THE VIDEO SHELF · bitcoin self-custody
Bitcoin Q&A: How Do I Secure My Bitcoin?
Andreas Antonopoulos answers a question about how to secure your Bitcoin. He covers holding your own keys, backing up the 12 to 24 word seed phrase, and the tradeoffs of custodial accounts, phone wallets and hardware wallets.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a clear explanation of self-custody and of why to move coins off exchanges.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- aantonop
- Topic
- bitcoin self-custody
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2018
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Please make sure you take your coins off of Coinbase (or any other exchange) as soon as you can. Here's a talk by the venerable Andreas Antonopoulos on this subject: [VIDEO]
brndnmtthws on Hacker News · 2017-12
In How I recovered cryptocurrency from a broken laptopObligatory matching advice: [LINK] The full seminar is worth watching as well: “How do I secure my bitcoin?” — Andreas Antonopoulos [VIDEO]
bastijn on Hacker News · 2018-01
In Bitfinex fails to perform promised audits
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