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I have made a bold decision to start my bitcoin journey. But just like every a new born baby needs close care and attention to grow I really don't want to make a mistake in any thing I am doing. I have this question to ask.  
''Is it advisable to to have a mentor who I can always go to as a newbie in the crypto space or I should rely all my knowledge on things I read online for my growth.

Make some researches yourself. Bitcoin and crypto generally is about DYOR. Anything you do not understand, you can ask on this forum. There is nothing better than you to have the knowledge and understanding about bitcoin.

In the process of seeking for advice, some people may want to scam you, avoid people and make research yourself.

Welcome to Bitcointalk mate.

There's nothing wrong in having a mentor mate. as long as they don't impact you with wrong information. Also, there are lots of experts here on the forum you would want to learn from. I would have love to recommend some names but it won't be nice to do that. A lot of people here on Bitcointalk deserves to be a mentor. As they are good in their own way.
 The best advice is for you to do proper research before taking any step. The crypto journey is fill with lot of amazing experience and also negative ones. So long you are ready to be exposed and open minded, you will be good in no time. Lastly, I would advice you to take your time to study the forum and ask questions on matter you don't understand relating to Bitcoin as there are lots of persons here to help you through your Bitcoin journey.

Probably. What happens is that you don't need a mentor to accompany you from now on and necessarily in all the steps. Use the forum, learn, and when you learn things, you will have doubts about what you have learned. Then you can ask questions in the threads or open threads yourself. In that sense you can have several mentors or if you see that one is the one who gives you the most clarifications, consider him as your mentor.

If having a mentor is free why not?
However, the knowledge of a mentor is limited you still need to research and ask to other experts, or here on the forum always remember smart people always ask questions.

You can start reading how to avoid scammers below since there are many scammers in the Crypto world.

- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5125435.0

More useful links can be found below.

- List of useful Threads! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5149708.0)
- [SEPTEMBER UPD.] Beginners & Help Encyclopedia (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5364418.0)

Just provided these links to make you aware that there are lots of sources to learn than having a mentor.

A mentor is can be referred to an adviser. I don't think it is a bad idea to admire someone who you think is knowledgeable about Bitcoin and gain some vital information from them. I have contacted some persons personally to seek clarification on several issues relating to Bitcoin and it has been very helpful. Following people on social media that you think are sound can be also helpful. But it is important to always verify the information you get from your mentor this is why you need other sources of information. There is no information that you need about bitcoin that cannot be accessed through books and the internet.

I prefer not to have close ties with any individual because people can change their ideology and mentees can be easily influenced by mentors. Some Bitcoin early adopters lost faith in the coin and began to promote FUD and altcoins. People that saw these derailed early adopters as their mentors can be easily deceived that is why it is important to do your own research in most cases.

There is absolutely nothing wrong for someone to seek a mentor or guide on things you don’t know but the problem has always been finding that right person to guide someone most especially if it is something that has to do with money. Just like others have started I would say this forum offers you with those guide you need.

There is no better teacher than your own experience, so whenever you wish to learn a thing and you’re finding it difficult you can just use the forum search engine to find out or create a thread when you can’t find answers, there are experts on bitcoin matters here.

Also just one last piece of advise do not rely totally on any financial advice here without carrying out your own research

not necessarily, but you can ask, though I'm not sure if someone will be interested. the best thing you can do is do your own research, if you have doubts and questions that need to be answered but are having trouble finding answers, you can ask the question here in the forum.

welcome to the forum by the way!

if you are curious about educational bitcoin/blockchain-related videos I suggest following Andreas Antonopoulos, he has a YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@aantonop), you might find his video very helpful.

First you don't have the basic knowledge to be able to understand the characters you want your mentor to have so you made not make the best decision when you selecting a mentor, I am not saying it's not important but I don't think it's the first thing you need right now.

First as a newbie you need to understand what Bitcoin and Crypto-currency is all about, you don't need to have an expert knowledge just the basics and you can find that by doing your research and you have this forum to always ask your questions. Then after you must have gained so bit of knowledge you should be able to understand which path you want to follow and which mentor best suits you

It’s your own investor. You should be responsible on all the decision making because mentor will just confuse you when he give an advice that doesn’t fit to your preference.

It’s better to read previous discussion here and learned from the reputable users advice instead of just asking someone about something you want to know because no one here will be interested to dedicate their time on answering your questions. Bitcointalk has a rich source of info which answer almost all your questions. Just use the search function of the forum.

If you talk about 'travel', especially when it comes to Bitcoin or some other type of crypto and includes the crypto market, the experience I have had, If possible, I suggest sticking to both, don't clap with one hand, playing crypto is a definite risk, sometimes we can be successful and sometimes we can be unlucky, The consequences depend on which part of the journey you choose and carry out, investment, transaction, trading or other things.

For me, diving into the world of Bitcoin, Mentors and your own knowledge are both the most important factors that must be adhered to, you should not be guided by just one source, If you want to be successful in your Bitcoin journey, a mentor's knowledge or experience, especially in the field of the Bitcoin market, prediction, speculation, analysis, is important to achieve your goals and the knowledge or experience you gain outside is also much more important to achieve your goals, The point is you have to use both hands, as I said above, don't clap with one hand.

And what did you have in mind for the figure of a mentor (were it to be the case)?
I mean people are not really going to perform that role on a dedicated individual basis, but rather, more collectively through Q&As on threads on the forum. You’ll then have to learn to distinguish the wheat from the chaff, which will take some time, and even so, mistakes are bound to be made on some sort or another.

I’m with _act_ on this one: the more context and content you can absorb through reading (or viewing) material, the better, thus narrowing down the uncertainty to levels you can probably get to resolve through Q&As here out in the open (and not through PMs for the most).

