you want to buy/sell at the best price. Month after month I watched their site (and mobile app) fail to fulfill buy or sell orders when the price was to my significant benefit. Magically, the site would be responsive when the price came back into line with norms or outside of that sweet spot. I gave the finger to Coinbase and haven't looked back. This exchange operates in USA.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>* GDAX.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;An extended trading platform run by the Coinbase organization. You can expect the same problems as with Coinbase and Kraken, but without the honorable intent as Kraken. This exchange operates in USA.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>* Bittrex.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Better than Coinbase, not as good as Binance. Still a required supplemental exchange.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>* Cryptopia.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;I like this exchange, but withdrawals on unverified accounts are limited to 5,000NZT per day *per account* (about $3,600 US). The first to use Litecoin pairs (buy or sell coins with or to Litecoin). This exchange operates in New Zealand.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<p>* Uphold.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;This exchange is probably the best kept secret, although it is not intended for traders like the other exchanges. You can also dabble in foreign currency. Uphold is also responsive to support requests with fast professional service. Probably the best choice if all you need is to buy and HoDL only the most common of coins. You will pay a little bit more than a trading platform but well worth the peace of mind it buys you. Also, I really like their application \"tiles\" model for first time users -- it's very well thought out and has an emphasis on usability for mere mortals. This exchange operates in USA.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>* Etherdelta.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Recently hacked December 2017 by stealing their DNS nameservers and hijacking all site traffic to an evil twin site.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Weeks prior to that redirected customers from original site etherdelta.github.io to etherdelta.com without a formal migration effort, and without warning (laughable considering crypto traders are already very paranoid).</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stay away. You've been warned.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<p>* HitBTC.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;This exchange would seem to be operating rogue. There are countless complaints of unanswered support requests, stolen wallets, and the like. I have personally experienced no response to support tickets after several weeks.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stay away. You've been warned.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p># Two Factor Authentication (2FA)</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Two factor authentication extends existing security models from \"something you know\" (your authentication credentials) with \"something you have\" (a device such as a smartphone). It originally started as a key fob style device that issued a predictive token, and then later evolved to sending a code via SMS (TXT) messages to a telephone, mainly because the key fob device became expensive and impractical. The SMS method is still in use today, but shouldn't be. This because hackers are sometimes able to hijack the telephone service of your telephone number, thereby gaining access to your exchange accounts via SMS-based 2FA. One recent well known example is the purported hijacking of *John McAfee's* AT&amp;T cell service and using his device in a coin pump via Twitter (the shame).&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Most exchanges today offer alternatives such as *Google Authenticator* or *Authy*, which are applications you can download to your phone, or even your computer. During this process of setting up your 2FA authentication, you will be prompted with at least 2 pieces of information:</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>1. a QR code that your phone would typically picture, and</p>\n<p>2. a backup key.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>The 2FA app will typically add a new account for authentication by taking a picture of (or scanning) the QR code. Before going through this process it is VERY important that you record the backup key. This because if your phone is damaged, lost or stolen, you will not be able to gain quick access to your exchange accounts without it. With the 2FA key properly backed up, you can easily setup new phone service, install the 2FA app, and manually bind the exchange to it using the backup key. &nbsp;Be sure to record your key along with your credentials as described in `Passwords and Password Managers`. I also have a spare phone (with service) for this very reason.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Some like Authy because you can download it to your computer, whereas Google Authenticator is meant for your smartphone only. There are alternatives and tweaks to challenge this assertion but I do not trust them. The purpose of 2FA is to protect you, so as a best practice the secondary authentication device should NOT be the same device as the first. For instance, if you use your PC (⚠) or your iMac to access trade on Binance, then you should use your your smartphone to perform the 2FA authentication. So for me, that extra feature of Authy provides is moot. If you choose to live dangerously then make double sure you do not allow the browser to remember your exchange credentials.