The Bitcoin Rules

Don’t buy more bitcoin than what you can afford to loose

Buy in smaller, regular amounts rather than in a lump sum

Don’t take out a loan to buy bitcoin

Don’t expect to get rich quick

HODL (don’t sell in the first 2-3 years)

Don’t trade (don’t try to sell high and buy low)

Don’t gamble with Altcoins

Don’t buy or sell bitcoin on margin

Don’t do copy-trading or binary trading

Nobody will send you bitcoins in a free giveaway

Don’t buy testnet Bitcoins

Don’t convert your Bitcoins to “tokens”

Don’t mine bitcoin

Don’t join bitcoin investment clubs, schemes or pools

Don’t trust, verify

Don’t use the same address for every transaction

Use 2FA on your exchange account

Don’t keep more than $500 fiat or bitcoin on an exchange

Don’t keep more than $1000 in a software wallet

Get a hardware wallet for significant amounts

Write your seed words on paper or engrave in steel

Store your seed words (keys) safely

Never take a photo of your seed words

Never type your seed words into a computer or phone. EVER.

Never give your seed words to a helpdesk

Don’t tell people how much you own

The official bitcoin website is bitcoin.org (NOT bitcoin.com which is a scam)

Don't check the Bitcoin price more than once every 5 minutes

Craig Wright is a fraud

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