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When people ask, What do you do for a living? I have a full time job, but I also trade crypto-currency.  I do not like telling them about my currency and Bitcoin activities because when I tell people about trading currency online our relationship sometimes changes. They start scheming or they think "I can do that, better than you" and I suspect they want to secretly start trading too.
 
Does anybody relate to this?

I can absolutely relate to this, and I'll explain why.

I heard about crypto a long time ago, but didn't get genuinely interested until early 2017. Since then I've been learning as much as I possibly can about crypto, but I still had my day job.

I ended up finding a group called Voodoo Crypto who taught me pretty much everything I know about trading. Since finding that group and investing in my education, I've been day trading regularly.

I made the decision to go all in on crypto a few months ago, and I don't just mean with my money but with my time, energy, and passion. It's the best decision I've ever made, but it caused great tension with my day job.

I've since established a plan to build my stack to a point where I can day trade for a living and dedicate my time to sharing everything I've learned about crypto. Only a few more weeks and my financial independence will be completely secured!!

Its simply because others don't want to make money more than you. :D

I will tell them definitely about what I am doing but will never reveal any things about how to do it.

I try my best to make my affiliation with crypto as private as possible(trading included), though it really depends to who I'm talking to. I don't wanna get my face hit by that $5 wrench, you know? I mostly say that I trade digital assets instead. Game currencies and such. People would likely think that I still act like a kid that still has heavy interest with online games, but whatever.

If you told someone and they think that way, then fuck 'em. Ignore them and do your thing. Don't get too much negativity in your way.

Two vague responses that work best are: I make money online, or I have an online business. Those responses seem to tame the beasts down and not as many people continue prying past that.

Saying: I am a CURRENCY trader, or I am a CYRPTO-currency trader, or I trade BITCOIN.  Those are going to create a more competitive, suspicious, and ultimately greedy reaction.

I also do not usually say that I am a trader, although that is my main source of income for about four years, because the country where I live still has little appreciation for issues related to technology and business or work schemes based on Internet. In fact, when someone usually says that he works online, it is common for people to suggest: "And why do not you look for a real job?"  ;D

In addition, I have found that many people have great prejudices about bitcoin, and those who have heard something about the subject tend to think that it is related to hackers or to do illicit activities, therefore, I think that in no way it would be convenient for me to be announced as crypto-enthusiastic over here.

Actually i am pretty open about my crypto trading, it is always an ice breaker and a conversation starter when people ask me what do you do fo a living and i say i work and do a bit of trading on the side, and if they ask about what it is and how it is going i start explaining, i agree that some people don't like and think that it is stupid and a waste of time and money, but other just get really interested and we become friend and i feel better for introducing them to crypto, which is honestly what we all need to do to spread the word and make the community grow and expand.

Simple, if you don't want to, don't tell anything to anyone.
There's no need to show over-smartness about your trading strategy or anything related, because that will lead to breach of your pledge towards decentralization and privacy maintenance. It is good actually to keep our mouth shut over things like these as we don't know who's got what intention and may turn out to be whom later on.

Why would they 'want to' start trading secretly when you said that they compare themselves with you and yell at you that they are better than you?

Well I always tell them that I am trading specially if my relatives ask me about my job.
If they think they could do better then why don't they try to prove it,
I wouldn't care about their life our what they think about me at least I am earning my money the right way I am not doing something illegal.
If they want to try it then let them so they would also know how hard it is to earn money in our way.
Most of them see's what we do as an easy task but they don't really know how hard it is.

It makes no sense to talk about trading cryptocurrency because 99% of the traders actually don't know what they are doing, so how can one talk about it and expect it to be meaningful except that you boost yourself.

You are very right. Better be discreet with crypto trading rather than divulge to anyone. This will create more questions, negativity if they don't know what crypto is about, and other things you might be stressed about. I for one, is not saying much to everyone around me but they do know that I am earning online via cryptocurrencies but nothing more than that.

Yes, i m. Why make you need to publish your trading activity? I never publish anything about that and i just try to publish how much achievement that i got from my trade but i never publish it specifically. Keep calm and be a good boy and whatever they said and don't care about that.
The income from your trading is including on your privacy and your activity too

Yes, very dangerous, people think we have a lot of money. Robbers are dangerous in my place, A lot of people got killed because of money. Some traders even hide their real idedntity in social media.

I don't tell them exactly and specifically my activities involving cryptocurrency. I just tell them that I'm doing an online job because I don't want to explain things further.
I have tried sharing about what I'm doing in crypto to a friend before but it turned out like I'm being judged and they even thought of crypto as a scam so from then on, instead of sharing, I stopped opening anything about my source of income.

I still have a full time job even when I have started trading. I have been asked by my workmates why do I save and earn money more than them and I have simply told them that I'm using my money wisely. We don't actually need to complicate things. People will always get envy if they would know that we're earning more than them so it's better to be secretive and live lowkey.

If you were being secretive about trading, then I don't think you should ever use social media and publish your story.

Traders that I know use social media are those who either run a private group or just love sharing ideas to others. If you just want to learn or follow them, use Twitter. No need to make an account.


I do the same thing, and part of it was true. My full-time job is online freelancing, writing, design etc, so 'making money online' is definitely spot on.

On the contrary, I will tell my friends that I do trade. But they think it's the traditional stock markets because I'm been trading stocks ever since.

So I don't know if some of my friends who I told about bitcoin is secretly trading behind my back. But I have no problem whatsoever though, the more the merrier.  ;D

At least if they have been trading crypto, they will learn how to earn money on the sideline.

I am not so secretive about my holdings and trades but I think it is better to be.

My family and friends at work know my crypto activities but I am a bit afraid of the future. I always read about people who become rich of crypto and suddenly his/her distant relatives start to show up to borrow money or ask for help. That's a shitty situation no matter how you look at it.

I failed it to keep it secret but I wish I did. If you haven't told anyone yet, keep it that way. Nobody needs to know.

im not secretive but i try not too mention it cause then i have to explain and then explain how its easier to trade then stocks. i try to make it easy and say it like this.  if you buy a bitcoin at 5,000 and it rises to 8000 you made 3000 and vice versa if it goes down

No I am not secretive about trading but I don't post it or talk about it to others.
If they are interested then we could talk,If they ask me I would answer,
But as long as the topic isn't open I wouldn't say a word about it,
I just don't feel that I need to brag about it I wouldn't get anything if I told them or open it up right so why would I even waste my time on bragging it to others?

If someone ask my job, i not say that i am on crypto yet. Because they will curious and keep asking me how to do it. Especially when they see us success, they wouldn't know how struggle we are in trading activity and think it is easy money.

