Protect Your Life, Not Just Your Bitcoin.

[cxtreenal]

You have raised an important point about personal security. In reality, people have been killed for a few naira. If those robbers find out that you have Bitcoin holdings which are very valuable, your life security can be compromised.

You need to be careful about people who can kidnap and sometimes kill people for a few naira. It is better not to tell anyone how much wealth you have because family members try to harm others more than other people in matters related to money.

You should be suspicious of others but do not let anyone know that you are suspicious of someone. Always pay attention to keeping your assets safe. The most important thing is to keep yourself safe.

[sotelorene]

This is actually true we talk less about this part of protecting our lives. Many of us are more concerned about the security of coins, we even go as far as investing in expensive security system to protect our coins, yet we pay little attention to our lives, our health and personal safety which is kind of ironic. What is the value of protecting our coins if we fail to protect the very lives that make it meaningful. I know we all want to make money from the crypto space, but would should also protect ourselves and take care of our healths.

I don't think there is anyone who is investing in Bitcoin and he's not taking good care of theirself or prioritizing theirself first before their Bitcoin investment, despite the fact people always tends to make sure to grow their portfolio they also make sure to take good care of themselves and their family if there's. I don't think if there is anyone here who will be very down and the only option left is to sell their portfolio to take care of the situation that won't won't sell it, health is wealth, if you are not strong how will you get money to invest. Na person wey dey alive dey do investment.

[PhilosopherKing]

Everyone is a enemy except when person is proven otherwise. Sometimes you wouldn't even talk or inform anyone that you are a investor, but from the way the carry yourself and behave, some person may just immediately start suspecting that you have money. That can make them so jealous that they will now want start planning on how to bring you back to zero so that you will continue being in same level with them.

Someone can smile with you and still be your enemy in the heart. This is why person have to be discreet. No soul should be told how much you have ongoingly accumulated because the more people knows about it, the more risk you will be. At times it is even good you don't let your family know because there are some people that have talkatives as a brother and sister. And even if you don't show off, your siblings can still cast you to the world because they think that they are doing you a favour.

To all those who add BTC to the front and back of their name, are not doing their self any good. For example someone will tell you his name is BTC this and BTC that and if you get kidnapped for that most of us will start to be blaming the devil for something that you caused for yourself alone.

[Makus]

I honestly don't understand why a lot of people cannot mind their businesses, personally, if people talk about their source of income where I am don't even show interest because I know that it is none of my business. Nigeria is a country where the poverty rate is very high and people do anything to make money includes stealing or taking the life of others because they want to gain access to what the person has.

It is important to be careful about the kind of places you discuss about your Bitcoin investment or the people that you tell, personal security doesn't only involve protecting your private keys but also in a hostile country like Nigeria you must be careful about how you spread certain informations.

[Tmoonz]

I honestly don't understand why a lot of people cannot mind their businesses, personally, if people talk about their source of income where I am don't even show interest because I know that it is none of my business. Nigeria is a country where the poverty rate is very high and people do anything to make money includes stealing or taking the life of others because they want to gain access to what the person has.

It is important to be careful about the kind of places you discuss about your Bitcoin investment or the people that you tell, personal security doesn't only involve protecting your private keys but also in a hostile country like Nigeria you must be careful about how you spread certain informations.

It is not as easy as you said and the earlier you realize that everyone can not be as you are the better for you, am saying this in regards to what you said that you don't understand the reason why lot of people cannot just mind their own business, is it not funny how we end up becoming another person's problem? Smiles, that is the kind of environment we find ourselves, if we talk about individual safety when it comes to how we carry ourself or disclose certain information about us then it is far beyond just our Bitcoin investment, people have corrupt mind out there which makes them different from you, so it is very important that we become very mindful of the environment generally.

[Mpamaegbu]

You can't trust anyone again because of the state of the country therefore nobody should be knowing your business unless you done already they keep money to use pay ransom one day.