Don't think that you'll make a mistake upon your move although that could really happen for the first timers and there will be a valuable lesson with that mistake. But if you just stick to the plan that you'll make like holding and you won't sell anytime then just so be it.

You can think of those reading materials and the authors of it as your mentors, so it could be both. You're in the best forum where mentors are just lowkey here and willing to give you piece of advice on what you should do. But not everyone that will give you a tip could do good for you. You make yourself a plan, DYOR and if there's something that you don't undestand then start being vocal and post those questions here and everyone is gonna welcome you with different opinions that could be good for your decision making.

Mentor will help you make your journey a little easier as you will have who to ask question about things that get you confused if it’s a good one they will have to help you iron things down to the level of your understanding then from their base on your acquired knowledge you can do your own learning, do some search online both in this forum and develop your own self to establish that knowledge that you need to excel in the industry.

The best mentor that one need is one self you can only bring out the best version of your self towards what you want to achieve if you can train your self to reach that heights.

I think you have to read a lot to increase your knowledge about cryptocurrencies, getting guidance from seniors is good but you can't keep bothering them, I was a beginner too but I didn't have a mentor to increase my knowledge, I read a lot and I just asked a few trusted members a little, believe me as long as you read well and painstakingly your insight into Bitcoin will develop.

Appreciate the thought here but, just like me, as a student, I really am seeking for help just like the author as I intend to learn how crypto works on backend as I saw the history its kinda mindblowing and I'm really too late for it...
So as a headstart, hmmm maybe a few can help, ...
And btw I also don't understand how people will try scam anyone if they're just seeking for an advice or an idea to have? Will they be asking for payment, if that's what you mean?

Just to add...


I sometimes or maybe some, most of the times rather, or just me being lazy, IDK. But reading ain't be enough for me to understand the whole thing especially when it comes to loops 'n hoops

-MNaz

You are asking a very dumb question, Your question must be like which mentor should I follow in my Bitcoin journey. And you are in doubt, that whether you should have a mentor or not. I mean, in all fields of the universe, a mentor (a loyal and good one) is like a BTC to early adopters. You should find one and when you will find a good one try to refer it to other newbies too.

It is not like, that hard to find a good mentor, but in the BTC sphere, you will come to face many fake mentors who will pretend like they are better than anyone else and you only need them. And in the end, they will be the first to scam you with your money in the form of huge fees.

It is better to not rely on mentors fully, try to educate yourself by making your own efforts. Because spoon feeding is not going to work in the BTC era. You have to make efforts on your own. And you do have to leave your comfort zone.

There are many ways to scam you most especially a total newbie, yes the first scam can be from request by the scammer to have you pay for services that are actually free but that isn’t the biggest threat. The threat is when the person or probably scammer guiding you set u up to give them things like seed phrases or keys which automatically make them co-owner of your wallet. Someone without knowledge would gladly do that even though it seems a trick that can be dictated by a pro.

Better do not underestimate anything about scamming even the most knowledgeable ended getting In involved in one or two. Because as the technology advances so do they. Just like the advice at top, do your research and ask questions but stay away from people willing to help you in your PM. A genuine help would come publicly except other wise

You should first get knowledge from different mentors and do not rely all on your knowledge because sometimes, you are taking one thing for another and get into confusion and the doubts and queries in your mind during your own research will be there and will become a problem for you. So to overcome them you do need a mentor

But mentors are not free, you might get answers to your 1 or 2 queries on YT or any Fb Channel in the comments but if you have more than 1 or 2 queries then you do have to buy a paid membership of some good mentor. But be careful in cryptocurrency, not every mentor is the one who they are telling you they are.

You have to be smart enough to judge a good one, try to do some research on google on how to find a good mentor, and then try to search differently on Social media.

I see, PMs...
Yeah, put a thought on that as I think here in this forum things should be publicly posted as to give hints on the others too. Still wondering whether there are still people getting fooled by the basics? Ain't that a common knowledge before you enter the internet? LoL

I have done some reading and checked other stuff here,but it seems more people are quite addictive on casinos so maybe, I might get a hang of making an app based on what I'm seeing. A long way for me to go before these happens  ;D

Having a mentor as a guardian in bitcoin is not actually a bad idea but at same time it can also make you lazy and limit your knowledge at same time make f not well managed. Some newbies by virtue of having a  mentor grow lazy as they depend on acquiring every knowledge about bitcoin and cryptocurrency from their mentor that they don't give much priority to the DIYOR principal that is potent to broaden their bitcoin knowledge beyond where their mentors' knowledge ends.
Another negative effect of searching for a mentor is that you could fall into the wrong hands and naivety may be taken advantage of in scamming you. So as newbies make the internet your mentor followed by the bitcointalk forum you've found yourself in.

I could say that learning about Bitcoin is easy as we can a lot of information online but some of this information is not true. We can find it by ourselves but having a mentor is not a bad idea either provided that you never have to pay him/her huge. The advantage of having a mentor is to make you learn faster and guide you directly to what you want to know but still, the results may vary depending on how you understand the market and your decision-making.
But if I were you, I'd rather not spend money for having a mentor instead, I use it to invest in Bitcoin. Beside, through experience, we can learn more.

If you can do it on your own, there is no need for a mentor but if you do research and the idea about Bitcoin is still vague, then I think that is the time you need someone to teach you.  Getting a mentor is not a bad thing because it can speed up the time of learning since knowledgeable and capable gurus are able to teach things that are really needed in your Bitcoin journey especially when you are into Bitcoin trading.  having a person to teach us all about of trading can help us to digest knowledge easily since they can explain things to us in a simple form.

