Last year I lost 0.8 BTC and some other stuff, overall maybe 1.2 BTC worth, when a CeFi platform rugged me. That, along with some state scumbaggery coinciding and making me lose the rest of my savings, turned me into a bitcoiner, i.e. bitcoin only and self-custody only.

I've been working to make it back, and the dip after the FTX helped, but I still haven't recovered. I will make it all back or die trying. I have shitcoined and will pay the price.

An invaluable lesson learned the hard way. Looking back, it's one of the best things that has ever happened to me - because I've been through it and come out the other side, with a pair of adamantium hands, knowing what I need to know, which 99.9% of the world's population doesn't and has yet to go through. As I watch with a smile the demise of the state and everyone fighting for the last sats as the only lifeline.