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September 30, 2024, 06:05:00 AM
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Hello, I have some spare cash with me which I want to invest in crypto. BTC is king anyway so I will need your suggestions for best way to store it for long term - cold storage preferred for investment and also some way I can spend it without using banks while I travel abroad. Please help this noob.

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September 30, 2024, 06:22:33 AM
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Hello, I have some spare cash with me which I want to invest in crypto. BTC is king anyway so I will need your suggestions for best way to store it for long term - cold storage preferred for investment and also some way I can spend it without using banks while I travel abroad. Please help this noob.
Cold storage means you don't make your wallet online and don't sign your transaction online, don't leak your private key online.

Creating a cold storage wallet with Electrum
[Guide] Verify and download Electrum wallet
The paranoid user's security guide for using Electrum safely.

If you want a hardware wallet, you need to understand about hardware wallet and buy it rightly.
[GUIDE] How to buy a Hardware Wallet the right way
Open source hardware wallets.

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September 30, 2024, 08:16:54 AM
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cold storage preferred for investment
Although technically not cold storage, a Trezor hardware wallet is probably the easiest way to get started. It's a good trade-off between convenience and security.

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also some way I can spend it without using banks while I travel abroad. Please help this noob.
The main "problem" will be finding merchants who accept Bitcoin. You could sell Bitcoin P2P, but there's risks involved in the physical trade, especially when you're in an unfamiliar country.
Depending on how much you plan to bring with you, a mobile wallet (for instance Electrum or Mycelium) is easy to use. But it's a hot wallet, so only add what you can afford to lose.



It's worth learning and testing a bit before going "big": learn how to store Bitcoin, think about a secure backup location for your seed words, and read up on the potential risk factors. To start: How to lose your Bitcoins with CTRL-C CTRL-V. Some healty paranoia helps: assume know people are out to get your Bitcoins (and don't give them the chance).

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September 30, 2024, 09:33:13 AM
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so I will need your suggestions for best way to store it for long term - cold storage preferred for investment

Other member already provide good link/suggestion. But what are your criteria to determine best way to store Bitcoin long term? Durability? Easy to use?

and also some way I can spend it without using banks while I travel abroad.

The common approach is using mobile wallet. But you shouldn't store too much Bitcoin on it, since there's higher risk your mobile device could get stolen or hacked. If you want to use Bitcoin on place which doesn't accept Bitcoin, you either need to sell it as needed or use Bitcoin debit card which convert deposited Bitcoin into fiat.

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September 30, 2024, 04:48:48 PM
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Hello, I have some spare cash with me which I want to invest in crypto. BTC is king anyway so I will need your suggestions for best way to store it for long term - cold storage preferred for investment and also some way I can spend it without using banks while I travel abroad. Please help this noob.

Thank you

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To use abroad without banks you could try some visa cards. There is a big list by NotATether here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5473572.msg63133596#msg63133596

But the best to spend abroad would be just to sell for fiat currency and use it. Imo

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September 30, 2024, 07:24:58 PM
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so I will need your suggestions for best way to store it for long term - cold storage preferred for investment

Other member already provide good link/suggestion. But what are your criteria to determine best way to store Bitcoin long term? Durability? Easy to use?

and also some way I can spend it without using banks while I travel abroad.

The common approach is using mobile wallet. But you shouldn't store too much Bitcoin on it, since there's higher risk your mobile device could get stolen or hacked. If you want to use Bitcoin on place which doesn't accept Bitcoin, you either need to sell it as needed or use Bitcoin debit card which convert deposited Bitcoin into fiat.

Although he asked for cold storage specifically, which is great, I think that we do not put enough emphasis on the fact that, for newbies and especially if they are not going to hold much money, the best approach would be to install an App in their smartphones or a Desktop wallet and learn how to operate. This is obviously the least safe option to store your coins, but the most convenient by far.

Trezor, mentioned above, like Ledger and other hw, is really great and not expensive, but not all newbies are willing to make this little investment to secure little funds.

The case of the OP seems different as far as he "believes" and wants to store it long term, so I guess that he is willing to make a considerable investment and wants to store it securely. Although he also says that he wants to spend it abroad, which sounds contradictory.

So, OP, if I was you I would store most of the funds in a hardware wallet, or Electrum if I didn't want to spend money on it, but also carry some funds with me in my smartphone, just the amount I would be willing to spend. But don't forget that "being your own bank" comes at a cost: the risk to lose your funds if you are not careful with them.

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October 01, 2024, 10:41:31 AM
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Although he asked for cold storage specifically, which is great, I think that we do not put enough emphasis on the fact that, for newbies and especially if they are not going to hold much money, the best approach would be to install an App in their smartphones or a Desktop wallet and learn how to operate. This is obviously the least safe option to store your coins, but the most convenient by far.
He can consider airgap device for his wallet too and can consider to use Tail OS on USB Flash drive if he can not have a personal computer. It is like very last option because using a public computer to connect your wallet and sign a transaction is very dangerous.

[Guide] Secure air-gapped crypto wallet storage method
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October 03, 2024, 06:54:58 PM
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Hello, I have some spare cash with me which I want to invest in crypto. BTC is king anyway so I will need your suggestions for best way to store it for long term - cold storage preferred for investment and also some way I can spend it without using banks while I travel abroad. Please help this noob.

Thank you

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Well firstly congrats on considering investing in bitcoin
You are welcome to the Bitcoin family 😂

Well if you are considering a long-term storage there are different forms in which they can be stored
You could use a hardware wallet like a ledger or trezor
You could use an offline storage solutions like cold card and cobo
Or paper wallets
But these are cold wallets, and since you want to be able to spend your crypto while travelling
You would have to consider hot wallets because they are much more easier to access
Which are your mobile wallets the only issue is that hot wallets are not as secure as cold wallets and are prone to being hacked
You should consider going on coindesk.com for more information they really helped me alot as a beginner
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