In anything we are doing, we need someone that can guide us to make everything easy for us and to be able to learn faster. So when you are planning to join the crypto space, if you have someone that can guide you, then it’s also a good idea, but you also need someone that’s kind of reliable. Also, because you have a mentor who is going to guide you, that does not mean you should depend on the person alone. Make sure you still do more research and accumulate knowledge about crypto by yourself. There are things that you are supposed to hide from your mentor, like your private key. No one can be completely trusted.

The best way is to do it alone, but as a newbie, it won’t be easy, and it might even increase the way in which the person will lose, so if there is someone to guide, then things will be easier, and since the mentor has experience already, then things will go easily. But if there is no one to teach the OP, then he will still have to learn it the hard way.

You do not need a mentor but you can learn from what the experienced users of this forum posted because some mentors in the cryptocurrency space only mislead the followers and use them as a ladder to their success.
If you must invest in crypto,  focus mainly on Bitcoin, how to do transactions, and also secure your crypto wallet.

I've read Alot of comments and I think you've gotten all th best answers you deserve and you should be well grounded and doing your own research despite any thing you hear or see has always been the best and I will always encourage you to do your research irrespective of who broke the news to you.
As long as cryptocurrency and Bitcoin is concerned, I think the forum is already enough mentor for you to ask whatever question that might be complicated to you and I'm sure there are already enough generous people and users out here who will be willing to guide you without a dime from you.

One thing that I learned from a podcast is you need to find a mentor who could teach you, I mean its probably not going to be a direct mentor but if you're just going to do it by yourself it is going to be difficult and you're going to make a lot of mistakes at first which is pretty normal since we all make mistakes, but there was a way to avoid making mistakes If you're going to find a mentor or probably research about it, ask someone about it first you could probably learn from their mistakes avoiding possible mistakes that you could do in your investment.

I mean it's a good thing that we are in the forum because we have a lot of discussions and I think its already similar to finding a mentor because you also learning and they are teaching you how you going to execute, so your surely gonna need a mentor but it doesnt really need to be a personal one or only one mentor, you could ask here in the forum, which is the answer by a lot of experience member that could easily teach you what their experience is.

It depends on you dude, if you are the type of person who is indecisive and always confused about something then you need a mentor who will always give you direction which is one of the best. but if you are steady, and always walking forward, then you don't need that. It's all about control where you can't handle it yourself. Mentors also need to be given money, He doesn't feel good if you always ask, but never give him something, which gives him the pleasure of always giving you direction. If I were you, I don't need that, because you are already here and have always answer your question if you don't know about bitcoin.

Most online mentors will work for their own profit. I know there are no services as a mentor, but what I mean is everyone will try to use you to get some commission. Start reading more and more and gather more knowledge from various sources. If you know how to search, you will likely get some good results. The first thing to do is select a reputed non-custodial software wallet.

Learn how not to get hacked or tricked. Do not rely on exchanges to keep your Bitcoin. Please do not use them as a wallet. If you have questions during your bitcoin journey, do not hesitate to ask in this community.

Since you are a newbie and you have a lot of interest to know about Bitcoin, you need to learn about Bitcoin. The first advice I will give you is that you should never go into investing until you have gained knowledge about the Bitcoin market. Investing can be profitable when you gain complete knowledge about Bitcoin and get good education. Also you never invest in alert coin expecting high profit, it will be risky for you so you avoid it invest bitcoin. Since you are a newbie in the crypto space, you should note and read all the guidelines thoroughly so that you can move forward in the future. Also you must be from a country, so I would suggest you that this forum has local boards for all countries. So you go to your local board and post there and there are various guidelines made in your language, read them surely you will gain knowledge soon.

Well, if there's someone willing to guide you (someone you personally know), that's better. But if you're going to pay for the service then it's not ideal. A mentor is not necessary to start your journey in Bitcoin since everything a newbie needs to know can be done if you exert an effort to do your own research.

Plenty of articles are on the internet (just choose a reliable source), full of information about Bitcoin. Hence, make reading a habit to gain knowledge. And of course as others have said, this forum is a reliable source of information, not just for Bitcoin but for crypto in general.

It is recommended to have a mentor who can accompany you while you learn about crypto, but it is optional because with the ease of internet access, you have, you can search for more information from the internet.
You can have a mentor, but you should not depend too much on him because he also has his own life to which he needs to pay attention.
You can ask him but give him space to take care of his life because you also need to grow while you are learning about crypto.
Choose a mentor from people you know closely so that he doesn't expect anything in return but because he really wants to share what he knows about crypto.
And that's not easy because most people who are asked to explain something won't want to explain it in detail and we have to be more active in looking for more information.

I don't think you need a mentor to grow in your Bitcoin journey OP, all you need to do to improve in Bitcoin journey is to do yourself a favor to start reading any books that contains Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, I believe you will achieve something that will make Bitcoin journey easy for you to grow faster in the community. Many newbies has loss a lot of things based on they depended upon mentor online that lead them to frustration, because they paid all their attention to mentor without be active in the forum or reading cryptocurrency books. If you want to make the journey easy, ensure you always read some of the legendary and Hero members comments, and I believe it will help you to grow well in quality Post and other things in the community.

So try whatever it is yourself first, take it slow, if you get stuck then ask someone or your friend who is more expert. So, with independent efforts at the start and if you have failed several times, there will be specific questions from you that you should ask your mentor, as long as the mentor has experience and morals in providing guidance to you. because at the end of the story the object is talking about profits and losses in investment (for example, you want to invest in BTC)

Yes. He will answer it and it will be very easy to explain it to you because his mentor was also small and crawled before becoming an expert. But what you have to remember is that a mentor is like a driver who directs you to your destination towards success.

