96 sats \ 6 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 12 Aug \ on: Update On My Fellow Retirees bitcoin
He got phished, gave log in info out in an email (!), and lost 50k USD worth of bitcoin.
50k is not a small amount. After sach loss, how many it possible for someone to have trust. However it was only his fault. How he can share his vital detail to someone.
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32 sats \ 2 replies \ @SpaceHodler 12 Aug
I lost around that much in a scam in 2022. Outcome? It made me a bitcoiner. As in, no more shitcoins, and self-custody only.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitcoinAbhi 12 Aug
Great! To commit mistake is the best teacher. We people learn a lot from our failures.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @JesseJames 13 Aug
There are no mistakes, there are only learning opportunities :-)
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11 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 12 Aug
He told his wife. My friend is his wife's cousin! For some of us, our wives would have been the last one to find out how dumb we are.
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75 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitcoinAbhi 12 Aug
I was talking about login information.
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 12 Aug
Yes. That makes sense. I can't imagine that either. I was blinded by the prospect of telling my wife I was such an idiot if it happened to me.
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