You nor cap for there at all. Na persin wey sabi u go give outsiders Intel on how to grab u. Sometimes, dem fit nor do am intentionally oh but na their boasting go make others wey dem dey talk to go begin plan evil. Na why if u get friends wey dey loud mouthed, e go good make u avoid making calls wey relate to ur business around dem.

...not all invitation that you're supposed to honour before then call you to glory. Be cautious of everyone, don't let people know you're into crypto and don't brag about your investments both online and offline.

Every comment there dey on point, but u see dat wan wey I bold there so? Na d bomb bi dat. But a lot of people nor go understand am deeply. Make I just leave am like dat.

[Y3shot]

We can never know or predict the intentions of people around us, they may appear friendly today, tomorrow they might become interested in our finances. But should we be live in fear or suspect everyone around us? I don't think so, it's best we understand the importance of discretion.

Security of a wallet should not just be about the seed phrase; there are other things that need to be considered too. If you don't think about how you can protect yourself, you will either end up losing your bitcoin or losing yourself.

To protect yourself, you must think about your environment and the people around you, as this is where you can achieve perfect security for your assets. Some investors don't consider the people they have around them and their environment, and this is why they become victims of loss.

[Nicho-brown]

What i think is that self consciousness matters, because you don't know who is who around us. Some may come as friends and some may even come as family members. So we need to be more guided as to know who is who around us. In other words, we shouldn't on the bases that we want to protect our finances and lay people away from us. Because many may decide on the ground of protecting their Bitcoin and scare their friends and family members away. So we highly need to take note of things as regards to these effects.

[Comeacross]

It makes no sense when you always like bragging about your earnings, showing off expensive lifestyle on social media or talking about your investment plans with those who don't need to know that kind of information, doing all these can attract the wrong people into your life. See the bitter truth is that not everyone around you needs to know your financial situation, even if you have nothing to hide.

People who truly have money don't make noise. If you have to brag about your wealth to prove you have it then you're financially immature. Normally, bragging about what you have in and outside social media is a very childish behaviour to me.

How can a mature person will be posting about how expensive they are, luxury properties just to impress people that might not even care about them? What do they expect to gain from that when they are not celebrity other than becoming a target for unscrupulous people. Even celebrity that are doing it are well protected.

I have muted several people on my WhatsApp status because of this childish behaviour. You're not a vendor or reseller, tell me why you would be showing phone or wristwatch you acquire on your status and expect me to continue viewing that. I don't feel oppressed but I don't feel comfortable seeing what's none of my business.

[Itz-prisigold]

People who truly have money don't make noise. If you have to brag about your wealth to prove you have it then you're financially immature. Normally, bragging about what you have in and outside social media is a very childish behaviour to me.

How can a mature person will be posting about how expensive they are, luxury properties just to impress people that might not even care about them? What do they expect to gain from that when they are not celebrity other than becoming a target for unscrupulous people. Even celebrity that are doing it are well protected.

I have muted several people on my WhatsApp status because of this childish behaviour. You're not a vendor or reseller, tell me why you would be showing phone or wristwatch you acquire on your status and expect me to continue viewing that. I don't feel oppressed but I don't feel comfortable seeing what's none of my business.

For me, this is not a thing about whether coming online to brag about your wealth is a sign of immature or a person being childish. The bigger problem is how these can impact on our personal safety. See some people don’t really come online directly to start talking about how much they have or cost of things they bought, but the kind of lifestyle that individual display online can give someone an idea of their financial status.  And at the end of the day, not everyone seeing these things will have good intentions towards you.

So I feel like we need to be careful with what we post online,  because the information you post without really thinking much about it can get the wrong people into your life that you would not want to have.

[Ashawowo(OS)]

I honestly don't understand why a lot of people cannot mind their businesses, personally, if people talk about their source of income where I am don't even show interest because I know that it is none of my business.

