• FuckyWucky [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

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      Cryptobros now have this thing to store their 'seed' (wallet password) in. I don't understand how it works but its supposed to be fire proof (prepper vibes). Of course, it doesn't make it any less likely to be stolen.

      • HeneryHawk@thelemmy.club
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        1 year ago

        Prepper vibes? I'd say it's just common sense. If you had a password to all your money wouldn't you want to keep it safe from fire and water damage? Your bank does

        • FuckyWucky [none/use name]
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          1 year ago

          Yea and banks too get robbed. Except that banks are insured and in the worst case they can ask the central bank.

          If you had a password to all your money wouldn't you want to keep it safe from fire and water damage?

          I would simply won't have all my money be reliant on a steel rod. Crypto is hot potato, buy drugs and throw it to someone else so its not your problem. Anyone holding it long term as an investment is a fool.

          • GaveUp [she/her]
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            1 year ago

            Idk, if I had enough money storing a little emergency fund in a crypto wallet seems like a good idea tbh

            You can avoid the banks completely freezing on you at the request of the government/cops and you can easily take massive amounts of money across borders and untraced until you transfer back to fiat

            Definitely not useful for non wealthy people though

            • silent_water [she/her]
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              1 year ago

              right up until the value of the wallet craters because you picked the "wrong" coin.

          • HeneryHawk@thelemmy.club
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            1 year ago

            I've had some for about the last 7 years. Honestly, I don't feel so foolish when I look at they money I have in the bank VS the money I have in crypto and how much either has changed since back then

            • FuckyWucky [none/use name]
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              1 year ago

              good luck with that i guess, not everyone was as lucky as you and no one knows if you will be lucky either.

              • HeneryHawk@thelemmy.club
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                1 year ago

                This is true. I'm not advising anyone to do it. I've already taken a lot of my initial out and got myself some stuff

                I'm not rich, it was a modest investment that most would laugh at

        • ShranTheWaterPoloFan@startrek.website
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          1 year ago

          Why not just get a safety deposit box?

          And if you have a ton of money in crypto talk to your home/rental insurance and have it covered. You don't have to do crazy etching.

          • HeneryHawk@thelemmy.club
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            1 year ago

            I've it done my way. It's not the OPs way. I don't have a ton of money

            All I'm saying is it's not prepper vibes