Unless you are concern about your security, I don't think there is anything wrong with saying you are involved in cryptocurrency trading. You are actually helping in spreading the word. Don't worry about what they think and what they do after you tell them.

I don't trade much but I am no secretive about it.In my country there is a wide adoption from tech people about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

People here always are buying mining equipment although I hear them complaining that it is not profitable to mine anymore.

There is a website where we can sell electronics/computer parts and that website is filled with mining rigs and people asking to sell their cryptocurrency in a face to face transaction.

Well, some times I chose not to tell some people what I do online because they may think negatively about the whole thing because of their level of understanding about what what one can do online to make money. Though, there are people who I do tell but it will end up become a disturbance on me for many of them have ended up asking me to teach them and that is why am some time secretive about my only business activities.

I will tell them that I earn money from the internet but I will not say for clear and I will let them to curious and search by themselves.
I don't want to explain too deeply about what I do on the internet because I see so many rejecting from them in the past and I don't want to get the same things as before.
I will say that it's better you search by yourself, so you know what I did, and I only say the clue was "bitcoin."
Many people out there especially my friends who are curious about bitcoin but I only teach about bitcoin for people who really wants to know about bitcoin and the rest of them, I will not tells anything ;D

Dude. What you're doing isn't affecting their lives in any way at all. Why would that change anything about your friendship? If they're that shallow for no reason then i don't think they're worth your time. For me, i don't brag about trading. And it's not that often thaty friends catch me when i 'm in binance. But when they do and they get curious, i try my best to explain. It's not illegal in my country so no reason to be secretive about it.

I am too generous kind of person and also want everyone to enjoy the benefits from crypto trading but most of them were not ready to learn what is that and even many will not trust my words about cryptos,if anyone got much interested then I definitely teach them what is trading but not convincing anyone to trust it.

Sometimes its better to not influence your friends and families what to do with their money , things can go sour real fast if they end up losing money because of you. 

Traders with real strategy keep it a secret for themselves, they aren't going to ruin their profitable method by telling randoms over the internet.

No I cannot relate because my sets of friends are not stupids as yours lol

My friends are having their own ways of living and actually I am the one who’s trying to encourage them to join or invest in cryptocurrency but they are hesitant

And why would I secretly trade when I can be proud to tell them so they might become interested and join our community here

I am just responding that i trade forex now. I learned to shut up about crypto on the last bull market when i realized that this will paint a target on my back in the future.

Yes, actually I dont need to tell them.
Although they know I have been with crypto currencies. They dont know about how they do it. I bet they are also secretly doing it without my knowledge.

It is okay for me. As long as I have enlightened with what is happening in the internet and not just social medias and Youtube.
Also, they know that I have been making money secretly since I dont really care much about my monthly salary.  ;D

I am more caring about people's responses, if they also want to build cryptocurrency after you explain to them, that's very good because adoption will also be more and more if they ask what my job is I will say it is in accordance with what I am doing, besides trading and cryptocurrency activities I also have a full time job. I like to share information and it connects communication to me, it's just that I often sort information that I will share because there might be a risk of that information.

From my end here I do tell them I'm involved in bitcoin related stuffs trading, binary options etc while some are curious about it wanting to learn from me while majority admonished me to stay away guessing that I must have been involving in online scam but I wouldn't give a damn that won't deters or discourage me from my trading
Honestly I must admit I had made money from my crypto related activities and had been very supportive financially to my family.

If me i said that i sell something and be reseller in local marketplace. I think with that already safe for me and they will think if selling something online is not really easy for them. And then they not disturb me again.

Hiding the knowledge about bitcoin/crypto from people is one of the reasons we haven't gone so far in terms of adoption.

If you are insecure about your neighbor becoming as successful from your knowledge(everybody does this), you could reveal it to them under the condition that they use your referral links,  so it becomes win win for both of you.

Spreading the knowledge doesnt necessarily has to be in your locality, it can be done on social media. 

Be mindful of those you teach though. Don't reveal risky stuff like this to the impatient ones or those that dont tolerate risk.  Let them also know about its disadvantages and advantages.

What peoples/society says that really doesn't matter. They don't feed you, they don't pay for your needs.
They will always underestimate you when you are a failure, and they will always be jealous when you are successful.

And you also should not suspect what they do secretly.

There is nothing to hide for the things you do unless it is a secretive thing. No need to announce by yourself what you do. If your friends/colleagues/relatives ask you what you do then tell them if it is appropriate for that particular person otherwise ignore if you think that person is a minor or major threat to you in regards to criticism or something unexpected...

Just move on with the things you love.

Yes it is a very precise thought where they will never care and make what you do criticized by most people, I don't talk to everyone much what I do now only a few people understand that and for me they will understand that after crypto hyoe is everywhere and has entered the deepest area, I like that to not see other people's nonsense.

I've only ever told a few of my friends that I trade crypto (and I've helped two of 'em become relatively successful traders in addition). I'm not completely hiding the fact that I trade crypto, but I also don't blabber to everyone I know that I trade crypto just in case something bad happens. Most people know me as the guy that plays Counter-Strike though, not as a cryptocurrency trader.  :)

Due to security reasons around the place i work, am secretive about my trading cryptocurrency, and about my possessing cryptocurrency too. Humans are unpredictable while dealing with them, one must be careful, becasue there are haters around, that are ready to destroy you by any means, so, am secretive in all am doing.

Just like you, I am also less open to everyone but with different reasons, and my reason is because I almost feel bored by telling and teaching about trade and the crypto world with what I know for everyone who asks because ultimately all will in vain because they were only excited at the beginning and then they felt hopeless and even gave up.

Anyway, those things should give you equal, what you experience is just them, and that is called envy, it does not matter, when they ask me what I do, I say I dedicate myself to my profession and apart from being a trader, there is no need to explain the movements of bitcoin or in detail what you do, just say trader or speculator of the market I think that is enough.

It does not matter if they tell you that they are going to be better than you, that should make you happy, but there are people who start trading and the failure rate is very high, very few are successful, because trading means that you must have knowledge about the market, in the different ways that exist so that the movements can be given, many ways that there is to be able to invest and speculate in the market, do not worry about these affirmations, you just have to trust in what you know, in your own skills without caring about others, they will only try, you already do it.

Based on my own personality, I am very open to the call and I love to share my ideas with people, so I don’t get secretive about my cryptocurrency activities, if I tell you about what I am doing and you pick interest in it, fine, it is now left to you on how to go about doing the same thing. It could be with my assistance if I am being invited and it could be without my assistance.