My brother it is not an issue of minding your business. People are looking for opportunities, both real hustlers, thieves and informants, so you don't know the ones you'll encounter in your day's activity, it becomes important that those people refrain from talking about their source of income in public to the hearing of those they don't trust, that's the best way to stay safe and protect your life and assets. The most secured information is the one that was not let out and once you've let it out, it is now in the discretion of the person that received it to do whatever he wants with it and that might include attacking you to relieve you of your assets.

[GoldBitcoin112]

Life is precious and it doesn't have a second chance , once person is gone he can't never come back to life again, so this topic is so beautiful it will make people to know that their is nothing in this life , so make sure you protect your life and always be happy, because life is precious, it's good for one to atleast do the things he can do at he or her level then leave the rest for God , never be too far and over estimate things life is too short.

[Cityhunter34]

To protect yourself, you must think about your environment and the people around you, as this is where you can achieve perfect security for your assets. Some investors don't consider the people they have around them and their environment, and this is why they become victims of loss.

Yes, I think the environment we find ourselves in also matters a lot for our security. It is absolutely necessary for us to life in an environment that is properly secure, because most people don't usually consider all factors when making a decision and end up falling victim to the people around them.

As an investor or a businessman, you need to reason safety first in whenever you are doing, because you are not an ordinary person like others; people will be always jealous of you.

[ZeroVinsonN]

This is actually true we talk less about this part of protecting our lives. Many of us are more concerned about the security of coins, we even go as far as investing in expensive security system to protect our coins, yet we pay little attention to our lives, our health and personal safety which is kind of ironic. What is the value of protecting our coins if we fail to protect the very lives that make it meaningful. I know we all want to make money from the crypto space, but would should also protect ourselves and take care of our healths.

Taking care of our health is good but I don't think that's what OP meant when talking about protecting our lives, because sickness isn't the only that that can kill you, other people can kill you as well to do that can get what you have and what's funny about this is that the person hating on you might actually be richer then you but hate and envy you because you have something they don't have; Bitcoin and that's still a result of people not really knowing what bitcoin is so the moment they are made aware of you having bitcoin they look at the current price of bitcoin and convince themselves you shouldn't have that much money because people still don't understand that you don't need to have 1 bitcoin to own bitcoin.
Of course there are also those who will just see that you are more successful then themselves because of bitcoin and crypto in general and try to take it from you, killing you is just their way of making sure no one finds out they took your assets something that can't happen very easily with bank transfer.

[cxtreenal]

I honestly don't understand why a lot of people cannot mind their businesses, personally, if people talk about their source of income where I am don't even show interest because I know that it is none of my business.

My brother it is not an issue of minding your business. People are looking for opportunities, both real hustlers, thieves and informants, so you don't know the ones you'll encounter in your day's activity, it becomes important that those people refrain from talking about their source of income in public to the hearing of those they don't trust, that's the best way to stay safe and protect your life and assets. The most secured information is the one that was not let out and once you've let it out, it is now in the discretion of the person that received it to do whatever he wants with it and that might include attacking you to relieve you of your assets.

There is a class in society who will take advantage of your financial situation and sometimes ask you to borrow money. They will not return the money they borrow and will show hostility towards you if you pressure them. If your source of income is related to Bitcoin, that class of people will look for more opportunities and will look for opportunities to cheat you. There is a lazy community in society who will not want your well-being. They will always want to harm you whether you are rich or poor. And especially if you gradually become rich, they will want to know the source of your money and will bother you in various ways and create a situation like taking away your wealth which will directly threaten your life.

[MorganaX]

Life is precious and it doesn't have a second chance , once person is gone he can't never come back to life again, so this topic is so beautiful it will make people to know that their is nothing in this life , so make sure you protect your life and always be happy, because life is precious, it's good for one to atleast do the things he can do at he or her level then leave the rest for God , never be too far and over estimate things life is too short.

Ignorance is one thing but not paying attention and knowing for a fact that the life you are living is simply just one and the moment you close those eyes you are as good as gone and no two ways around it, so no matter what it takes, your priority and focus should your life first and nothing more because when you don't have life nothing else matters even the bitcoin and all the other asset you are hoarding is as good as gone.

