The recent cases of FTX and HTX, including the hostorical Mt. GOX reminds us about "Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins." But then again, hot wallets can also fail in many aspects if private keys are carelessly stored, prompting unauthorized access. The small hodling benefits these custodial platforms offer is not worth losing your BTC. Let gold be stored in 'cold rooms' away from the bad guys...
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Marcus_Cicero 27 Sep 2023
Create a wallet on an offline computer, save the xpub/zpub, and import said xpub/zpub into your choice of software wallet. Deposit to addresses generated by said wallet......profit.
Darth has a couple of good guides on how to do this in greater detail.
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