Do not share your bitcoin holdings with everyone

[Bobrox]

Many people want to showoff their profitable earn from bitcoin and never hidden yet with how much profit earned or how much bitcoin assets have in their wallet, some people want to get respect from the other by showoff their bitcoin. No recommended sharing with how many bitcoin or altcoin assets have in our wallet but make it private only know by our family only. Many people have understood well with bitcoin transaction and how to withdraw become fiat, when getting chance with people interested for showoff their bitcoin assets will be target by thief how to stole his bitcoin assets.

Some one want to get more interested with their social media account by showoff with how many bitcoin in their wallet, I think better make privacy with your assets and close chance from thief or criminal cases happen to us when not sharing with how many bitcoin asset we hold in wallet.

[anna_20]

I was listening to a news that one of the relatives of a person kidnapped him and asked him for bitcoin in ransom. This happened because that person showed his bitcoin holdings to many of his relatives and news spread among them that he has lot of money invested in crypto. Though, finally funds were recovered from that guy but he could have even lost his life in the whole scenario. Thus, you should be careful with disclosing about your bitcoin holdings to everyone.

I just heard something similar to this story, but the guy was not so lucky. he resisted and did not tell the passcode to his wallet and the thief got angry and shot him!

[UmerIdrees]

Many people want to showoff their profitable earn from bitcoin and never hidden yet with how much profit earned or how much bitcoin assets have in their wallet, some people want to get respect from the other by showoff their bitcoin. No recommended sharing with how many bitcoin or altcoin assets have in our wallet but make it private only know by our family only. Many people have understood well with bitcoin transaction and how to withdraw become fiat, when getting chance with people interested for showoff their bitcoin assets will be target by thief how to stole his bitcoin assets.

Some people show off thier crypto assets without any typical reason while other need to show off that they have a lot of bitcoin and crypto and they feel unsatisfied until they know that all of thier family members and friends know that he has that much assets, Usually these are those people who will show off themselves to be rich and for this they won't be limited to showing thier crypto but also willing to show everything they own like car, home etc

Some one want to get more interested with their social media account by showoff with how many bitcoin in their wallet, I think better make privacy with your assets and close chance from thief or criminal cases happen to us when not sharing with how many bitcoin asset we hold in wallet.

Well, if you show your wallet balance to anyone, they can't steal anything from you but sometimes when other people know that you have that much balance then they may become jealous and think bad about you. Maybe try to harm you or anything like that, so for this reason i am that sort of person who won't be much interested to show off his assets to anyone.

[GigaBit]

If you Know your family well then i don't think this will ever takes place not unless you grown from different places so you know nothing about the family members then they might have that Idea of taking your funds out.
but as long as the people you are sharing are someone that you know well? I am sure they will never take your funds(but still need to stay silence about your holding) because like me, Only Wife and my parents have idea how much I am Holding now because they are the only person i trusted the most.

When it comes to money is really hard to trust someone even if the person is very close to you, like you said, is your wife and family who knows how much you're holding. I believe you can as well say out your seed phrase to them right?
All I'm saying is money has a way of changing people, in some cases if they know how much you're holding they might try to know your phrase and even try to get hold of your funds, things might get messy.

Since greed works in people, it takes no time to change. Especially money-related matters can cause a quick reaction, even a trusted person in one's family can do this. I don't think it's better to tell about the money. And if someone needs to be informed then only he can be informed that he has money but to reveal how much money he has can create a different reaction. Even if you don't trust an outsider, you must trust a member of the family. But you have to take responsibility for your own financial security or else it will be risky. As much security as possible regarding crypto assets that will be better for the assets holder.

[Shamm]

I was listening to a news that one of the relatives of a person kidnapped him and asked him for bitcoin in ransom. This happened because that person showed his bitcoin holdings to many of his relatives and news spread among them that he has lot of money invested in crypto. Though, finally funds were recovered from that guy but he could have even lost his life in the whole scenario. Thus, you should be careful with disclosing about your bitcoin holdings to everyone.

In real life we should not Post anything involve in money we have in public or in social media cause the outcome of these are like what you've said there's a chance to be kidnapped as we all know that nowadys there are many people who are actually do illegal if we speak about money. Like that you've said above the relative's of a person who showed a  bitcoins he/she have had been kidnapped and the kidnapers ask for Bitcoin for the ronsom. Even in real life we should not give our details in toe the Public if we have. Alot of money cause if someone will interested then there's a possibility that our life is in risk.

[Agbe]

This advice should be just straightforward do not flaunt your wealth.