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>An interesting debate exists concerning the likes of Authy vs. Googe Authenticator. Both have strengths and weaknesses, and the debate is beyond the scope of this article. Keep it simple, assume you will lose your device and assume you will want to restore service to your exchange accounts quickly and with the fewest possible failure points. For me, the answer is Google Authenticator when a choice exists. If you use Authy, be sure to understand the implications of the multi-device option, and also record your backup key.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>&gt; If you are worried about Google Authenticator accidentally wiping out your keys because of an erroneous update (nah, that could never happen), I would argue this shouldn't be a serious issue with the best practices.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p># Be Paranoid</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Sweeps</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>I'd welcome back the days when my face planted on the keyboard after a long night of BBS hopping, while a virus quietly disabled your modem's volume and then dialed 976-XXXX \"hotlines\". Since then, we have graduated to the big time with things like ransom based evilware (like ransomware), and something likely to happen I will call \"`clean sweeps`\". The potential for a single crypto hack could yield a massive payday; this means solo hackers, organized crime syndicates, and even government intelligence agencies have most likely put forth significant resources towards stealing your wealth.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>I believe this new breed of evilware will attempt to replicate to every reachable computer. This code will scan files, images, network pipes/streams, the clipboard; essentially all data that:</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>1. contains a wallet (public) address, and</p>\n<p>2. contains a wallet (private) key, and</p>\n<p>3. contains wallet seed words, and</p>\n<p>4. contains a QR code or an OCR'able image dereferencing for 1-3 above, and then</p>\n<p>5. replicate itself anywhere it can to continue its deeds again later, and finally</p>\n<p>6. connect and send data back to the mother ship&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Meanwhile the mother ship:</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>1. cross references against well-known wallet types, and</p>\n<p>2. places into a database for the [`clean sweep`](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qw-h_yZ1ZQ)</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Clean sweep day:</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>1. we wake up</p>\n<p>2. eat some waffles</p>\n<p>3. discover that [our cryptos are gone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY&amp;start=51)</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Injections</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>To this end, open source will likely be one of the new exploits. Most think open source software is immune to such attack when in fact it is the perfect injection point for a mass delivery system and without much effort. Most development projects have numerous dependencies which in turn have many other dependencies, none of which the project developers know anything about. So much so that build and continuous integration systems (like Maven and Jenkins) are designed to manage these complex dependencies for us. Moreover, developers develop, while managers, leads, interns, associates or juniors often do the merges into the upstream source code branches (and less likely to know what they are looking at). Generally speaking, the serious developers write code and they do whatever they can to spend more time writing code than managing or testing code. For instance, I have watched numerous roles vastly expand over the past 10+ years to aid developers to focus on their development tasks (analyst, qa, etc). This is a generalization and not absolute for all organizations, but it's important to call out because open source dependencies are the perfect delivery system for &lt;u&gt;rogue code&lt;/u&gt;.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Coordinated Attacks</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Many years ago I was in the debt collection industry and \"observed\" the art of `the gag`. Skiptracers would gag postal employees to pull box cards (for their address), gag bank account numbers from bank staff, etc. Crypto theft coordinated attacks operate on the same principals; work boldly from the shadows with enough inside data fragments to make the con believable. Crypto hacks are far more sophisticated, however, and each successive hack will be better and bolder than the last.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>`I was engaged in a conversation with a co-worker (\"Rick\" from Malta) about how helpful it would be to have access to the rumored \"non pub directory assistance\" number. We debated its existence. This collector was so good that he said \"Let's see\", switched into character, dialed 411, impersonated a top Pacific Bell officer, and scored. Called the number, and they answer: \"Non Pub\". After doing a directory assistance lookup they respond: I have that information for you, what's your billing code?