[rachael9385]

This is actually true we talk less about this part of protecting our lives. Many of us are more concerned about the security of coins, we even go as far as investing in expensive security system to protect our coins, yet we pay little attention to our lives, our health and personal safety which is kind of ironic.

Without life there is no bitcoin investment, our health is important and also our personal safety. It is funny that a lot of people still don't realize how unsafe our country is, they go around telling people that they are investing in Bitcoin only for them to end up being targeted by thieves and robbers.

What is the value of protecting our coins if we fail to protect the very lives that make it meaningful. I know we all want to make money from the crypto space, but would should also protect ourselves and take care of our healths.

Out health and safety should be our priority before any other thing and not just protecting our assets and seed phrases, some people are good at that but bad at taking their health seriously.

[Anayochukwu]

I'm bringing this up because it seem we have neglected it or talk less about it. I have seen many threads discussing wallets, hardware/software security, seed phrase backup, private keys, and phishing attacks, which shows that we are more focused on protecting our coins. Mind you, there are other side of security we should be talking about more often as a community that we are, especially here in Nigeria.

I would like to ask, how much attention do we pay to protecting ourselves?

Imagine spending years accumulating Bitcoins, carefully protecting your seed phrase and avoiding every possible online scam, only to expose yourself because someone discovers that you own a significant amount of Bitcoin. So, what's the point of securing your Bitcoin if you neglect your personal safety?

We can never know or predict the intentions of people around us, they may appear friendly today, tomorrow they might become interested in our finances. But should we be live in fear or suspect everyone around us? I don't think so, it's best we understand the importance of discretion.

Indeed we have been more concerned about every other thing from our seed phrase to private keys and we forget about the most important one, personally I have always been private about my involvement in Bitcoin for security reasons and that's how I protect my life from people that might want to harm me for my coins But some people don't understand especially newbies that loves to brag and show off to people that they have Bitcoin, I have seen many novice talking about Bitcoin publicly just to feel important but little do they know that they are setting themselves up for online scams or physical attacks from criminals.

[Samlucky O]

Well we have talked about this on several occasions, but the truth be told personal safety is very important, wallet security without keeping your mouth shut is equal to same risk of losing your privacy. When people know about your holdings, they will find all possible way to steal it from you. Either by gun point or invading your privacy. So it's Very important to keep your mouth shut as your mouth is another weapon that can fashion against you. One of the ways we can avoid it is by not trusting anyone around you. How secret leaks is by telling your best friend and your best friend tell another of his best friend and it gets to the ears of your enemy, because your best friend might be the best friend of your enemy.

[Mummy OS]

I would like to ask, how much attention do we pay to protecting ourselves?

It is our duty to protect ourselves from friends or people around us that can become a problem to us and everything concerning our investment in Bitcoin.

Imagine spending years accumulating Bitcoins, carefully protecting your seed phrase and avoiding every possible online scam, only to expose yourself because someone discovers that you own a significant amount of Bitcoin. So, what's the point of securing your Bitcoin if you neglect your personal safety?

It can be very painful when you put your money to buy and accumulate Bitcoin, keeping it safe in your wallet and people around you found out that you have large holding of Bitcoin and all they could do to harm you is to attack you to claim what belongs to you.

We all have to keep good friends not bad friends that may be eyeing what belongs to us when they know that we have spent time to accumulate Bitcoin with the hope that the price will surge and we'll gonna become profitable.

We can never know or predict the intentions of people around us, they may appear friendly today, tomorrow they might become interested in our finances. But should we be live in fear or suspect everyone around us? I don't think so, it's best we understand the importance of discretion.

Bad people are everywhere and we ought to be very conscious when dealing with people. There are people like friends that all they care about is to take what belongs to us. It is advised that disclosing sensity information to friends might not be a good choice at all especially when you know that those friends can later became an enemy one day.