Your most important crypto advice?

[bananaunana]

What is your most important crypto advice?
Please share here and also add a short comment why it is your most important crypto advice.

My most important crypto advice is "not your keys - not your coins" because it is simply a very important advice, where we should be aware to have real access to our coins and don't need to rely on a middleman. Bitcoin is clearly designed as a P2P currency.

[un_rank]

Do your own research.

- Jay -

[348Judah]

1. Avoid scam
2. Learn more and more each day about cryptocurrency
3. Don't expose your private keys
4. Do things all by yourself
5. Maintain security and privacy
6. Don't invest on shitcoins
7. Don't be greedy
8. Don't be hasty
9. Avoid overconfidence
10. DYOR

[Lafu]

Learn all the Basics around and about Bitcoin and the Blockchain to understand how it works.
If you invest , only invest the money you are willing to lose so it dosnt break your neck when its gone.
The most important is dont trust anybody that promise you the big win.
Do you research before you clicking on Links or downloading something that have to do with Crypto (Wallets , Mining Software and so on.

[Knight Hider]

Be honest.
Be private.

[C10H15N]

1.  Buy
2.  HODL
3.  Not your Keys - Not Your Coin
4.  Keep your mouth shut.
5.  See #4

[Nwada001]

1.  Buy
2.  HODL
3.  Not your Keys - Not Your Coin
4.  Keep your mouth shut.
5.  See #4

Keeping your mouth shut is one of the most important ways to protect one's privacy, aside from keeping your private keys and phrases safe from the eyes of others.
 
Some of the theft cases that I have read online are due to how lousy the holder is, which attracts people to either set hacking traps or physical attack robbing.

If some people can learn how to keep their mouths shut, their chances of protection for their holdings will increase.

[Hamza2424]

DYOR = Do your own research as everyone says, you should be responsible for your actions if you acknowledge that it means now you are ready to fly, as you know the cost.

ABC = Always be careful, with your fund's security its as easy as ABC, just keep a strict eye on every application you use, avoid unnecessary junk apps, and never lick every link whether it's from a good source or not.

Be patient, this is where maximum of the new crypto investors lack, so try to adopt it.

[Bright0515]

Never be distracted
Hold
Beware of scammers
Don't be in a hurry
Take a risk

These are my own advice for crypto.
See how crypto have helped so many young people in the society I would advice everyone to take the risk in crypto and while taking these risk also beware of scammers because whatever thing money is involved there must be scam as well.

Then learn how to hold your crypto don't be in a rush don't listen to side talks just make your research and always be updated in whatever crypto business you do. Most people fall the victim selling their crypto currencies because they had double mind or want to make sharp money but don't be in a hurry always remember to hold onto what you've got.

[sunsilk]

Be lowkey, don't be too talkative.

When people asks you about your crypto holdings, it's always best to just stop the conversation and tell them that you've sold.

Those type of people just want to know how much you're in or out with your holdings. And with that, you are only giving them the idea on how much your assets are into crypto.

[albon]

My most important crypto advice is "not your keys - not your coins" because it is simply a very important advice, where we should be aware to have real access to our coins and don't need to rely on a middleman. Bitcoin is clearly designed as a P2P currency.

Of course, this is one of the best and most important tips that you mentioned for beginners. Following this advice closely is the use of a reliable hardware wallet, as it offers more secure holdings for the investor's assets with its high-security methods and excellent features that make it resistant to hacking. Also, one of these hardware wallets must be purchased directly from its manufacturer rather than from unauthorized markets. The security methods of the hardware wallet, such as recovery options, wallet access, and PIN codes, should be known only to the wallet owner and no one else.

Also, among the tips that I consider important are gaining experience and educating oneself. The more you increase your knowledge in this field through reading, learning, and understanding what you don't know, the more resilient you will become, leading to success as an investor and trader.

[Felicity_Tide]

1. Don't make your decisions based on short market fluctuation
2. Invest what you can afford to lose
3. Handle your emotions properly
4. Stay updated with the current happenings and rumors
5. Learn to make research often, and choose decentralization over centralization in every aspect(I think this point will make you decide on what wallet to use).

[Zaguru12]

It seems almost post above have pointed out the need to do your research and not storing your coins on centralized exchanges. On security level I will say, your best wallet is the cold wallet. Using cold wallet or any reputable wallet doesn’t mean your funds are safe or secure, it is also most important to properly and securely backup the wallet keys and seed phrase.