`</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>**Enigma Catalyst ICO**</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>On the day of this long awaited ICO, sophisticated tech thieves:</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>1. Hacked into Enigma's Slack channel obtaining their investor participants email list</p>\n<p>2. Attacked their Slack channel preventing the administrator to moderate the channel</p>\n<p>3. Posted lies to Slack channel that the ICO was now live</p>\n<p>3. DDoS attacked the Enigma site making it unresponsive</p>\n<p>4. Sent a pre-emptive email to the investor list prior to when the ICO was supposed to start</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Mind you, this was at a time when ICO's were selling out in *minutes*. The slack channel attack prevented the administrator from moderating, and the downed website also prevented the notification of the fraud via the site. This had the effect of throwing chum in the water which created a FOMO frenzy for the investors because they thought the ICO was so successful that the site wasn't responsive. Many rushed to sending their Bitcoin and Ethereum right into to the thieves' wallet, never to be seen again.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>**FaceCoin**&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>[FaceCoin.tech](http://Facecoin.tech) appears on the scene and gets write-ups from unsuspecting (and some well-known) vloggers and bloggers. The website looks professional and well done (and the site is still up as of this writing). Turns out FaceCoin is really `FakeCoin`. A simple domain registrar whois query shows that the \"professional\" website was posted just a few weeks before the ICO, and ditto for their Twitter page. Also, notice that the team members do not point to real LinkedIn profiles. On ICO day the ETH poured into the FakeCoin wallet. You might think you would never fall for that, but this highly experienced tech guy with an eye for this sh!t did (the shame).</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Like Inception, this one goes deeper by hacking into email lists of well known YouTube'ers such as Suppoman's Udemy.com account, and sending email to his subscribers that masquerades as Suppoman, suggesting they should buy into FakeCoin using his referral code. I don't fault Suppoman, he was a victim too.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>It's an ICO Wild Wild West right now. There is no protocol for ICO's and many of them repeat the same mistakes, while tech thieves dream up new ways to fool us, the new ICO managers, and anyone else they can manipulate along the way.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>**MyEtherwallet Click Scams**</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>But wait, it goes deeper still. These same organized criminals that hack into Slack, etc., are not wasting a single email address. They are blasting the inboxes of their mail harvest with email that lure unsuspecting \"prospects\" into phish bait to sites that run evil clones of myetherwallet. They use FUD surrounding \"real news and events\" to lure the recipient into giving away their private key. The site looks like myetherwallet, but it isn't. In fact, the source to their site is made available from the official myetherwallet site directly for those that wish to run a local copy of the site without being connected to the network.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>The moral here is NEVER click on a link to take you anywhere, most especially a financial or crypto site. Also, don't rely on a search engine to serve up the right site address either. Navigate manually from the address bar, and once authenticated as legit, bookmark it. Assume any link is phish bait.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>&gt;Running a local copy of the site isn't useful for hard wallet user's because the ssl over the https:// protocol is required when connecting to a hard wallet device (as opposed to the file:// protocol when run locally).</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>&gt;MyEtherwallet cannot access a hard wallet when run in Incognito mode.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Slack</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Avoid creating an account at Slack. They are vulnerable, easily hacked, and they will not delete your user record citing rubbish reasons for refusing to do so. You've been warned.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Passwords, Password Managers &amp; Browser Extensions</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Use a &lt;u&gt;different password for each exchange&lt;/u&gt;, and that password should be VERY strong, not a recognizable pattern or dictionary word. Use randomly generated passwords that are 30+ random alpha+numeric+special characters. Did I mention random? This way if one exchange's credentials are compromised (perhaps even by the exchange itself), those credentials cannot be used to gain access to any other well-known exchange.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Do not use browser extensions or plugins except for those installed by your hard wallet device. Do not use online password managers such as LastPass to store your exchange credentials. Do not allow the browser to remember these credentials. Consider using a hardware password manager. Ledger has a password manager app that you can download directly onto the Ledger Nano, or install a local password manager that supports an encrypted database, preferably in a VM that is **not internet connected**.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Store your account id's, passwords and 2FA backup keys in the secured password manager. Export the database to a military grade hardware encrypted flash drive and store in a safe location(s) as backup. These devices can be found on Amazon for $50-$75, and the cheaper/smallest disk sizes available would be suitable for this purpose.