The knowledge we have in this world ends with this world when we die, so I don’t carry things as if I am never going to leave it, I am proud of cryptocurrency trading and will always love to share the ideas with people at no cost. The market is too big for me to take all.

I keep my activity in crypto-currency as a secret even to my family members. Only some very close friends (who are also crypto-users) know about it. I have read a number of news articles, in which crypto-traders were targeted by the criminals after their identity was revealed. I don't want the same to happen to me. But one issue that arise is that in case something happens to me, then all of the coins will be lost (no one else is having the private key or password to my wallet).

I keep my activity in crypto-currency as a secret even to my family members. Only some very close friends (who are also crypto-users) know about it. I have read a number of news articles, in which crypto-traders were targeted by the criminals after their identity was revealed. I don't want the same to happen to me. But one issue that arise is that in case something happens to me, then all of the coins will be lost (no one else is having the private key or password to my wallet).

Bro it's really your choice because why would you even talk about it if none of your friends don't even know it in the first place? I know how this things go and for the most part when I always open up about what I do with cryptocurrencies they always act clueless about it. My advice is you always have to know who's your audience before even jumping in the topic about cryptocurrencies. It's the best solution for not explaining too long and get out if topic in your conversation with others.

I don't feel a competition climate when talking about trading with people around. I just think they become curious to know how it works, how difficult it is and how much profit it can generate. Actually, these are very common reactions.
When people tell us something we don't know, we tend to become curious about that and ask questions back, so it's fine when we are on the another side of the talking too.

 Not necessarily secretive the way OP feels, but a bit careful perhaps. When you start telling them what you are doing, oddly enough that you will end up answering endless questions. Some are out of curiosity while most are out of sarcasm. So to avoid these unseeming situation, I prefer not telling anyone especially those who cannot relate to it. But if I sense that they are really interested and open-minded, I share my knowledge about crypto trading with them.

I am. It's for my own security and it's for myself to grow. It's for my own security because have you heard about a guy beaten up because of having lots of bitcoin? That might happen to any of us whether we're whales or not. Be secretive. Not everything else should be posted online.

Moreover they will get jealous and also they will try to do the same thing if you are earning more and it might be a disturbed feel for us that is why most of the people don't let the other people to know about their successive activity.

Yeah its true that sometimes relationship being so complex due to this reason but if they want to start their trading secretly then i think you don't need to show your necessity for knowing his activity. let him to continue his trading by his own maybe one day he will knock you for tips or for having the easiest way of making money from trading.

My friends are not kinda like that because they respect me a lot for teaching or introducing them with crypto trading. We have a great thinking on our mind that "Together we are stronger" I hope after learning trading basics your friends and relatives will change their way of thinking and they will give you thanks for letting them now about trading.

I do really relate this kind of feeling when someone do ask me out on what i do for a living.I dont have a job but i do have some assets that other people can see and all
of them are gained by my Cryptocurrency investment/trading.So you wont really able to avoid those kind of question specially with your neighborhood and even with your relatives
which asking you out about on what you are doing.Im not a selfish person but i do hate up when someone tends to ask on teaching them on overall process this is why
i do basically tell them the other way around and saying more difficult scenarios which would make them possibly changed their minds.

   In my case people do not understand crypto at all, without a meaning of trading and other manipulation with cryptos.
   People around me used to earn money on classical ways so deeply that their minds and imaginations simply can't catch the idea of digital money and its perspectives.

Kind of agree with you guy. We have our own right to tell or not tell to anyone around us about our supplement job, but if we want to share, we'd better choose to talk to a suitable person or else, just keep it as your secret. Absolutely, i bet you know who you should talk to and get away with one who you take for no necessity. If i talk to another about my crypto trading, then he mention to the line " I can do that, better than you"; definitely, i will ignore some arrogant people like that, and we should better not waste our time with people like that.

Thats ego and pride my friend. If i would ask what did i do for a living then i answer i work on office in a regular basis. Ill just answer i trade in cryptocurrency if they ask me what do i do to have passive income. If they say they can do better and trade secretly then good for them. Another member of crypto community. I dont see the reason why it should be a secret except with your passwords and private keys.

I do not tell anyone that I am engaged in trading. Only my closest people know about it. I just don't see the point in telling everyone. Still, many will be skeptical, maybe someone ask to tell him about it in more detail. But I don't want to do it and train someone. So I continue to trade covertly.

It's a common scenario as people have different approaches. This is why most of the people including me tend to just keep it by ourselves (you aren't responsible to share everything what you know) so there will be no issue amidst making yourself more profitable than what your get from your full time job. 

Trading cryptocurrency or any other currency is more difficult than any other job out there, anything that requires cracking of brain, strategy, reading of charts and many more can only be done by someone smart. So if anyone is curious to know what I am doing, I will be happy to let them know because it will make them to respect me and my intelligence.

I heard of a story recently of a guy that went to his friend’s out and saw how rich the guy his, and during the cause of discussion, he mentioned he was into crypto trading, he begged the friend to put him through but the guy advised that he visit a learning center as he may not have all the time for him to explain in details which he picked offense, but ever since he visited a learning center, he has been respecting his friend and understood that being a full time trade is not easy as he thought and take ones time.

Same here. It is not going to do you any harm if you disclose about the kind of coin you HODL. I openly discuss about Bitcoin and ETH and try to share about technicalities that newbies might find hard to get over. In addition, it is a kind of information for the people who do not know about Bitcoin when you share about Bitcoin or any other coin.

To tell you the truth, once they got interested in bitcoin and other crypto tradings, they become competitive. I have coworkers who are really curious about bitcoin, it's really hard to explain it to them. I usually argue with someone here who really do not understand how btc works. Sometimes, when they thought they knew about crypto trading and everything where in fact, they're not.  Over all, they ended up losing. Lol.

I do feel the same way, I once mentioned to a very close friend of mine that I have been trading cryptocurrency or bitcoin and the first thing my friend told me, oh noh that’s a scam and that i’m only wasting my time in bitcoins. It’s just sad that some people look down on bitcoin without really knowing what it is and what it can do. Now, I seldom open up to my friends about me trading because they might say something bad again. I’ll just do my thing and maybe soon cryptocurrency or bitcoin will just speak for themselves.

Among my friends, I am seen as a person that have huge knowledge about cryptocurrencies and modern technology in general, but they've never asked me if I invest money in it, so I decided that i won't brag about it until someone asks me directly.

Would you put Currency Trader on your resume?

Would you mention that you have been trading currency during a job interview?

If you solely make money with online trading and then apply for a job, what else would you put on the resume?