If you are wealthy, you don't have to tell people before they will know that you have money. There are something people will use to detect you that you have money. And one of those things are, the foods you eat, the clothes you wear, and in the highest one is your wife and children. These are some of the things people will use to know that you have money. A girl was kidnapped in the city I am. Her boyfriend kidnapped her and asked her father to pay $3,000 and he paid the money to release her. And she was kidnapped because of her luxurious lifestyle. And to add it to what the Op has said, the above should also be avoided.

[gabbie2010]

One of the features of Bitcoin is it anonymity as a hodler it's expected not disclose your asset to any close friends, because lack of trust as well as avoid flaunting of your Bitcoin asset once you did that you would be become a kidnapper target mostly if you are based in a notorious city, I read a similar story of guy who live in country who was kidnapped at gun point and forced to transfer all his Bitcoin asset in his Binance account unfortunately he emptied all his coins to the kidnappers before he was let off the hook thereafter after some investigations it was discovered that the guy live an extravagant life style as well flaunting his wealth which prompted his kidnap.

[Victorik]

I was listening to a news that one of the relatives of a person kidnapped him and asked him for bitcoin in ransom. This happened because that person showed his bitcoin holdings to many of his relatives and news spread among them that he has lot of money invested in crypto. Though, finally funds were recovered from that guy but he could have even lost his life in the whole scenario. Thus, you should be careful with disclosing about your bitcoin holdings to everyone.

I think this should only apply to crypto hodlings. Generally, it is a very risky thing to flaunt your wealth. Not everyone is happy with you and some will be looking for ways to sell you out to people who could harm you and try to take your wealth.

What is the point showing his entire family his portfolio? Was he trying to convince them to invest, or just for show off. Whatever his reasons are, my take from his experience is that one should be careful who you show sensitive things about you to.

It is because some people will get jealous of your great achievement in life and they start to think of making you down.
Indeed, we should be careful about whose and whom to tell our holding but much better to just tell no one aside from our husband/wife. In fact, we don't need to involve our life with others, and actually, no reason for them to know that we have XXX of Bitcoin because they really hate it. Sometime, they will tell us a scammer and some say that we are involved in illegal activities.

Most people actually. When it comes to money, there are people who don't want to see you successful in life or they want to be the one to have that success. Most people can think of anything bad to get your money or what you possess, and if they see an opportunity to take it.

This is true, only loved ones like parents and spouses are not jealous of us, most people will be jealous of each other when they see others superior to them. That is the selfish nature that exists in each of us. So it would be a lie if we said we weren't jealous of our friends if we weren't equal to them.

Not only with bitcoin but with any asset of great value, we should not share or brag with everyone. That doesn't make people respect or praise us, it only makes them jealous and hate us more.

Hmm, sometimes, even some family members could be jealous of your wealth and may even want it for themselves. That's the more reason why you must be very careful and mindful of whom you tell some very sensitive secret to.
Just stay safe

If you Know your family well then i don't think this will ever takes place not unless you grown from different places so you know nothing about the family members then they might have that Idea of taking your funds out.
but as long as the people you are sharing are someone that you know well? I am sure they will never take your funds(but still need to stay silence about your holding) because like me, Only Wife and my parents have idea how much I am Holding now because they are the only person i trusted the most.

The fact remains that not all family members will want to defraud you but then also, some family members might utilize that opportunity when it present itself, moreso, you can't really know people. You can't go about trusting everyone. Even wife and husband's betray themselves, still  there are trustworthy people amongst us who really do not care about our finances, but since we can't read people minds, it is better to be safe than to be sorry

[Victorik]

I was listening to a news that one of the relatives of a person kidnapped him and asked him for bitcoin in ransom. This happened because that person showed his bitcoin holdings to many of his relatives and news spread among them that he has lot of money invested in crypto. Though, finally funds were recovered from that guy but he could have even lost his life in the whole scenario. Thus, you should be careful with disclosing about your bitcoin holdings to everyone.

I think this should only apply to crypto hodlings. Generally, it is a very risky thing to flaunt your wealth. Not everyone is happy with you and some will be looking for ways to sell you out to people who could harm you and try to take your wealth.

What is the point showing his entire family his portfolio? Was he trying to convince them to invest, or just for show off. Whatever his reasons are, my take from his experience is that one should be careful who you show sensitive things about you to.

It is because some people will get jealous of your great achievement in life and they start to think of making you down.
Indeed, we should be careful about whose and whom to tell our holding but much better to just tell no one aside from our husband/wife. In fact, we don't need to involve our life with others, and actually, no reason for them to know that we have XXX of Bitcoin because they really hate it. Sometime, they will tell us a scammer and some say that we are involved in illegal activities.