That's what I think, too. Who needs a mentor when you have the privilege to read the opinion of hundreds os crypto veterans in this forum? And, as the talk is public, almost no one with a reputation to maintain will lie to you, so you can forget about the trust factor (not Trust with capital letter, btw, which is always interesting to check).

As most members told you, DYOR, and I would suggest to start little by little, while you gain confidence. I hope you a beautiful crypto-journey.

Not necessarily, but having one will shorten your road towards those knowledge that you will be needing in the future.

Not having a mentor means, you will be going left and right, meaning you might experience some things that you don't necessarily need in the future. Having a mentor meaning he/she will help you to have those knowledge that you will be needing.

As for me, I didn't have any mentor that guided me. Youtube guided me as well as this forum thru different threads. Youtube documentaries lead me to various knowledges. Threads here in the forum added some information that I needed. I didn't have a mentor, since most of the information can already be found online. I mean it's up to you if you need a mentor or not, but as for me, having one is good, but not having one isn't the end of the word because there's a thing called self-learning.

With the silly mistakes some crypto users do make such as storing funds on CEX, storing funds in closed source wallets, clicking phishing links and investing in pump and dump projects. So oh yeah! I think you need a mentor, the forum should be your mentoring ground where your mentorship starts. So stick around, read crypto articles both in and outside the forum, participate in ongoing discussions, ask questions in areas you need clarity. In no time you will be equipped with the basic knowledge you need to go about your bitcoin sojourn as well as other crypto investments.

Having mentor is not too ideal when it comes to bitcoin. You know why? The two of you might have wrong conception about bitcoin and you wouldn't know and whatever wrong thing he tells you, you will accept it without doing further research.

The best approach about this, do your own personal research about bitcoin, paper works on bitcoin is there around the internet, all the pages in the internet cannot be lying, if out of 10 have information about bitcoin, 8 of them will be saying the same thing about bitcoin, the forum is another place to understand everything about bitcoin.

In my personal opinion, having a mentor and not having a mentor will likely yield the same results in the crypto world. Because you need to know, to learn the ins and outs of the crypto world, the key is just the desire you have and never be lazy to continue learning all the knowledge. Because currently information and knowledge about cryptocurrency is widely available on the internet. Such as on websites in the form of writing, on YouTube in the form of videos, and one of them is in the BTT forum. So basically you just need to have a strong intention, then get rid of laziness, and after that you just have to apply the knowledge you have learned to trading or investing in cryptocurrency.

And having a mentor who can guide you in the world of crypto is definitely the same as learning autodidactically. Maybe the difference is, in terms of learning it will definitely be shorter. Because by having a mentor, everything you want to learn about cryptocurrency has been prepared by that mentor and you don't need to bother looking for information first. So in essence, I personally have a neutral opinion regarding the existence of mentors. Because actually, if you look at it from a scientific point of view regarding the crypto realm. Even if you learn it yourself, as long as you have a strong desire, the results will definitely be optimal.

Apart from that, what you need to know is that once you invest or trade crypto, there is definitely one thing that you will definitely learn better than from a mentor. Namely learning from the experience you have regarding crypto trading or investment. Personally, I think an experience is an indelible and very useful lesson to become better at trading or investing in the crypto world.

Welcome to the bitcointalk Forum. Since you are new to this forum you must first follow the forum rules. If you are interested in learning about Bitcoin and Crypto. So do your own research first because you won't learn anything good when you follow someone else's advice.

I don't need your advice for this. Because observing yourself can be the most experienced. You may prefer Bitcointalk forum to learn. You know the answer as soon as you ask any question. And through that you will get answers to your unknown questions. The more time you spend on this forum the more experienced you will become. Just by your will power.

A good mentor is important information that you collect from various sources, then you can also dig up further information here as initial capital in continuing your investment journey. You must rely on yourself and the decisions you make based on the results of your own research. Always trust yourself in every decision you make, other people can only give advice but the final decision is in your hands.

Doing research first about what we are going to do would be very good because we can find out whether the thing we are going to do is suitable or not, if it is not suitable for us it is better not to do it because it could be a problem and only last a short time no we can't produce anything. If we can observe ourselves, it will be very useful because we can find out what we can do or not. I agree with you that spending a lot of our time on this forum we can get various information that we need.

It is not nice for anyone to underrate the power of mentorship. Whoever embarks on a journey with a mentor is slightly going to arrive his destination faster and smoothly. A  Mentor is someone who has passed through the phase of life that you are currently passing through. But anyone that discovers this forum may not have the need for a mentor anymore. Here is  just like having so many mentors and it is now at your own discretion to choose which mentor our group of mentors that you will listen.

This is not to say that there aren't some excellent courses and trading techniques being taught, but using them does not ensure trading success.

On the other hand, even if you do manage to find a successful trader who is prepared to teach you, it will probably cost a fortune, and it still won't ensure your success.

In Bitcoin there's a popular phrases "don't trust, verify", since you can't verify human mind, you can't trust anyone.

So the best choice is start to learn from scratch, are you already trust in Bitcoin? if not then watch the video about banks vs Bitcoin. The next step is learn about centralized exchange, decentralized exchange, non custodial wallet, custodial wallet, ways to save your seed phrase, read some basic security etc.

Your biggest and best tutor is open source, free resources because Bitcoin is designed for open source codes and it opens a gate, chance for everyone with free resources too.

You don't have to look for people to be your tutors. By chance, you can meet your tutors but before they come to you, stop looking for them but start to learn with open source code and free resources. They are always here for you to explore about Bitcoin.

Why trading and trader?

Again, newbie talks about trading. I hope you won't learn your hard lesson from trading.