In my country cryptocurrencies have a bad reputation even if nothing noteworthy has happened that involved them in a crime and I have my suspicions that it is nothing more but the media doing what it does best which is to misdirect the public from the important questions, as such I prefer to hide my trading activities and my involvement with crypto, this is something that can be quite difficult since the market of cryptocurrencies and everything it happens in it is slowly taking most of my free time.

Sometimes I will check the charts at a Starbucks or at a library. Baristas and librarians are nosey and annoying. If they recognize a live crypto-currency trading exchange on the screen they will change and act differently with a competitive edge. For this reason I prefer trading in the privacy of my own home.

Once somebody asked me how I make a living and I told the person that I make extra income trading cyrpto-currency online and the persons behavior changed. They responded with a strange "I know somebody who does that...". It put them into a different mood in a way that they know a expert crypto trader of some kind but will not reveal any specific names...

Trading has been a game and people or traders are not going to expose their really strategies to you. It is very difficult to really build a strategy that works and that is why no one is going to completely share it with others especially if he has started making profits from those strategies. I do keep my core strategies to myself because I have spent serious time developing them and since there are useful to me I kept them secret.

Definitely I do get tons of this questions from people I meet on our day to day activities even on social media, I definitely tell up what I do, as a crypto enthusiast it will be notified all over you when all your concentration is on your gadgets all the time.

I don't really think there is any secret as regards trading crypto currency that one cannot fine or that is quite different from what people have shared in relation to technical and fundermental analysis, just that what works for you may not work for another person and not really that they are not aware of the same method.
Please can some of you who usually claim to be a good trader shows us some evidence of what you guys have made from trading crypto currency?

If you solely make money by trading why do you need to go to job interviews in the first place? :D

I'm rather secretive. Even my family doesn't know what I'm doing. They know I'm an investor and that's it but I have other sources of income. I'm not a full time crypto trader or anything like that. If I were and had all my money invested I would be even more secretive.

Pixie I am not a full time trader either but I spend a lot of my time investing, trading, and learning more about it, like it is nobodies business.

However I do need to find an actual job... Does anybody have any employment ideas for people who secretly trade a lot? ;D

I am open to those who knows I trade cryptocurrency and always glad to offer them the advice in account opening, basic trading ideas and how to avoid pitfall in trading. Keeping it secret prevent others who might be interested in trading and I think as a bitcoiner is my duty to expand the gospel of crypto.

Nothing to be worried, if they're interested then let them know. Let them do their own research and to learn by themselves is the only way to succeed, at least give them some ideas when needed.

In my first involvement in crypto currency, I didn't tell anyone as I didn't know yet what will happen if I cannot give them the correct information that they want to hear. The same with my trading, though I am not a full time trader like other professionals who makes trading as their source of profit.

Being secretive is a good idea for me but other also wonder how I was able to get a large amount of money aside from my work. So there is still some disadvantages to it. Still I have not known anyone who do secret trading as what I am doing in my area because most of them are no how if we are going to talk about crypto currency. 

some points I also do the same thing with you,
I do not like to be known to my friends and family if I trade cryptocurrency,
that's why in the real world I just have to be considered unemployed.
but that doesn't matter, because the important thing is profit, not recognition from the community.

I don't tell people that I am into crypto trading or an crypto investor, I always keep it from people and I only tell my family. Why I don't tell people about my crypto job is because I am not the type of person that likes to let people know everything that I'm into, somethings are meant to be kept a secret and not to be shared with everyone you see. So if people ask me what I do I simply tell them about my daily job. But I once told my friend that I do cryptocurrency and since he has been thinking that I'm too rich, when I haven't even gotten much from cryptocurrency yet.

I got that, there's no need to work or apply to work if you already gaining great amount of profits dealing with your trading activities, the financial advantage of this field gives us freedom to work under our own design, we move in which way we desire as long as we are getting our target profits.

No need to mentions anything about this benefits that we are enjoying, it's take some time before learning the deeper part of this industry so why
bother and waste time to communicate and talk about it if you can work secretly.

A lot of people still hasn't able to accept bitcoin yet, some people still think bitcoin as a fraud things, I seldom tell anyone I engage in crypto, because some of them will spread negative aura, and start to give fud information so I never really talk to all of my friends that I trade or invest in crypto

Not to everyone but professionally yes. Sometimes I talk with some people in politics world (I have a small network of people in one of the leading parties in our country so I am known in politics in a small scale by local people) and I do hide it from them, I do not want them to know about it, its not like its illegal or I am doing anything bad but I just do not want to go on explaining it to each and every one of them, that would make no sense at all and I would be super tired after like 10th person.

Nevertheless, my family and friends and all those close people to me know about it and actually laugh about it a lot. Back in the day when it first started they all thought it was a game currency like world of warcraft gold so when I went into it they didn't understand it and now I am mocking them and they are mocking themselves too and we have fun.

The only thing one is liable to keep to oneself is intellectual properties and not general things like trading, what is trading to keep from people? If the inventor of this trading system had kept the idea to himself, would all of us ever benefit what we are benefiting now that we are all hoarding?

If the great satoshi has also kept this system of cryptocurrency to himself alone, would we have benefited anything from it. Provided the information require is all over there on the internet, it would be a privilege for me to know that I also made an impact in the life of someone, after all the market is not something we can have to ourselves alone.

We have both the same characters. I also to have secrets in my trading. I buy coins and sell them at my own risk. I set up my indicators and analysis good only for me. For what? Not because I want to take advantage to others but I want to hush it so that I will not be blamed nor laughed when I lose a lot.

Come on man, there is no need to drop each other and be jealous of your own friends, if you love your friends, of course you will be happy to see them succeed, and that is the opposite. I spread bitcoin trade to anyone of my friends, and I was very happy if they wanted to ask.

Cryptocurrency world takes some serious time before you are able to earn anything from this ecosystem. the main thing is if you are serious enough to make money from the internet then you also have to be serious enough to understand a different world. it's not like the regular monetary system we are used to like you pay them money and everything is done, not in this system. with cryptocurrencies as there is no government or bank then your money is at risk. and it can also affect a lot when exchanging the money with the digital world if you are not careful then you can be scammed easily. Yes, I am secretive about trading currency.

Why to be secretive about cryptocurrency you trade with? Its good for everyone if more people join and when volume is rising. I trade longterm with bitcoin, ethereum, ripple, iota, and many others. Longterm gives me enough free space for maneuvering, you need that free space for that kind of trading with so many coins. I think just some whales are secret about their trading cause they are moving big amounts, and probably they dont wish everybody to know their actions, all others are very opened and share their trading experience with others.

