Just curious if any out there have lost a substantial amount of satoshis to either trusting a custodian at one point, sending to the wrong address, lost seed phrases, been a developer and losing it while trying to figure something out, whatever really.
Substantial is subjective so whatever you personally consider meeting that. No need disclose any amounts.
What I find really amazing is aside from my first 10 or so transactions feeling a little nervous, I'm surprised at how relatively easy its been. Self custody was immediately appealing to me so I figured out wallets pretty quick.
There's a lot of talk out there right now about how self custody is more dangerous because people aren't smart enough to do it themselves. I have to say as a pretty big dunce myself, and knock on wood, Bitcoin has been fairly easy to understand for me on that level. It's just another way to scare people off.
It did get me thinking of all the other possible pitfalls I've managed to avoid so far though. And I'm basically just a user, so any other input is appreciated.