Yeah. It is safer to keep your financial investment to yourself and only reveal to your spouse. Not going around making a public announcement of what you have in your account. This could lead to you being exposed to those with criminal intent. It is better to live your life in private, except you are a celebrity or a political expose people.

You have good advice there, but I would still like to warn you that revealing your wallet status to your spouse must be rethought as it's not in all relationships that spouses mean well for themselves, so the advice shouldn't be general. Some spouses are good, some are bad and some are ugly, so if yours is wise and good, then you can go ahead with it but also be sensitive to the revelation since the world is cruel. At times, it might not be the spouse that would perpetrate the evil against their fellow spouse but someone who the spouse reveals it to without an evil intention might be those who would do it. This is why we have to be smart even as we disclose to our spouse and let them know the danger of letting a third party know about it.

Besides, it's a very bad and dangerous thing to be running our mouths like a fool, and if someone is naturally mature, they do not run their mouth anyhow, they will be calm, and listen more than they speak. These attributes should be inculcated in our wallet possessions as well, we should never dare reveal the worth of our wallets, it's better to pretend to have nothing at all or very little crypto assets if we can't deny it entirely. After all, the main reason why Satoshi invented Bitcoin was to keep the anonymity and privacy that the centralized system is depriving the masses.

When I mean spouse, I am actually referring to a wife/husband, not just a random girlfriend/ boyfriend.
Ii understand that there may still be partners who may not mean well.for their spouses, but that shouldn't discourage us from still trusting and revealing our secret to our wife/husband just in the case of eventualities.
That being said, know your partner before you reveal your secret to them, so they don't end up selling you out.

[Suzume]

It's right everytime try to hide your holdings. In our country crypto is illigali if you are investing money in it if amy how government know that you are investing and holding crypto that's create a bog problem in you life. I always hide my holding and some people in my family know that I invest in cryptocurrency and hold. In my opinion don't share your investment it's harmful for you in future.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

About the information on one's Bitcoin, it's better to keep it a secret, who knows the intention of anyone? What we are hearing daily on how people are being hacked and robbed of their Bitcoins should be a lesson for us all and no matter how you are close with someone, it's better that they do not know much about your Bitcoin standing.

The best and most secured way to live life now is low key, let people not know anything about your finances and let your accomplishments come as a surprise to them. The more you allow people gain knowledge about your financial strength, the more you're gathering unnecessary attention in your direction and not all those who are celebrating you are really happy for you. A lot are friendly enemies. Bitcoin was created to enhance privacy and financial security, but its sad to know that people are now  publicizing the content of their wallet and drawing unnecessary attention to themselves.

People cause their own problems most times with unnecessary publicity just like the man described by OP,  he showed his extended family members his wallet, with clear intention, but the sad truth is that most family members intentions aren't clear towards one another. The best practice is to live a private life and allow your success make the noise. No one should know the actual content of your wallet, but your immediate family is supposed to know that you've crypto, and where they can find your seed phrases in case anything happens to you.

[ancafe]

I was listening to a news that one of the relatives of a person kidnapped him and asked him for bitcoin in ransom. This happened because that person showed his bitcoin holdings to many of his relatives and news spread among them that he has lot of money invested in crypto. Though, finally funds were recovered from that guy but he could have even lost his life in the whole scenario. Thus, you should be careful with disclosing about your bitcoin holdings to everyone.

Not everyone likes to see you have a lot of money so spreading bitcoin ownership to other people is not a good decision. We never know how people will take advantage of our weaknesses and when they have the opportunity they will blackmail us for personal gain. Being anonymous when involved in bitcoin would be much better because the level of security would be much more guaranteed and showing off bitcoin ownership to other people is quite reckless behavior.

This does not only apply to cryptocurrency or more specifically to bitcoin because wealth is a level of security that we need to maintain and if we are negligent and continue to expose ourselves, people will look for loopholes to blackmail us. Always be alert and careful because being anonymous will be much safer than showing off the arrogance of having some bitcoins.

[BitcoinTurk]

Definitely, we shouldn't share not only the amount of Bitcoin we own but also any of our financial assets with others. Unfortunately, especially today many people have become unreliable and many of these people are unfortunately around us. In a news article I read before, I saw that a child (I said child because if I remember it correct, he was 17) who owned a very high amount of Bitcoin shared it with many people around him and was later kidnapped and then killed because he didn't agree to share his wallet password and send all his Bitcoins. Of course, it is necessary not to believe all such content and I don't know if it is really true news but with such events, we learn that we shouldn't share our financial wealth with anyone. I think that someone who has gained financial freedom with Bitcoin or earned a very good amount of money behaves in this way for show-off purposes in order to attract attention with the increasing popularity of cryptocurrencies today but when we see such content we confirm how wrong this behavior actually is. As Ahzee, a singer I love very much, said;

''We got money not to show, we just got money to blow.''