I do prefer that way to be secretive rather than to be showy on what you are doing or dealing with specially with crypto.We wont know if there's someone would be
jealous on what we are doing specially if they do look at that we are earning or possessing things which are way above from their current status. Curiosity and
suspicions would arise.

I pulled some definitions from online:

Definition of cryptic
cryp·​tic | \ ˈkrip-tik  \
1 : SECRET, OCCULT
2a : having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning : MYSTERIOUS
2b : marked by an often perplexing brevity
3 : serving to conceal
4 : employing cipher or code
 
The Mysterious Origins of Cryptic
The history of "cryptic" starts with "kryptein," a Greek word meaning "to hide."

Consider the following three responses to the What do you do for a living? question

"I trade foreign currencies"
"I trade commodities"
"I trade Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies"

Which response do you think produces that buggy feeling?

In my situation I'm a freelancer. I have some of my friends that know I'm in crypto but most don't know because I don't like to talk about it to people who don't know anything about blockchain market and blockchain tech, It's always explaining everything to these newbies and after that they start to tell that now after 20 minutes of conversation they know everything and want to invest. So i try to keep it in secret.

Yeah...i think that's the best thing to do..especially for safety and security reasons. A lot of people have the assertion that everyone in crypto has huge amounts and so if you don't stay private as much as you can, you can be attacked. And by the way, there has been cases where crypto people were attacked at their residences.

Solid observations ghermghuda. By the way, I am one of those people that owns only small amounts of currency.

Helpful words, Airbuxf. Example: let's say I have a brief discussion with an outsider about investing in general (not just about crypto-currency). The person may lack knowledge about investing and then decide to buy something. If their purchase goes down the tubes, the relationship could be soured.

Well you are right, but my reason not to tell the truth is because I'm too lazy to explain from top to bottom about Bitcoin. This space is too large and it takes much time to explain anything to someone who has no idea about this. I usually just say "internet marketing" to anybode who asks my job, it is more simple.

I also agree with you.It's really hard to keep explaining to those people who often ask about your source of living.I'm open to my family and friends about crypto trading but when it comes to other people,i'm secretive to them.I'm not into negativity,i'm just taking my life easier.

If this can be the reason then it might be identified and also will make suspicion about that person among the others,how this person ale to live without doing any jobs like that.I am not scared of telling my trading activities to anyone but not many of them are ready yet to understand what I am doing so it may take years at that time I might be a pro on this field.

Lol that is why we wouldn’t blame those who are monetizing it, because if you are to educate everyone around you free, you will end up not even having time for your own trading. So, if it is something that keeps coming around me, instead of hiding, I will probably just slam a charge on external people that will scare them away.

Another option is probably just don’t talk about it at all, because the moment one talks about trading with people, there is no way they will not be so curious to know about it. Provided I am making genuine money and I am not stealing, it is justifiable if one just lies to them using another profession that is simpler to explain.

I have to because even if I tell people about my source of income, they cannot relate it, to make it simple, I just tell them I have an online job.
Let's just say that I live in a place where crypto is not yet popular, I know some people who have an idea but they only know about bitcoin and not that they really understand it, they just heard it.

So maybe it's better this way, let us not make things complicated for them, but eventually I can share when adoption will grow.

No, whenever people are asking on how I earn money I always say that it is from trading cryptocurrency, but of-course most of them won`t relate because obviously crypto is not so much known yet to people. I am proud on trading cryptocurrency though.

I am not sure if it is a global question, if you live in a country that looks down upon crypto currencies and do not understand how it works then yeah you can totally hide the fact that you are trading bitcoin, nobody wants to be questioned by the authorities about what they are doing with crypto anyway. However if you are living in a country like USA where people are freely trading bitcoin and even paying their taxes for it then you should not hiding it because there is literally no reason to hide it.

You can just simply tell everyone you are trading bitcoin or working for bitcoin and what not and people would totally not care about it :D That's why I think the question has an answer that depends on where you live and not what you do with bitcoin, hell you can be in USA and talk about selling weed for bitcoin and could be doing something legal whereas most of the world both of them are illegal at the same time.

That is something I have seen as well, if you tell people that you have some cryptocurrency two things tend to happen, the first is that some people may think that you are a scammer or a criminal because that is what the media says about those that hold cryptocurrencies, the second thing that it could happen is that they believe that you are rich and in my opinion that is even more dangerous because people are terrible at keeping secrets and they could reveal this to the wrong person and then someone could try to steal the fortune in crypto that you supposedly have.

not everyone has such thoughts, if indeed they have not fully understood the trading of digital currencies, of course they will continue to try to understand it and want basic knowledge from you first. only criteria are selfish people who have negative thoughts, so if they already understand it they think they can be superior in cryptocurrency trading. but being able to become a professional trader certainly requires experience first.

So what if they start trading? They are not going to claim your profits in trading. It is in fact an addition to the crypto market and the credit goes to you if you attract someone towards cryptocurrency trading and speculations. It will also make the crypto less alien and hence you would have an impact on the lives of people who would earn in crypto if they follow you into trading.

Trading cryptocurrency is really something to be proud of and me I want them to relate that is why I make sure that I let them know so that they can ask me for me to tell them about what cryptocurrency is all about. I didn’t actually start trading with crypto but forex, so some of my friend where already used to it.

Crypto only geared me towards getting an office for it when I was no longer comfortable with some things. i.e. I live in a country where we have some bad boys that takes advantage of their social media to scam innocent people using relationship to deceive them, so those ones are always on laptop and indoor 24/7.

When people see you don’t go out, they start classing you among these people until you start explaining to them you are a digital currency trader, but I am tired of that explanation now, I have gotten an office space that will give me more privacy.

"I buy and sell things online."

Done.

This question is about if you hide or reveal openly about your coins. I think there is no shame or disadvantage about revealing about your coins and talking about it with other crypto enthusiasts. I have been part of crypto for long and trade in Bitcoin and ETH. I plan to invest in BNB as well. This is something that encourages others as well to get in the crypto market and make money.

That honestly sounds like a touch of paranoia on your part--but on the other hand, I don't know what people you're talking about.  If I told friends/family/coworkers that I'm into crypto (and I have), the last thing on my mind would be that they'd jump in and compete with me.  In fact, I'm usually met with complete indifference when I mention bitcoin to people.

As far as being secretive, I'm not.  I think I should be more discreet about my dealings, though, simply because there are so many scammers around and I just never know who to trust.  That's on the internet, though.  In real life, I don't care who I tell.  Nobody I know owns any crypto and quite a few of the people I've mentioned it to have barely even heard of it.