OP is a newbie and should start with investing, holding, securing his wallet and coins safely. Backing up wallet safely for recovery in future.

Trading, I am against it for newbies in Bitcoin market.

It depends on the type of mentor that you can come across. If it is a good mentor, that is fine, but if it is a bad one, you better not. Making proper research can be very helpful, and also making proper personal decision afterwards can make you do better along the path.

You do not need a mentor in your journey in Bitcoin just get the experience on your own, or from the people who can serve you as knowledge already, and it's up to you how you manage and grow those skills, common recently there's a lot of pretending person that they are willing to help you but at the end of the day after getting to know your comfort they will start their plan its a common scheme of scamming other people, so don't fall on it easily. Also in decision its on your own, don't let other people decide where to invest, go altcoins, go bitcoin, play gambling and etc. All in your own risk and decision.

Yes, you need a mentor but it's not a requirement. If you've one, fine. If you don't, it's still ok. Mentorship will help you stand on the shoulders of giants so you can see far and well ahead in the industry/business you're getting into. It's not just in the crypto industry alone. It's in all facets of life. If you can get one who will have time commitment to you and be willing to impact your journey with or without tasking you financially, stick to such one. I got here by a stroke of luck; never had a mentor. I had to learn the ropes by myself and I believe it took me a longer time to get to the point I'm right now than it would've had I had a mentor. A mentor would've jump started me, I believe.

Like a lot of persons have already commented, it is always best to DYOR but there's no harm in having a mentor but I guess that it isn't for free.

I started with no mentor, and I became profitable investing in Bitcoin. So, I can say that there's no need to have a mentor. Self-study is what we should do. At least we don't need to spend; instead, we can use that money as capital for investing or trading. Try to learn the basics first, understand what Bitcoin and cryptocurrency are overall. You need to understand the risks so you'll be able to handle them effectively and learn how to minimize the risk.

There's no overnight success here, so be patient and keep learning. Eventually, when you really have the skills, profit will just follow.

A good mentoring makes it very simple on that point, even without mentioning bitcoin, for anyone who wants to delve into anything. Additionally, you may discover information that is unknown to others. For instance, in Chinese movies, students of kufu constantly submit to the discipline and training of their teacher because they think the teacher will always teach them a unique technique. Therefore, in bitcoin, the danger is lower the better the mentorship.
You can conduct study into any subject you desire, but adding mentorship will make it simpler to take pleasure in the surroundings. Goals for what you wish to archive can then be determined afterwards. being aware of your investment goals and frequency of contributions. People are always scared since it involves money but when they have some to encourage the and guide them then it is finished.

Use this forum as a mentor to start your journey to get to know Bitcoin more deeply, a lot of knowledge has been shared here to make it easier for beginners to get to know Bitcoin. Always take the time to read and use the search button to make it easier for you to find something you are looking for in the forum. Your courage in undertaking the journey will determine your level of success depending on how you start. Discard the feeling of being lazy about reading, dare to ask more senior members about something you don't know and continue to be directly involved in discussions to broaden your insight.

If there are free mentors, why not, because it is important for us to look for good guidance about Bitcoin, especially if you are a beginner. This is all so that we don't make mistakes, therefore we need to study the theory because there the mentor will teach us in very detailed and interesting ways about all the processes in the bitcoin field.

However, in my opinion, this forum is more than enough for you to learn about Bitcoin because it is very complete here, there are also lots of mentors here as long as you are not lazy to read and are not embarrassed to ask questions. From my experience, many of the users here are good and many are experts in bitcoin, so make the most of this forum. Because all users have good experience on this forum.

I don't think you need to spend more time looking for a mentor who will teach you about the world of crypto, even if you intend to pay for it, but I'm not sure that someone will teach you everything about things related to the world of crypto. So it would be better for you to get used to reading everything you don't know about via the internet. Even though it may be a little slow for you to understand, at least you can maintain your privacy with other people regarding matters related to the crypto world.

In the crypto world, everyone needs to take care of themselves quite well and maintain every equipment they use very well for better security, because it is not recommended for everyone to reveal everything to the public. Moreover, if your goal in learning about the world of crypto is for money, there certainly won't be many people who want to teach you for free, unless you yourself make questions in discussions like this via forums.

It's up to you to lecture yourself, in this field it's you and yourself only, I never had anyone teaching me anything about crypto and I made so many mistakes all along but here I am today, I am not a crypto pro but my mistakes makes me a better crypto man, my level of skills in crypto space is now better than two years back.

If you are not scared of making mistakes you will be fine, and it's wiser to do research on everything you plan to do in the crypto space, it doesn't make sense to keep making all mistakes because you want to learn, some can be avoided just by doing your own research.

I think it's better to be on your own, because in this field, everyone wants to make money and me running under someone can make me their scapegoat, this is why I don't like looking for a mentor, people like taking advantage of other people when the chance is available to them.

It is not required or recommended to have a mentor on your Bitcoin journey because you can learn yourself by doing some research and asking questions here in the forum if there's something you find it hard to understand or asking if the forum members know any source to learn Bitcoin. If you feel you can't do it then why not have a mentor on your journey. Honestly, I my brother-in-law didn't teach me what I know today because he only taught me about bounty campaigns until I stop joining bounties and learn about cryptocurrency by myself through research and asking questions here in thr forum.

I do not believe that a person should hire or get a mentor, though it would help you on your bitcoin journey.

The internet is in the palm of your hands- every resource is available if you search online. In fact, part of your journey in cryptocurrencies is discovering all the videos and references for your support. Learning and exploring are all part of the journey for you to understand the basics and fundamentals. Lastly, if you clearly search on Google all about beginner guides, you would fin tons of references for you.

