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April 03, 2017, 08:05:22 PM |
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Hello all!
I'm new here. Missed out on the BTC train back in 13' but have been monitoring altcoins lately because I see and understand the future of commerce in regards to our current digital revolution. It seems clear to me that there is no doubt, there will be another wave of people getting extremely rich from picking a few winning altcoins, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna miss it this time around! So, here's the thing. I have been watching XRP like a hawk for almost two weeks now. I've never gotten around to figuring out the fundamentals of crypto-wallets and actually buying any coins. I've read about it extensively, but the security aspect scares me since I'm no hacker or security expert and I'm almost positive a few of my devices (specifically one PC and a laptop) are compromised and are probably part of a botnet. I recently acquired a MacBook Pro and I think that would be the device I would use to do trading since it's much more secure than any of my windows machines. But, about 4-5 days ago, when XRP was still a penny(USD) I decided that I was ready to buy. I googled "how to buy XRP" and decided on bitstamp for my XRP exchange and coinmama to buy BTC with my credit card to transfer to bitstamp. It took me days to apply and get verified for all these different sites, and was researching how wallets work and trying to decide on one. All of this was taking FOREVER, and by the time I got verified and was able to actually use the exchange, I had been watching the price go up and UP AND upppppp and being powerless to do anything until the high yesterday Got to $0.07USD and I just about lost it. I was looking to buy about $10,000 worth at a penny, so you could probably understand my pain. At this point I've pretty much given up, this shit is really way too complicated for the average joe, and I'm actually quite good with computers and I understand exactly how blockchain technology works but the whole wallet/exchange system is not very user-friendly at all for noobs, and I just feel like I can't risk such a large chunk of money I don't even have(credit) just trying to figure this out. I know I basically missed the boat and it frustrates me more than anything since I saw it coming so damn early. And had absolutely no way to capitalize on it since it's so damn complicated. I still don't even know where to get a ripple wallet. The thing that scares me the most is with these digital currencies, you can get your shit stolen in the blink of an eye for just a slight misstep, or using a compromised device. I even installed armory on an offline laptop, and even THAT ended up freezing on the screen to print a paper backup, so I couldn't even do that right. Are there any senior members here that could help me out? I'm just a 30 year old guy with a young family trying to get in on this train before it leaves the station, any help at all would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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