Really, what is the reason to hide the cryptocurrency you are dealing with and trading? It seems to me that you should even promote it, so that more people will support the altcoin, and it will gain more popularity.

Common reason why some people don't tend to tell anybody about their Crypto engagement is that some aren't just like to be outclassed or being
overtaken when it comes to potential earnings or shall we say that some do think off to be some sort of competition.I would definitely say this matter yet I have
this kind of mindset wayback before when I do earn some good amounts.

I don't tell anyone that I trade. I think no need to tell that to everyone, especially those who are not interested.

I tell somebody that I'm trading but I can trust him that he will not say it to anybody that I'm trading. Aside from him, nobody knows that I'm trading and to be honest nobody knows that I'm being paid in the forum.

There are some incidents that traders have been murdered or killed for some reason that is why I don't want to publicize that I'm trading (even though I don't get many profits from it :D ).

Exactly. There should be no hiding about what coin you have invested in and what coins do you plan to invest in. I think if you tell people about the coin you HODL, it will not affect the growth or value of your coins but might help them muster up the courage to invest in crypto. They might be looking for guidance maybe and not always try to laugh at you or try to be better than you.

not bro. i am always share signal for my trade. but for now. situations it not. because it's bear market

I love to talk about new things happening in crypto. Talking about the rise in the price of the coins I hodl makes me enjoy the situation and I do not think there is anything wrong with that. They also want to learn about how crypto works and wish to invest in Bitcoin some day. I have never been secretive about the coins I have in my wallet. It is because I am a long term HODLER.

God bless you bro, because I see those who are not happy to share trading information with people as being greedy and self-centered. They should even be happy that they are coming to add their money to the marketcap, or are they happy the way the marketcap dropped from $800 billion dollars to $200 billion +.

Is it not now that we really need crypto adoption and awareness that we need to encourage people to trade cryptocurrency, because these are the activities we need to keep cryptocurrency market lively like forex market? So it shouldn’t be something we keep secret for something that does not affect our own income in anyway.

Unfortunately people you will be meeting asking you such questions are people that doesn’t even know much about crypto because If they knew, there is nothing that should make one feel uncomfortable or stressful in having the discussion, but the stressful part of it is when you are explaining it to those that doesn’t understand, and would still not see whatever you are doing as serious.

I think those are the people that op is referring to. If I meet people like that, I would better not tell them what I am into concerning cryptocurrency trading, because I will end up explaining what they would not understand within that short period of time, thereby wasting my time.

In my case, I do tell them i’m trading but I let them research on it because not all people you tell about crypto will like it, they all have something to say and I don’t care so long as what i’m doing is right and i’m doing good in trading. For me, don’t let other peoples opinion affect you as long as your not stepping on anyone, you cannot please everyone as they say so just do what you think is right.

Right.Same with mine too.There are people who know that i'm into trading cryptocurrency but i never give them complete details about it.I just tell them to make a research if they want it too.Yes not all people agreed with what i'm doing so i just let them think what they want.In the end,no one would try to help me except for my own self.

I once been so open with my relatives what I do for a living ,they ask me all the time because they are seeing me all day all night on my room on my computer and yet I didnt starved even though i may look that im just playing video games,I once told them that I am trading online and doing some bounty hunt but they took it negatively they think that I do illegal things online for a living.I take it seriously though so I moved out and rent a home where i can work in peace and no more words to hear from anyone else.Now im so secretive about what I do only very few friends of mine knows and understand what I do for a living

You will be a giver mate and giver never lacks, that is the right thing to do. I share my knowledge too with people because I love them to do fine, the thing people don’t understand is that when you don’t share your knowledge with people and allow them to fish for themselves, they will end up becoming a burden to you.

Burden in the sense that when you have alone, friends and family will always come around to come and disturb for one need or the other, so is it not better you give yourself the privacy by giving them what will make them sit down 24/7 and at the same time fetching them money that would ease the burden off your neck.

On the contrary, I am happy to share with my friends and acquaintances that I am engaged in crypto-currency trading, because now it is my main income and allows me to be more free, the main thing is to competently approach this activity)

What? Is the attitude changing? You do not sell drugs, but cryptocurrency. My friends have not changed their attitude towards me.

Some of my friends and relatives knew that I am rading cryptocurrencies and they had varied reactions. Some of my relatives don't believe in cryptocurrencies and tgey're telling me that I'm only wasting my money. I had no problems with some of my friends, because they are also traders, we help each other during trading by sharing some technical and fundamental knowledge..

Maybe OP don't want to share this secret because it can make anyone to be rich in no time if they knkw how to do it.

If my friends changed their attitude because I am trading cryptocurrency, I would let them go and never think about it. They are free to leave me if they don't like what I did and I will still do what I believe it's good for me. I am sure I will get new friends who will understand me and will accept me for anything I do because I don't do anything bad in my life and other people life.

I relate to it but it's in a different approach to my friends. Sometimes I tell them that trading is a good option aside from the job we have. It just up to them if they follow what I am doing or not and I don't care if they do since I have my own way of understanding cryptocurrency trading.

Sharing them information and let them to explore, there's always different approaches with different people around, for sure if they will be able to understand what you are saying and what you are in to, they will also see the opportunities and begin to learn more about about this industry and take their chances.

Yes, absolute true. Don't keep this thing secretive from friends and families. In fact, help them to learn this thing for the extra earnings. Due to the basic knowledge of trading can raise their interest in the cryptocurrency. If more people have become part of the trading culture then it must be good enough for the community as well as crypto.

Because thief are many people in the society who are eagerly waiting for learning the trading and they just need guidance from the experienced trader to avoid common mistakes while learning it. If we the people help them to learn things like this then it must help the crypto community in its upcoming growth. And the people who're against the crypto after getting enough knowledge to understand this thing can start to support the crypto after some time later.

But not everyone has that patience to teach others so if we want to tell them just ignite the idea and they have to make it brighter if they want to achieve something,spoon feeding them will waste our time.

When someone getting jealous of our growth then they are not the real friends and it is good to leave them than keeping them on yourself because at well hurt you sooner or later that some part of your life find someone who can accept you you ask who you are and they will help you at any situation are the real friends.

I assume that a small number of people still believe that bitcoin and other digital currencies can benefit the development of all mankind and improve life, so friends do not understand the benefits of this money

Exactly, we need to promote the cryptocurrency and its use towards the whole world. So there is no point to keep the crypto and its related activities secretive. I have been in crypto for a long time and I have been started promoting the cryptocurrency since the day I started my journey. Because there are many countries in the world who think cryptocurrency is only using for buying drugs and money laundering and that's why they are consistently taking massive actions against it. Therefore it's become necessary to promote the crypto towards the people and teach them about the cryptocurrency and its best possible uses to make their life more profitable and digital.