In conclusion, you do not need a mentor for you to understand everything though it can accelerate things for you. But enjoy the journey and long along the way- that's what makes this journey worthwhile!

There is need for anyone to underrate the power of mentorship because we all have to learn whatever we have through some form of direct and indirect mentorship at some point and that will help us to arrive at our destination on time and also avoiding some of the possible mistakes that should have affected their movement in that particular field.
A lot have to be done in the area of research both from sourcing for information direct mentor or an indirect mentorship but a smart learner can easily learn from the person afar even though they don't have direct contact with them.

Op, since you are new to Bitcoin, having a mentor who will guide you in your Bitcoin journey is not a bad idea because your mentor will guide you in certain things like the wallet to use in storing your Bitcoin, protecting your private key, and never storing your Bitcoin in a centralized exchange. Never forget to do your research on Bitcoin even when you have a mentor so that it will enable you to understand the fundamentals of Bitcoin, and you will be able to tell someone about Bitcoin

What you need is to learn carefully about Bitcoin from varied valid sources. You actually don't really need a mentor. TBH, I also never have a mentor, I learn Bitcoin myself. I realize that it is not easy to get a trusted mentor as well. It is not recommended if you try to get mentor in any social media. You need to know well the person who you consider to be a mentor. Don't choose the wrong mentor!

By the way, there are many sources in this forum, you can explore this beginners & help board, bitcoin discussion board and your local board to get the basic information about Bitcoin. Can we know where do you come from, dude?

Examples of the basic knowledge:
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1631151.0
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1629118.0

Having a mentor is only good if you know you can trust that person and you are aware about his successful experiences in bitcoin. But if it's just a stranger whom you only know online and he claims that he has successful bitcoin journey, then never waste your time on him. It would be best if you do your own research about bitcoin and how it can be essential in your growth. If you do your own diligence to study about bitcoin and be aware of its risk and learn to manage them wisely, I really think that you will have a successful bitcoin journey in the future even without having or relying from a mentor.

In this present life we are leaving, mentor as a word is very important and it's needed in all aspect of life be it bitcoin. So I will say it is very necessary for you to have a mentor because two heads is better than one. With mentor, your bitcoin journey will be easier because he (mentor) is an already experienced and knowledgeable person which will tend to later impact you with the knowledge through his guidance and mentorship.

There is no bad in having a mentor as they will be your guide in building you up to  standing strong on your feet before you could be thinking of becoming an authority but when it comes to crypto, one needs be extra careful though when it comes to things of this nature.  You may have like two or more mentor if you may wish so as to aid you learn very fast and broad so as to allow you acquire more knowledge as the case maybe.

Aside that, you can engage yourself in doing research as to help you gain more knowledge and idea on how to go about your activities when you want to transact or deal on bitcoin and other crypto currencies. Knowledge gained while conducting research gives you wide scope of how things really works coupled with experience you read from other peoples story while doing the same too. Definitely, your mentors would tell you their stories too and you can learn from them but in all read and do proper research so you will not be misguided to do the wrong thing as no one can tell what the intentions of the other is.

I think the progress of learning would be so much faster if you have a mentor compared to your own. If you can find someone worthy enough and legitimate that could act as your mentor then do it. If not, you can do it for yourself and just read on your own. PLUS you already are a member of Bitcointalk so you could ask here or find the necessary resource for this one.

Well, no one teaches you everything. If you do not have interest from the inside and cannot learn, no one will be able to teach you. Many of my friends ask me how I make my pocket money, and I share with them what I do in my free time. They know about Bitcointalk, but they are clueless about it. I explained to them almost what I was able to explain.

They don't think they can do what I am doing now. The reason is they do not have a genuine interest in joining the discussion. Most of the newbies join the forum with the hope that they will rank up their profile over night. I wish I had someone who teach me in the beginning.

You can never learn better than if you can learn something on your own. Whenever you go to learn with the help of people it can teach you wrong and lead you down the path of scams. Especially here if you have any question about bitcoin forum then of course this forum has different sites where you can ask according to your type of question. If you need any basic knowledge then surely you can ask question on help and beginner site there surely you will get solution of your problem in very short time. Furthermore, if you want to learn more about a complex problem, there are of course many other areas where you can seek help. But remember to always try to do things on your own and avoid other people's trends. What you learn in it will stay with you forever.

Yes you have to consult someone who is good on bitcoin to help and guide you so you won't mislead yourself and also make research after the mentor has instructed you what to do and also make some research and ask him. You can also ask some disturbing questions here so the experts will guide and tell you what to do. But the personal experience is the best way to learn, but no man is an island, knowledge is always share so a mentor is needed to safe guide you in the journey.

The answer of mine is,  yes I think in this journey having a mentor can give some extra progress in your learning.Look, you can get all these online for free on the journey you want to take, but it would be better if you start your learning step by step but initially, And initially many people face problems while learning them, and don't understand them. And it takes a lot of time to gain yourself if you go to learning in this messy way.
So I think having a mentor here, will help you learn things step by step in a certain process and I think this will prevent many mistakes that are likely to be made and also speed up the learning in a right way. But before selecting the mentor, take a good look at his background and see how his reputation is. Moreover, you can take this forum as a mentor, you can ask if you face problems in different places. Or increase your networking with other members in the forum by taking suggestions from them

Ops if you want to go far and fast then you must have a mentor who will be your shortest route to. get to where you want to be because we can't underrate the possibility and speed that are granted to those who operate with a compass in any aspect of life, and in the carrier, you must sail with a compass and that compass is your mentor who serves as a guardian on your way up to avoid any possible crisis in the cause of chasing your goal.
In the forum also you may have mentors and the best thing 8s that since the forum values privacy that much, you may have a mentor without the individual knowing you have chosen to learn the ways if you feel the ways are cool for you, nothing bad in having a mentor.