When making a decision to invest into cryptocurrency, only bitcoin is worth of been called an investment, buying Altcoins are just pure gamble no matter where they sit on the ranking ladder. Invest with an amount that you can afford to lose even if you’re investing into bitcoin. Learn to take profits from mostly Altcoins, they are very risky to hodl for long not like bitcoin.

[GreatArkansas]

You must know what you are doing before you put out your money.
This is very important because cryptocurrency involves money or our hard-earned money, we must protect it at all costs. So never ever put your money in things that you don't know, take time to learn it know first.

[Sebas.tian]

Invest what you can afford to lose in cryptocurrency investment is one of the important advice to newbie, meaning, don't invest all your funds in cryptocurrency investment because the investment is different from centralized investment which you don't need to sell when the bearish season is still flowing in the market. Not your key not your coins which is another good advice to newbie to make a good choice to embrace a solid wallet to store their coins and save their seeds phrase and other personal details away from people, and it will be difficult for anyone to have access to their coins. Never you share your personal details to strangers in the community which is another good advice to newbie, because many newbie has loss their capital in the past, because they exposed their personal details to strangers in the community.

[HajiBagi]

1.  Buy
2.  HODL
3.  Not your Keys - Not Your Coin
4.  Keep your mouth shut.
5.  See #4

Keeping your mouth shut is the best way to protect our coin it is also one of the best ways to keep our lives safe, not everyone is happy with what we have and not everyone wants us to succeed in life, did you know that some people are jealousy of you just because you have been blessed with something that they didn’t have? Let's talk about preventing our coin or our investments, for some of us our mouth can not hide a secret from friends and other people, so it is very important to know how to keep your secret to yourself because when you start telling people about your investments gradually you will see some of them will want to get close so that they can hurt you or get close to how they can scam you.

Some people can make a setup by hiring people to kidnap you so that they will have what you have been working for a long time, people are very heartless and the way you tell them your secrets is the way they will get access to you and hurt you, no matter how close you are with a person don’t ever tell him that you have a coin you are holding, I have heard a story where the children kidnapped themselves and ask their dad for a ransom and to pay it in a bitcoin, that shows that the children know their dad secret and also knows he’s holding bitcoin.

[Publictalk792]

My most important crypto advice is Never invest more than you can afford to lose. This is really important because we know cryptocurrency market is highly volatile and prices can fluctuate quickly. It is good to prioritize risk management and only invest funds that won't significantly impact your financial well being if lost. This advice help you to maintain safe and responsible approach to crypto investments.
And I strongly agree with your advice too
 not your keys not your coins. This is also top crypto tip too because it is essential to have total control over our digital money.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

My most important crypto advice is "not your keys - not your coins" because it is simply a very important advice, where we should be aware to have real access to our coins and don't need to rely on a middleman.

Not your keys, not your coins video from Andreas Antonopoulos.
Security checklist
Reminder: do not keep your money in online accounts

Importance of Bitcoin private key on control of your bitcoin is presented in above resources.

Bitcoin is clearly designed as a P2P currency.

It is about transactions but with private keys, you have control on your coins and your transactions too, full controls. You can use P2P exchange service but if you don't have private keys, you don't control your coin and transactions, hence you have to rely on that P2P exchange service.

[Ivystar5]

1. Read as much as you can - Every resource shared in this forum has alot of information that needs to be consumed if you read them you will have all that information.
2. Try as much as possible to be private, your keys etc - every thing should be private. privacy oriented should be a goal.
3. Accept corrections - life is too short to be mad, when you're wrong in this forum just accept the correct and don't take any thing to heart.
4. Learn to have a thick skin - You will encounter opposites but don't take them as personal attacks and don't attack others too.
5. Take risk as much as you can - life is full of risk, bitcoin is also risky so take it to the fullest and hope for the best.
6. Invest what you can afford to lose.
7. Hodl your coins in a non custodian wallet
8. Keep hodling
9. Re-read everything

[Rockstarguy]

Only invest what you can afford to lose and never be in competition to have the same amount of investment with other people because we are of different value when it comes to income,  so it is important to know as investor just  go with what one can afford without stress. Investment is personal, never invest because some other people are investing. Do your research and understand why an asset needs to be invested. One thing never to take for granted is security, every password and seedphrase must be treated with care to protect assets. Trying to educate one's self is also important too, it helps in making oe to know the right things to do for an investment to be successful.