[Sexylizzy2813]

Since greed works in people, it takes no time to change. Especially money-related matters can cause a quick reaction, even a trusted person in one's family can do this. I don't think it's better to tell about the money. And if someone needs to be informed then only he can be informed that he has money but to reveal how much money he has can create a different reaction. Even if you don't trust an outsider, you must trust a member of the family. But you have to take responsibility for your own financial security or else it will be risky. As much security as possible regarding crypto assets that will be better for the assets holder.

Money is very powerful and it can divide a very close family brother against brother, keep your seed phrase to yourself and your mouth shut concerning anything that has to do with your fund or wallet. It's just that everything has gone south if not the safest people to disclose such an information to is your family but since money can change the character of someone, your financial security is your responsibility alone so for me, I'd rather back up my seed phrase instead of disclosing it to a family member in the off chance that I forget or misplace it.

[jerry0]

What about the real popular youtubers who talk about btc nonstop?  Certainly they aren't' walking around with security with them like Elon Musk?

[WhyFhy]

I was listening to a news that one of the relatives of a person kidnapped him and asked him for bitcoin in ransom. This happened because that person showed his bitcoin holdings to many of his relatives and news spread among them that he has lot of money invested in crypto. Though, finally funds were recovered from that guy but he could have even lost his life in the whole scenario. Thus, you should be careful with disclosing about your bitcoin holdings to everyone.

A good reminder of why it's important to keep your crypto holdings under wraps. Showing off your bitcoin can lead to kneecapping situations, like the kidnapping incident you mentioned. Even if the funds are recovered, the risk to personal safety is real. Always be vigilant of who you're sharing your financial details with, especially when it involves something as volatile and desirable as cryptocurrencies. Stay discreet with your BTC.

[EarnOnVictor]

I was listening to a news that one of the relatives of a person kidnapped him and asked him for bitcoin in ransom. This happened because that person showed his bitcoin holdings to many of his relatives and news spread among them that he has lot of money invested in crypto. Though, finally funds were recovered from that guy but he could have even lost his life in the whole scenario. Thus, you should be careful with disclosing about your bitcoin holdings to everyone.

I think this should only apply to crypto hodlings. Generally, it is a very risky thing to flaunt your wealth. Not everyone is happy with you and some will be looking for ways to sell you out to people who could harm you and try to take your wealth.

What is the point showing his entire family his portfolio? Was he trying to convince them to invest, or just for show off. Whatever his reasons are, my take from his experience is that one should be careful who you show sensitive things about you to.

It is because some people will get jealous of your great achievement in life and they start to think of making you down.
Indeed, we should be careful about whose and whom to tell our holding but much better to just tell no one aside from our husband/wife. In fact, we don't need to involve our life with others, and actually, no reason for them to know that we have XXX of Bitcoin because they really hate it. Sometime, they will tell us a scammer and some say that we are involved in illegal activities.

Yeah. It is safer to keep your financial investment to yourself and only reveal to your spouse. Not going around making a public announcement of what you have in your account. This could lead to you being exposed to those with criminal intent. It is better to live your life in private, except you are a celebrity or a political expose people.

You have good advice there, but I would still like to warn you that revealing your wallet status to your spouse must be rethought as it's not in all relationships that spouses mean well for themselves, so the advice shouldn't be general. Some spouses are good, some are bad and some are ugly, so if yours is wise and good, then you can go ahead with it but also be sensitive to the revelation since the world is cruel. At times, it might not be the spouse that would perpetrate the evil against their fellow spouse but someone who the spouse reveals it to without an evil intention might be those who would do it. This is why we have to be smart even as we disclose to our spouse and let them know the danger of letting a third party know about it.

Besides, it's a very bad and dangerous thing to be running our mouths like a fool, and if someone is naturally mature, they do not run their mouth anyhow, they will be calm, and listen more than they speak. These attributes should be inculcated in our wallet possessions as well, we should never dare reveal the worth of our wallets, it's better to pretend to have nothing at all or very little crypto assets if we can't deny it entirely. After all, the main reason why Satoshi invented Bitcoin was to keep the anonymity and privacy that the centralized system is depriving the masses.