I was introduced to this forum by a friend, and same way I'm sure over 90% of the people here were also introduced by someone into this forum, so having a mentor is one of the best thing anyone can get in whichever career such person intend to journey through, as with a mentor you stand the chance of understanding a concept far more better & easier than when you try figuring it out alone all by yourself with your layman understanding. 
So if you have anyone who you think has better knowledge about Bitcoin, I will advice you to humble yourself and learn, and stop stressing yourself on Google for hours over what you can be taught by a mentor in few minutes.

I don't see anything wrong with someone having mentors when starting his or her Bitcoin journey. I will even say it helps a lot, and that can make someone understand things very well and fast about Bitcoin, especially when someone has very good crypto-knowledgeable mentors. You will be learning things about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency step by step according to the way someone supports learning them, not jumping from side to side without a proper understanding. But when you don't have someone who has good knowledge about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, I will advise you to learn it on your own online because nowadays there are many people outside there who claim to have good knowledge about Bitcoin but can't even differentiate between custodial and non-custodial wallets and how Bitcoin works. But also know that personal research is necessary online despite having a mentor because someone learns everything from a mentor.

It's good to have mentors mostly when it has to do with the path on which one is travelling.
A mentor could be anyone who has gone farther than where one is and is like a guide and standard to be followed.
If you think you can learn on your own without any help, as long as this forum exist, I believe you can get answers to any questions regarding BTC and you will get good answers to point you in the right direction.

Bitcoin is transparent, it would be better for you to have a public mentor than a private one. This forum clearly has competent people in every field of bitcoin (technical, trading, etc.) who won't mind sharing what you want to know. Don't worry about your privacy either, here you will also be shown openly what you should keep secret.

Having a mentor is not a bad idea but you need to be carefull in doing that. In having a physical mentor how trustworthy, secured and sure are you about that person. What is the reason of having a mentor? To put you through, questions and answers? that can be done in the forum. Whenever you are finding things difficult, just ask your questions and from the replies you have to pick your mentor by reading others post, you will get a very good answer to your questions .
We have alot of Guru's in this forum ,if you're able to find them you problems are sloved, read anything that has to do with Bitcoin and cryptocurency and use your search engines to find answers.

It's good to have a mentor but I don't think one is necessary for Bitcoin but it's good incase there is something you want to learn fast but with comes with disadvantages, like you may learn something about bitcoin in wrong way. If you know how to read and write, starting from the beginning shouldn't be that hard to grasp everything you need to know about bitcoin, just start from beginning to advance option, you will get it in no time.

Also, reading public opinion on forum like bitcointalk and other places like stack.bitcoin.exchange are good resources and the correct opinions are giving more merit and stars for people to understand the best response that suit the question.

Developing your own potential will be better than having to look for a mentor who is not really close to you. whether for trading or investment. you are already in this forum, there is a lot of information that might help you. If you are still having trouble, you can also ask here. like your thread, and gradually you will grow by yourself.

if you have already appointed a mentor in your real world. that you can find at any time. My advice is not to share your exchange account or access to your wallet with him. make sure everything is in your control, only you.

It is very difficult to follow a mentor with the current scams so rather than following a specific mentor goes to the experienced people on the forum and learn more about the science Learn information that will enhance your journey forward.If advice is given then all work is easier, there is nothing wrong with it, it is better, but if you want to be misinformed or lead in wrong direction, it is better to avoid those people as much as you can do not too reclusive because whenever you become too dependent on others for a task, your weakness will be exploited and steered in the wrong direction.Lastly mentors are good, but my one suggestion is to know more about forum experienced people or rules here and take this forum as a mentor Better not to follow But if you have someone you trust close to you who will push you forward, think of that person as a compliment giver.

It's not necessary but having a mentor when you are learning something new will definitely accelerate your studies. However, finding a good mentor that wiling to share their knowledge is quite hard, in any field of knowledge, especially Bitcoin which is fairly new stuff. Some people might refuse to become a mentor not because they are arrogant, but because they feel like they are still lack of the knowledge even though they already know much, and with new technology like Bitcoin it will more likely to happened. Even if you can't find any mentor you could still learn so much about Bitcoin in this forum.

I'd learn about Bitcoin through searches and learn more when doing it in actuality. We can have someone to teach us but still, we have to do more searches as well rather than relying on that person because you are right, that person never knows everything about Bitcoin yet, he is still learning more.

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If we are going to learn about Bitcoin and succeed in our journey OP, we must also be willing to spend time and go along the learning process. We can't make it a shortcut.

DYOR is the only way to start and find some resources  and in additional this forum will be your school cause you can learn here a lot of things about cryptocurrency and Bitcoin. You can ask and it will be answer by our forum members. Also Op it needs more time but only thing. I assure it will  worthit  cause knowledge is shareable but once you have that it will not be stolen by everyone's. In addition good luck to your crypto  journey OP .

They are so lucky at early stage of participation in crypto they already found this forum where they can learn a lot of information if they are just doing some extra efforts on researching those information's available around the corner. Not everyone can easily locate this forum since it needs deep research before they can go here if no one will tell its existence. And since they are already here they can ask any questions and for sure to many learnings they can possibly pick up if they are hard working.

The problem with other is they only want to get spoon feed since they are lazy for seeking or verifying the information they receive. They didn't realize that doing that is not good to them since they can't learn anything by relying to much on other people.

A newborn baby needs care and attention to grow because they don't know anything at all, they don't know what's good or bad for them since they don't have any sense or understanding or any abilities whatsoever, however, you might not have knowledge about Bitcoin but you are probably literate, know how to use the internet, how to use Google or YouTube or any other platform to search for content and to watch and read and understand what you are watching and reading.