Actually anyone of your friends will dont care and will not change their attitude even though you are a crypto investor. I think OP is only jealous if their friends will be more successful than himself lol. Different from me, I tell about crypto to all of my friends, but most of them refused it

Original poster here, adding another definition to this discussion:

Cryptography
1 : secret writing
2 : the enciphering and deciphering of messages in secret code or cipher
also : the computerized encoding and decoding of information

Exactly, robbers doesn’t care about anything but money. Well, yes it might be good not to let other people know that you’re trading at some point for your safety most especially that most people may think that your so rich because you are trading. I think you just have to tell someone that you really know and trust if that’s the case and be cautious still in providing information.

When they see you already earning from it, that will be the time they will really start believing, when they finally realise how it can help them too. I'm not that secretive but also not vocal, if someone will ask me, I will add trading as a source of income or investment too.

Hell yes!
pissed in a pub.......  "I trade Bitcoin ya know"
"give me your password or else"


bad news.

No, I always tell to my couzin and friends the goodness of my industry. I don't care about their feelings as long as I have give them the information to make money. Why do we need to be secretive in trading? We are not just the human in this society, so you better to help than you receive something with them.

You cant blame people on not to share anything that they do know about crypto specially on the profiting side.Yes, adoption is needed but there
are people that you do know would take advantage on what you have known and then later on they do make competition out of you when it comes
to profitability.

Nice to share to people who have the interest as you, so you can share your ideas on how to improve and be profitable in trading.

I wish I have some relatives that are also crypto enthusiast, it would be not boring knowing you can share and ask their opinion about trading.

I think it is not something about keeping things secret because it does not matter if people know or do not know about the coins you HODL in the crypto market. It is just the market that will impart value to your coins and not the fact that you have kept things secret from the people. I think that if you despite keeping things secret reveal your holdings, people around you might get in the crypto circle as well.

Are you going to go about discussing what you do to every cat and dogs you see on the street, if robber is to rub you, you think they will rob you based on what they think you do? They will rob you if they believe you have something that belongs to them which is usually money and anyone with any profession could be a target.

The only people that will come around us are friends and family that will ask these questions. It is now left for you to know the type of friend you are keeping if it will be a robber that will rob you or not, so better keep friends that you won’t have to get scared of them robbing you.

I have been trading cryptocurrencies for the past 1 year.
I am not closed to trading currencies including cryptocurrency trading.

Trading crypto currency is something am proud doing basically it's my day to day activities, which in other words it keeps me busy and I also take it as my full time work even if am working offline I took crypto trading to be my online work. Blockchain is here to stay.

at least we can tell friends or family first so that our activities in this digital currency cannot be suspected by them. but beforehand we also have to be able to choose someone we believe if he really wants to know more about cryptocurrency and must be able to choose the criteria of friends, if in the future it's easy to feel arrogant if he already knows cryptocurrency is very profitable if used as a form of trade or as very promising investment

For these kind of people who are willing to tell about their friends for the sake of awareness and possible adoption then its a good one but we cant really avoid those people
who do have selfish minds on not telling everybody on what they are up to or on what they are doing because they don't like any competition on what they are doing.
They do generate money or profits and do decide to keep it to theirselves.

Right.It's good to share to other people that you are trading cryptocurrency for the sake of crypto promotion but make sure you won't get affected to the critics of people especially for those who are non bitcoiners.That is the only reason why i chose to keep it private between me,my family and my closest friends.

Not at all, having many friends to provide information and experience will be very helpful for us to get the best because we can conclude that each input we receive is a broad reference. So there is nothing that needs to be secretive as long as it is for the good of yourself and those around you too.

Not everyone understands that trading or taking part in crypto is legit and not scam. Some people think Cryptocurrency traders are scammers who fraud people on the internet. I normally keep that as a secret from people.

Well we can't change them, we know  how greedy is the some people they not even thank us because we help them about crypto. Much better to avoid this kind of person because the problem is on them not on us. Greedy people will can't succeed.

Yes. We can't avoid those kind of people who only give negative thoughts about cryptocurrency as one of the scams in the internet. With this kind of people, i chose to keep it as a secret that i'm trading cryptocurrency than to let them know what i'm doing and only receive negative thoughts about it.

I am secretive about my trading but not because they will want to do it too. The response I get is different and mostly negative so I'd rather not to tell. I just tell them that I have an online job that is related to IT because whenever I start to tell them I am involved in trading crypto, we go in a heated argument because they start saying 'oh, is that a scam?' or 'that is an investment scam!'.

+1 for you for being real and secretive about crypto-currency trading.

Bitcoin definition

bit·coin
/ˈbitˌkoin/
a type of digital currency in which a record of transactions is maintained and new units of currency are generated
by the computational solution of mathematical problems, and which operates independently of a central bank.

Keep Bitcoin Cryptic!

I think there is nothing really about disclosing your coins. You can tell people precisely about your coins and they can ask for your guidance in buying coins as well. It will in fact enable you to create an impact on the lives by guiding and enabling people to make money by investing in crypto. So yeah, you should really do that.

You know the people you talk, you don't just disclose easily, if he is interested, maybe you can share something and test his interest.
Trading crypto is different that trading stocks, people will judge you and might call you are doing some scammy investments, they are close minded, you should not talk to them about that, only tell people whom you think will understand and open minded, they are the ones who can really help the market grow.

I am very open to the development of crypto currencies, even discussions with friends often analyze some coins that are worth investing. Of course, I discuss with people who understand crypto because there are still many people who don't understand.
In addition, to convince people that crypto trafficking can make rich people, of course, they must show concrete evidence because without evidence there will be allegations of fraud. I am happy with the disclosure of crypto information, because I am optimistic that I can increase my income if there is a lot of input from experts who have proven it.

I don't think we should close our eyes so that other people have same view with us. I have a friend where he is not interested in cryptocurrency, he prefers to trade forex. I think it's about personal comfort

I think they don't learn more about cryptocurrency so they can easily to say like that. If they can spend their time to learn about cryptocurrency, they will know that the cryptocurrency gives them a way to make unlimited income and they can find that they can make money in different ways. The cryptocurrency traders are not scammers, but people in out there is trying to get other people money, and they will use many ways to reach their goals, and they will scam the people.