When I mean spouse, I am actually referring to a wife/husband, not just a random girlfriend/ boyfriend.
Ii understand that there may still be partners who may not mean well.for their spouses, but that shouldn't discourage us from still trusting and revealing our secret to our wife/husband just in the case of eventualities.
That being said, know your partner before you reveal your secret to them, so they don't end up selling you out.

Spouse doesn't have a different meaning so I don't know why you are still pointing to it that you meant wife/husband and my explanation on this is clear. You might be in the best marriage right now, but I must tell you that most people are in a challenging marriage, and that is a fact, so I only caution you from generalizing the fact that it must be revealed to one's spouse, nothing more, except the person is so sure of the genuity of the union.

Even those who believe they are in a genuine union are still often betrayed, so the advice is clear, one has to be very careful in disclosing their wallet status and access to spouses. Some spouses who claimed they were good might later be tempted by the asset's worth as money is powerful and could corrupt good manners in most cases. This advice might not be applicable to all but could still save lives and property when you are too trusting in a marriage, many have been betrayed. The high level of divorce these days is enough reason for someone to be wise. It won't just start immediatley, it takes time and the less you disclose, the better for you. Of course, unless you are near 100% in trust with your spouse which I believe is not common these days that everyone seems selfish.

[Smack That Ace]

What about the real popular youtubers who talk about btc nonstop?  Certainly they aren't' walking around with security with them like Elon Musk?

I'm also wondering this, famous Kols are active on social platforms like Twitter, Facebook...they always show off their assets every day looking for new people to join their team. They own millions of dollars in cryptocurrency and I have seen them peacefully for years. Do they need bodyguards every time they go out or do they need police protection? I hate when people flaunt their wealth, but we don't need to exaggerate things about bitcoin any more than necessary.

[leonair]

What about the real popular youtubers who talk about btc nonstop?  Certainly they aren't' walking around with security with them like Elon Musk?

I'm also wondering this, famous Kols are active on social platforms like Twitter, Facebook...they always show off their assets every day looking for new people to join their team. They own millions of dollars in cryptocurrency and I have seen them peacefully for years. Do they need bodyguards every time they go out or do they need police protection? I hate when people flaunt their wealth, but we don't need to exaggerate things about bitcoin any more than necessary.

Not everyone has the same ability to protect themselves.  He is a strong enough person with social fans and political support and high amount of money support all because of which no one can harm him easily. So not everyone has the ability to protect themselves. So of course you should always keep your Bitcoin holdings hidden. And if you have the ability to protect yourself you can show off like him. Otherwise such activity can put you in great danger.  So you should think twice before doing anything, especially financial

[Litzki1990]

I was listening to a news that one of the relatives of a person kidnapped him and asked him for bitcoin in ransom. This happened because that person showed his bitcoin holdings to many of his relatives and news spread among them that he has lot of money invested in crypto. Though, finally funds were recovered from that guy but he could have even lost his life in the whole scenario. Thus, you should be careful with disclosing about your bitcoin holdings to everyone.

Not everyone likes to see you have a lot of money so spreading bitcoin ownership to other people is not a good decision. We never know how people will take advantage of our weaknesses and when they have the opportunity they will blackmail us for personal gain. Being anonymous when involved in bitcoin would be much better because the level of security would be much more guaranteed and showing off bitcoin ownership to other people is quite reckless behavior.

This does not only apply to cryptocurrency or more specifically to bitcoin because wealth is a level of security that we need to maintain and if we are negligent and continue to expose ourselves, people will look for loopholes to blackmail us. Always be alert and careful because being anonymous will be much safer than showing off the arrogance of having some bitcoins.

Even if everyone wants you well, in fact, some people will never take your progress as good. I have noticed in each case that it is not just about investing in Bitcoin.

Two friends used to work in the same company, the two friends did not join the company at the same time but the first friend gave the second friend an opportunity to work in that company. Initially there was good bonding between the two but as time changed the distance between the two increased. The second friend worked better than the first friend to please the owner of the company due to which the second friend was given a promotion which the first friend could not accept. The first friend's comment was that the person I hired could not be my boss in my company, that's why he fired him from the company by making various slurs on the name of the second friend. After this incident, I feel that no one really wants my own good, since I have to fulfill my responsibilities and protect myself, there is no need to share my personal matters with others unnecessarily. 

There is no need to share the investment that I will invest with because I will not get any benefit from sharing my investment with him rather he can harm me and he can do everything for his interest. There are things that my neighbor or my friend might be jealous of if they hear about them, I keep them completely secret and I keep them from my family too.