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Exchange Support Desks</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>With massive customer growth comes massive support incidents and (some) exchanges are scrambling to keep their service levels up. I get that it's difficult for them to keep up. Unfortunately, they are outsourcing their support \"site\" to a third party without you realizing it. Here's how it works and why you should care:</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>You decide to open a support incident, and follow their site navigation. A popup or page opens prompting you for your credentials. With bewildered pause, you input your exchange credentials but they don't work. Some may eventually come to realize that you must create a separate \"support account\" but what they don't tell you is that the support site is actually outsourced to and hosted by a third party such as ZenDesk or FreshDesk. So when you input your exchange credentials this third party now has access to your credentials for your exchange account.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>The exchanges know this, and do not care because it suits their needs. Otherwise they wouldn't use deceptive branding to make it appear as the exchange (instead of the third party), including using deceptive urls such as support.(exchangedomain).com. An exchange more concerned with your security than their needs would disclose this too you when prompting, and also encourage you to use a different password than your exchange password. I have reached out to a few &nbsp;exchange security departments to point this out, unfortunately my efforts were futile.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Most of the exchanges operate this way, although some (such as Kraken) appear to have a single sign-on token between the support and trading sites. In Kraken's case no credentials are stored by the support third party but it doesn't rule out that the third party's employee or agent couldn't make use of the token to authenticate. If the token could be used to breach your account, it would be more damaging because it would likely circumvent the 2FA requirement.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Just use a different password than your exchange account and if you host your own mail server consider using an alias email address for the support account too.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>&gt; Although damning Kraken on this one, I actually commend their honorable intent. They openly state to customers that the explosive growth is resulting in their support being below what they consider good service levels (and without spinning it). They also appear to be holding the barbarians at the gate by responding to their support tickets far better than most.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Bank Account Credentials</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>When linking a bank account to an exchange, does it seem normal that Coinbase, Gemini and others should prompt you for your private credentials to your bank (as in your userid and password)? If you answered \"NO\" then [good for you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrm-rPSCIBw). After reviewing their code, it not only appears that you are providing these credentials to the exchange's developer's but they also provide those credentials to yet another \"trusted\" third party. So, that's 2 third parties that have access to what should be your very secret banking credentials; but that's OK because they are trusted. Clearly demonstrating making it as easy as possible to get you to part with your money is far more important than protecting your data and money. But don't worry, you can still trust them to hold your Bitcoin.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>&gt; The irony here is staggering because it illustrates that Coinbase and others are merely pushers of a product that they do not care about. It's a sale, that's all. This lack of common sense is the very reason why we need trustless systems. Each month brings a new example of how the exchanges have no clue about data security best practices and highlights why you should not leave your coins on an exchange [to \"hold\"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qttxEQikeu0).&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Coin Transfers</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Even if you manage to avoid evil doers, you can easily send your coins into oblivion never to be seen again. We can be our own worst enemy sometimes.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>When transferring coins between your local wallet and the exchanges, use care, take your time, and double check everything. Avoid making transactions with your heart racing, nothing good will come from that. If you are partnering with others (such as a spouse), agree on strategy, and then choose a single person to implement that strategy. Remove all outside stress and influences that can distract you from the task of moving crypto over the wire. For instance, I took a spare pair of ear muffs from my range bag and it sits permanently on my desk. When folks tap on my shoulder when I am in cryptoland, they talk to the hand =).&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Verify everything, twice. This includes the token identifier (for instance, PPT for Populous), the amount of transfer, and the address. I usually verify the first 4+ characters and the last four characters of the address. I do not hand key addresses, but I also do not put faith in the clipboard's accuracy (the developer in me knows better). If managing more than a single portfolio, also double check the account/wallet you are transferring to/from. For instance, co-mingling coins between your personal portfolio and your retirement trust isn't a good thing. If you do make this mistake, document it and return the coins and try again.