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what is the best way to store bitcoin?
Cold storage. Find software that you can trust and keep your private keys permanently offline. Generate the addresses/keys on a computer that never has been connected to the internet, is not currently connected to the internet, and never will be connected to the internet.
Some software to consider: Electrum Offline, Armory Offline, Bitcoin Core, bitaddress.org.
Or is it better to spread everything you earn thin so if you get hit in any 1 place you only lose a controlled amount? Like eggs in one basket theory....
If you are unable to determine which software to trust, then you are simply increasing the odds that you will make a bad decision and store some of your bitcoins somewhere unsafe. If you are able to determine which software to trust, then there isn't much benefit to spreading it all thin. That's a decision you'll have to make for yourself.
so say you make 10 bitcoin worth 3k. Take 1k dump into portfolio 1k cash and store 1k bitcoin etc...?
Me? I'd put almost all of it on a paper wallet. Not sure what you prefer.
With all the scandals any everything i get headaches over security. Then come to find out I lost 0.36 mining funds on blockchain.info..... now blockchain tells me it wasn't them or the hack it was malware on my computer? Jesus so how the heck do I keep my bitcoins safe
Education. Learn how to properly take responsibility for securing what you own.
or should i just be dumpining into every single thing with minimum coin.....
That sounds like a disaster.
Is litecoin or dogecoin storage systems safer?
No.
