Know now, that Bitcoin and crypto are not the same. There is company scrip and there are social constructs such as Rai Stones

Arcade city figured it out the hard way: If you aren't trying to be money, why do you need a coin?

People on reddit every day in this bear market tell their stories about how they learned the hard way Becoming BTC maxi and leaving exchange is the best thing i've done

Don't allow the scammers to confuse you Learn these harsh lessons now and you won't have to experience what they have had to go through

First rule:

We are the cool kids. The nerds are the cool kids. Stack sats.

Use Bitcoin only companies when you get started such as Strike, river financial or cashapp. Even if these are better options than scammy platforms- Bitcoin is not yours until you withdraw it to your own private wallet.

Hardware wallets are Blockstream Jade and Coldcard. Or for advanced users you can have similar security using the software correctly: https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/build-your-hodl-btc-cold-wallet

-Bitcoin, not shitcoin. Shitcoins either have weak properties or are scams spun up by greedy VCs. Satoshi Nakamoto mined their bitcoin, just like everyone else.

-Not your keys, not your coins. Check out the Breez or Phoenix wallets and play with them a little bit

-Go to bitcoin meetups and meet others in the space who are building the circular economy. They'd be happy to teach you more. Navigating the space is much easier with friends. Also, go to Nostr and see bitcoin in action

-Learn why bitcoin is important to people. Check out Bitcoin University on YouTube

-Learn what fractional reserve banking is so you'll run for the hills whenever you see it