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### FOMO and Reverse FOMO</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>_PAY &lt; &gt; PLR_</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>I was excited that Pillar was finally getting some volume and decided to sell 1000 PLR tokens on &nbsp;HitBTC as a test. I had never used this exchange before. From Myetherwallet I sent over 1000 PAY tokens to HitBTC. Wait, I meant to send over PLR tokens, not PAY tokens! I still have not been able to get my tokens back, and may not.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Verify everything. Test with small amounts regardless of cost.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>_Its A Trap_</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>For months I had been concerned about my Bitcoin holdings for fear of it turning into Shitcoin because the transfer costs are so high and it takes forever to confirm. Somewhere in the back of my mind I have this sneaking suspicion that Bitcoin Cash (BCH) might seriously challenge Bitcoin. Suddenly I see a move on BCH and the price starts to move so I decide to move significant portions of Bitcoin and shift to BCH. The price triples that day and I begin to fear that [it's a trap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F4qzPbcFiA) and decide to revert back to Bitcoin. I mistakenly sent my coins to Kraken to trade back for Bitcoin, and the Kraken site is exceptionally hammered with only 1 out of my 30 transactions go through. All the while I am watching the price spin down in high speed so I have to hand key the Satoshi value directly and preempt the price because the price is dropping faster than last price paid is updated. Come to find out someone at [Coinbase leaks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Ry3ot67O0) that BCH is going live on this day. Here are just some of the mistakes I made:</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>1. I painted a picture in my head that didn't exist at the time</p>\n<p>2. I reacted with emotion and FOMO with significant amounts of Bitcoin</p>\n<p>3. I hand keyed a Satoshi price in a rush when selling my BCH</p>\n<p>4. I sold for less than I needed to</p>\n<p>5. I thought I mistakenly sent my Bitcoin into oblivion when transferring to Kraken</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>In this scenario I actually walked away with more Bitcoin than I started with but only by God's grace. There were so many failure opportunities here where things could have gone wrong. Take your time, [breathe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwBDnYj7plQ&amp;start=39), make some chamomile tea, and block out your surroundings with headphones or ear muffs if needed.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### Regulators Regulate</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Government is likely to attempt to regulate the crypto space but it will take time to discern how to reach something that isn't there, there is no jurisdiction defined for it. From the \"currency\" perspective Bitcoin and alt-coins challenge central banks and our entire money system. From an \"equities\" perspective ICO's and Ethereum-type ERC20 tokens attract the attention of organizations like the SEC. We cant forget the taxing \"authorities\" that want their cut too. As of this writing, China and South Korea are the latest to take notice, with many more jurisdictional huffing and puffing to come. We can expect more government reach into both fiat and non-fiat based exchanges. \"`Anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering`\" efforts such as [AML/KYC](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=454795.0) are bound to (over)reach even further. Moreover, decentralized exchanges will make this even more challenging for lawmakers. The concern doesn't stop there, for instance Substratum aims to decentralize the internet as a whole and others like Opus Foundation aim to decentralize internet music; two categories with regional censorship.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>So, the `decentralization` movements may be perceived as an act of war against government sovereignty, while also posing a [threat to the entire fiat based monetary system](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR6qvkDDBCg&amp;start=2). It is reasonable to expect numerous sovereign's to try and slow it down.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Needless to say, this brings yet more risk to investing in crypto's.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>### The Kiss of Merchants and Wallet Makers&nbsp;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Scared? Don't be because a much bigger network effect is right around the corner. Back in my debt collection days every once in a blue moon I would actually get someone to send me the entire balance of their credit card on the first call (\"talk off #1\"). In that industry this was affectionately called `a kiss`.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Much rides on crypto wallets for the next network effect. So far, we have merely witnessed explosive growth for purely speculative purposes. The next massive effect takes place when people actually use crypto; transactional use that scales far beyond the white noise of exchange-based transactions. To reach that there needs to be:</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>1. (Real) Transactional scalability&nbsp;</p>\n<p>2. 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My [awakening of our financial system](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=The+Creature+from+Jekyll+Island%3A+A+Second+Look+at+the+Federal+Reserve) and other things lead me to the world of crypto.</p>\n</html>",
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