So, you don't really need someone to guide you at every single step in the learning process or even after that unless you say that you don't know anything and you can't even use an electronic device and this post was also made by someone else sitting beside you, if that's the case, you might have a hard time in learning and understanding everything.

Good luck anyway.

You have just said the right thing , in bitcoin investment having a mentor does not not really count if people will do well what matters is individuals effort on making research to do things right. Having a mentor is good if one is lucky to have who is worth being a mentor,  and looking for a mentor can lead someone entering a wrong hand that can be a problem.

Bitcoin is something people can do by themselves if only they give themselves the time to make research which will expand their knowledge of making them on how to go about an investment.  Their is no much need to get mentor when everything is online and not even complicated to understand.

Every man can be a mentor to himself one way or the other, it really just simply lies down to how actually just handle the whole situation because just like every other person out there who one wants to grow you first need to make research by yourself and then after making and gathering your own knowledge I think asking of possible questions for proper orientation and guidelines will probably be of help to successful starting your journey and it's as simple as that just make sure you continually follow up with the trend and you will find out that being a self mentor is probably best in the world of cryptocurrency.

I don't know about you or anyone else but i think you can both have a good mentor or a bad one if you decide to hope on someone to be your mentor, the cryto world is very vast and no one actually fully understand it's so everyone is actually tangling on mere speculation and with knowledge they have gathered for themselves so you making research is actually going to be a good plan to start up.

The importance of a mentor in every works of life cannot be overly emphasised as it has numerous advantages to you been the mentee but that doesn't assures you of success, you must work hard your self to be able to achieve desired results while still under the guidance of your mentor. One advantage of a mentor is you tend to make fewer mistakes than you would have without a mentor.

A mentor will guide you from his level of experience and make sure you don't make the mistakes he made while growing, this will help fast track your journey and you go far in a shorter time than you would have doing it all alone. In the crypto space you definitely need a mentor wether directly or indirectly because no one is an island of knowledge in this space so you need someone who has a level of experience more than you do to guide you pass some stgaes and avoid certain costly mistakes.

There is nothing wrong in having a mentor. It is only wrong when you over-rely on the mentor's advice or judgements.  The essence of getting a mentor is to learn from the person or those who have great experience in that particular field you are pursuing.  Why learning from them, you do your homework.  Do your research, read threads and posts, ask questions where you are not clarified. Dedicate your time to learning from all sources.  When you do your personal researches, you will know when your mentor is digressing.  Remember no one knows it all and you alone is accountable for all your investment decisions.

A mentor is not really necessary. Information is easily available through many sources. You can learn a lot from reading newsletters, visiting forums or watching YouTube videos. There are many diverse ideas within the Bitcoin community. Someone who is trusted by many people is Andreas Antonopoulos. He is a great educator but you don't want to rely on a single person's advice. There are many complex and sometimes even controversial issues which you will need to form your opinions independently.

In additional to all the contributions that has been made regarding your question, I think you don't need a personal mentor rather you need knowledge which can easily be gotten from being a part of the forum which you are already and asking for help by asking necessary questions and making more research to verify the information that you receive here.

You can also get so many knowledge on reading  some threads that is related to what you can learn from I believe you will increase your knowledge on cryptocurrency.

You're right. There are many sources, we can easily get them through this forum or googling on internet. It is not impossible to learn Bitcoin without a mentor. However, if we have a mentor, he can give a suggestion which part to learn first and which to learn later. It can make us to learn more effectively. A mentor also can share his real experience in Bitcoin journey. But the problem, it is not easy to get a trusted mentor. I personally never get a person that I can believe to be my mentor. So, I just learn myself and do everything with my own way.

If you want to have a mentor, then look for someone who can truly be trusted and has the ability to be your mentor. It is widely believed here, in any case, especially if it concerns the money you are going to invest.

Mentor actually functions to help you learn and carry out activities in crypto. In fact, this will be even better because you can have discussions with people who can really help you directly. At least he can also give you direction when you want to decide something, or maybe you will take the wrong step but in the end you will be helped by consultation with a mentor. So it just depends on who the mentor will be. If you really want to have it, go ahead, if not, we can also be more independent.

Like most members have said above, it’s better you do your own research and learn for yourself. But I understand everyone is not the same and every person has his unique own learning pattern, if yours is mentorship then you can go ahead but I would advise you find a mentor who is experienced in the crypto field. Getting a high value mentor is cool, but have you considered the cost? No successful individual would give his time and knowledge for free.

The beginning of becoming successful in cryptocurrency race is the ability of the investors or the particular person to carry out its own research, so I believe that learning iatrs all about involvement of two things, and the involvement of two things are conducting a research and depends on the research and secondly believing on another person work, so what I believe is personal race, having mentor is good but internet is the highest provider, so since internet is highest provider I don't see any reason while we should have a guidance in cryptocurrency race, this journey is a journey you will comprehend the conduct through your observation and research as I portrayed initially

Whether or not to have a mentor depends on each person's preference.
Whether you need one or not depends on how you learn to trade properly.

I learned trading only by myself and there is no mentor,
maybe just look at some basic knowledge and continue to develop it by combining several strategies and using available indicators.

Mentor may be like a real road sign, and it will be a warning when we go wrong.
Many people use mentors until they pay for a certain period of time.
Usually, they also provide live trading to practice trade analysis when trading.

If you have a friend whom you can trust and who is well versed in cryptocurrency, then surely this would be the best solution to take advantage of his knowledge. Otherwise, you will be forced to figure it out on your own, but if you need any help, you can ask for help on this forum.