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To: Magnum44
Bitcoin is highly traceable (the ledger is transparent and open to everyone), a fact that law enforcement uses to its advantage daily. There are anonymous cryptocurrencies (and legitimate reasons for everyone to use them on occasion), such as Monero, but I definitely wouldn't try to do anything with Bitcoin that I wanted kept secret!

You know there are now Bitcoin ETF's, now, right? So you can now directly invest via traditional brokerage channels, though strictly speaking you are just paying fees to do something you could as easily do yourself with a paper/hardware/software wallet and no fees to hold your investment. But for many people (especially the sort that lose their passwords) that's probably the better option for now.

43 posted on 02/01/2024 9:32:17 AM PST by EnderWiggin1970
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To: EnderWiggin1970

What you describe is a service, for which fees would seem reasonable. That is not a good argument for BTC as an investment. My original post stated my own personal two rules for investing: I need to understand the business plan for investor profit, and I need to know that the investment is one where my financial interests are the focus (fiduciary accountability), and not some woke or environmental social justice concern.


49 posted on 02/01/2024 9:42:48 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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