The message to newbies has always been the same since the beginning of time. From bitcoin creation to the very time altcoin started to pop up, till the era of NFTs, airdrops and other silly nonsense that shows up to deceive the naive ones. This is the simple message being reiterated -
"Just buy bitcoin and hold your own keys or else you are going to get scammed"PS- Image source is from a Telegram group. I don't claim ownership of it.
I like this advise that you are giving to the newbies, those that just joined the forum here. Before I come back to what I intended to talk about, I need the newbies here to learn a lot on this platform. They should take out of their judicious time to tour around this forum and learn, study and understand the intricacies of the Blockchain technology.
This forum is an encyclopedia of topics that ravel around the cryptocurrencies, not Bitcoin alone. But can also serve as a one stop shop for your Bitcoin knowledge. Therefore, I will advise the newbies in this forum to garner more knowledge on here especially at the
Beginners and Help board.
Secondly, I will advise the newbies to also visit
www.learnmeabitcoin.com and take advantage of the knowledge of Bitcoin that's deposited in that website. A step-by-step knowledge on the basics that everyone need to know as far as Bitcoin is concerned. Including the private key, the public key, seed phrase amongst other numerous topics there.
Lastly, if you will take your time to learn, page-by-page the guides that have beem provided in the website, you will be able to understand why it is not only important but paramount to secure your private key and wouldn't allow it out by any chance. In fact, therein, you're advised the best ways to which you can secure your private key and other technical stuffs included.