So before you get involved in the cryptocurrency, make sure you learn from many sources, and if somehow you decide to invest in cryptocurrency, you don't have to use all of your money and only use the money you can afford.

I think it is very dangerous to invest personal funds in the currency.  It is better to participate in some programs in order to earn a cryptocurrency and use different coins to enter the market for trading.  Thus, you can significantly increase your start-up capital, which can be used not only for trading, but also for investment.

It is good you did not impose it on him, at his own time, he will eventually find his way to see why cryptocurrency trading will benefit him more than the Forex trading. The good thing you have done is to at leasthint him on what cryptocurrency is, and there will not be any excuse coming from him in future when everyone is taking profits in 6 zeros and he is not able to make anythingbecause of his disbelief in the system.

We need more adoption of cryptocurrency and high percentage of it may come through our awareness to people, and this case of you and your friend should not really discourage you in so reading the news about crypto.

I do not hide from people that I trade. First, everybody, why used to learn about it, was very curious. Now, they simply completely forgot about my second job. It does not affect my main work, and it is enough for them.

It is very difficult for someone to tell us how their trade and the trading strategy they are using but we just need to accept the fact that most people are secrecy on their trading plan and strategy. I only tell people about my trading ideas but how I arrived at those ideas are hinding in the depth of my heart and I do believe that others traders are like that too.

I don't want to tell anyone that I am engaged in trade, because people do not understand me. They work on a regular job and they are far from another kind of earnings. They think that it is the idleness. Therefore, I do not tell others that I trade.

I only reveal to my friends regarding the trading success I had, but I warned them for possible failure based on bow I experienced. Being secretive on trading currency? Yes indeed I am that kind but only for those I think that's not sure in the long run. Because I may fail other people too, if we're both picking those possible failure trading investments.

I don't go about telling people I'm a trader, because that's none of their business and they are not meant to know about it. Going about and telling people about your business is something a stupid man would do, you're meant to keep your life to yourself and not expose it to the public, that's not good. And by the way I don't see why anyone should be nosing around my business, I don't like people who are so inquisitive and trying to sniff out everything about me… when I notice you're such a person I just push you out from my life. I have an office job and that's what they are meant to know and nothing else.

Guys, I have repeatedly been convinced that the envy of people does incredible things.  If you tell someone something and share your impressions, then your interlocutor, even if not one of them, can simply slazit you or take good luck from you.  Perhaps for a while, but it will still be unpleasant for you.

I have experience like this. those who asked me finally chose to become cryptocurrency traders in silence but I could not know they could get profit from trading or not because they never consulted me and they walked alone.

I only kept my trading from others is because it's not a usual work in our place. They are only familiar with labor jobs or the traditional jobs that they teach you in the school. And also for my safety because you can't trust people nowadays because they can be filled with so much envy that will make them think to do crimes like stealing from you that can lead to your life being sacrificed so that they will get what they want.

indeed, many have such thoughts. for me if many friends ask because they are interested in the crypto world, of course I explain. but sometimes I am reluctant to explain to those who are interested because of the profit I get. everyone has their own trading style, and of course I only provide basic knowledge

Would say yes, although I have a discussions with some of my old friends, but still they don't get the concept of trading, not just crypto trading, but the traditional stock trading as well. I mean they question me a lot to the extend that I feel that they are doubting that I'm making money out of it. But what the hell, I don't give a damn, if they don't grasp it then so be it.

I prefer not to share this information. Yes, there is a certain circle of people with whom I can discuss this topic, but the rest of my acquaintances, friends and relatives don’t know about it. I believe that this information is not necessary. If in a conversation they mention crypto currencies, then I express my opinion about them, but at the same time I don't tell that I have them and trade them.

Instead of being secretive about it, one can just monetize it, because being secretive about our trading in crypto, does not add any value to us. The only people that should be secretive about their cryptocurrency trading are people leaving in a country where government has banned crypto and cannot tell their friends about it. Trading is what we really should be proud of, because it takes an intelligent person to be able to trade.

I do organize trading training from often, and when any friend or relatives ask about it, I just refer them to my training center, and give them lecture based on their relationship with me, some I charge, some I don’t. Since I cannot avoid people always asking me of it, I just monetize it.

I am convinced it is best to just stay quiet about crypto-currency. Whenever I have a conversation with people it strains relationships. If people in public overhear you speaking about crypto-currency they get pumped with competitiveness, out of nowhere...

Right, if you don't value your words then it's their loss not yours, giving some hint while you are talking about your trading capabilities
will be a good way to introduce this market but if they are not interested then it's up to them, it should be taking seriously as you are
opening the doors of much better way to earned.

Satoshi was secretive for a reason. Because crypto is by definition secretive.

Secretive shall not be applied toward about introducing bitcoin to those who are potentially responsive, good and honest bitcoin user into our ecosystem.  Give bonus or reduce fees to just 3% help promote btc in a good way, IMHO

Most Bitcoin adopter are clueless when comes to inner workings of bitcoin.  I educate users on basic things like how to deploy and backup their wallet, keep their operating system clean and safe, store and load private keys safely, inner workings of transaction confirmation, how to create segwit transactions and fee bumps to make transaction fast and effortless with tails and android bitcoin wallet.  Also how to use privacy mixing service and tor to preserve anonymity.  These activity shall not be kept secret, because we need adopters who are vigilant and understand risks and knows how to use bitcoin proficiently and without flaw using resources available to them.

if you have good amount of bitcoin then there is no need to be competitive.  You should worry more about who uses bitcoin and how its adopted, about how to free one from institution control (and avoid dealing with them), about stopping others messing with your money and your ways of life.  Perhaps it is about privacy (keep secret like your private key) and these quality are very important to preserve just in my opinion.  It is about good will eventually triumph evil.  What is true is that you will meet bums and highly intelligent guys in the course of selling bitcoin.  My advise is to start small, observe your customer, and behaves accordingly.  More bitcoin you have means you need to worry about operational security and keep your communication and physical whereabouts as secret as possible.

You said it all, provided our hands are clean about our source of income, I don’t think we owe any body any explanation as to how we live our lives, so they either belief and learn from you or they leave you with your trade without pock nosing.

I would not completely be secretive with someone who dares to know, because that will be a very good thing if they could get into cryptocurrency market through me if they believe, we need more adopters of cryptocurrency and whatever opportunity I get to introduce people into it, I take advantage of such opportunity to do so, and so as many trader should be also.

Well im secretive to people asking me what specifically my strategy not because I dont want to share it but because I dont want to here words that might discourage me.

I experienced already sharing knowledge and thoughts but it didnt end up in a good discussion.

So its better for me to keep mum or choose the people to share with.