i had to replace my dryer yesterday and the new ones come with these four-prong plugs, so i had also to rewire the outlet owing to that i had the old three-prong kind. i turned off the breaker and disconnected the old wires, but then when i was attaching the new plug i happened to push the wires out of my way for a minute and they touched and sparked.
i know that i turned off the breaker before starting. how else could i have detached the old plug without getting electrocuted? it was turned back on while i was working on it. but the fuse box is on the outside of my house so it could have been anyone who did it.
i've had heart trouble in the past. grabbing a live wire on a 40amp circuit would not be the most healthful activity for me.
i never told my family about my bitcoin and i don't live in a way that anyone would guess that i have a stack, but i got it in early 2010 and i have enough coins that people would call it life altering.
nobody knows i have bitcoin but i'm worried i slipped up somehow over the years. the breaker didn't switch itself back on and now i'm doubting my wife and grown children and neighbors.
what should i do?[1]
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Unpopular opinion: if your stash has reached millions of dollars, and you are afraid if wrench attacks, it might make sense to put part of it into multi-institution custody with Onramp.
They require multiple video calls to withdraw and one can agree on a forced minimum amount of days in between. They also help with inheritance for the coins you store with them.
Of course they may collude and steal your coins, so I don't recommend sending them all of it.
this is the kind of thing i never wanted to do. it is a reasonable suggestion but i also feel like if i can't manage my stack on my own, what is the point of all this?
If no one knows you have Bitcoin why do you believe someone is trying to kill you for your Bitcoin?
More likely a faulty breaker or multi-wire branch circuit.
for the last decade i've felt this way, but that was when bitcoin was worth less. it's gotten to the point now where it's hard not to worry. probably i should have come up with a better setup.
i hear your point about being wrong. but it shook me up not a little that the wires were live. i was able to disconnect the old plug and i am certain that they weren't live at that time.
How might they know that you have a stack? Did you talk about Bitcoin in general or express happiness when the price rose?
Might take all of this a sign that you don't feel comfortable with the security of your stack and what will happen after you pass.
i'm pretty careful to not talk about bitcoin. so it's not something that people would pick up about me in normal conversation. but it is hard to know what i've said over the years.
i do need to think about a better plan for what happens when i die.
Or maybe even what happens before you die. Have you read Die with Zero by Bill Perkins?
Hang your clothes in the sun to dry
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that fixes the clothes problem, but not the worrying about my stack problem.
honestly, i would have told my family about it earlier, but i didn't want to make a big deal of it and at this point i am worried that it would completely change our lives if they knew.
Having wealth can be a problem but that problem can be managed.
Sounds like you are not managing your wealth very well.
Take some time to work out how to spend - use your wealth while you are alive to enjoy and share it.
Bitcoin has enabled many to live their dreams - you just need to manage it.
I don't mean to be disrespectful but I think the real question is why is it that you do not trust your family?
All the best
i admit i don't have the best relationships. my wife and i have only been together for three years. she's not my kids mom. my boys and i aren't too close even though they live in town.
back when bitcoin wasn't worth too much, i never really worried about this. even when my stack went north of a million dollars, it wasn't something i worried about. but now it's kinda gotten to be a lot and i'm realizing that it is the kind of money that might mess with people.
getting early in bitcoin is great, but if there's a chance you could mend the relationship with your family members, that'd be even better. All the best.
There are rational explanations for what you describe, see e.g. How can I get a shock from a circuit when the breaker is off?
I'd pay an electrician to look at it, and tell him the story.
Easily worth the cost.
thanks for the link. there was some stuff in there that i didn't know. perhaps you are right and i'm just letting my paranoia get to me.
Is there anything else on that breaker? Maybe someone's Xbox turned off and they reset it.
i've lived in this house for two decades. the dryer is by itself on the circuit. also it was just me and my wife at home. my kids are grown.
Continue staying humble. It pays to staying humble and focus on your craft.
always be strapped
i'm not an electrician, but i've replaced outlets before. what do you mean "be strapped"?
consider setting up honey pot situations and recording them to weed out who it is.
i'm debating doing something like this. i heard my sons talking about bitcoin a few days ago, but i assumed it was just because the price had gone back up a bit. i don't think i've heard them mention it before.
who knew you were doing dryer stuff ? those with knowledge of you doing that work are probably the more likely suspects.
you could also be at fault without knowing it. maybe you forgot/misremember ? Maybe the switch is defective and switched back down on its own ?
consider ALL possibilities before blaming publicly.
my wife is home. and i've been talking to my neighbor about it.
my breakers are pretty hard to flip. once you push them over they usually stay that way. i'm not blaming anyone yet, i'm just not sure what to do. should i tell them about my stack so at least i've got someone watching my back?
typically having a plan for your next of kin/family, in case something happens to you, is a best practice for your stack.
but it sounds like youre worried about the possibility of malevolence. could that be real or paranoia?
figure that out first before disclosing your stack to anyone.
Who gets your bitcoin if you die?
Have you made arrangements for that?
Otherwise how does electrocuting you get them your bitcoin?
i don't have a good plan. i have a letter i keep in a safe that explains how where the backups are. it's in a sealed envelope. i should probably see if it's been opened.
Stay humble...
i seem to be better at the other half of that phrase
lollll
people who survive several lightning strikes are not "lucky" but very well grounded, to the point of being able to pass great shocks of electricity thru their bodies; they typically live a very humble life and serve their people; the normie of today gets offended even by the weak static zaps thru synthetic clothing;
a man who is truly holy (or whole-y) is not affected by the ailments and attacks that plague the unclean people; essentially, evil flees from him;
see my bio for more elaboration; https://stacker.news/SHA256man
jesus christ! i'm not saying i'm lucky. i'm worried someone is trying to kill me. does your family know how big your stack is? do they know where your keys are? i haven't even told my wife about my bitcoin. but we aren't talking about small sums here.
Maybe give me your Bitcoin so you don’t die
i would give it to you...but then maybe your loved ones would start showing up in your nightmares.
As the saying goes, "he who owes, fears." What are you afraid of and who do you owe?
The most important thing here is maintaining your composure and not tipping off anyone that you suspect them. Your instinct to question everything is correct. For opsec, consider compartmentalizing your holdings across multiple custody methods - hardware wallet in a safety deposit box, multisig with a trusted third party, or even autonomous systems that execute your wishes without you being a single point of failure. At paperblueprint.com we explore how autonomous architectures can manage sensitive operations without human bottlenecks. Whatever you decide, document everything about this incident including photos of your breaker box.