Reading

Where this comes from

Nothing on this site is novel research. It is the same advice experienced holders give each other, written for someone hearing it for the first time. If you only read one, read the first.

• Secure your wallet

  bitcoin.org

  The plainest starting point that exists. If you read one thing, read this one.

• Bitcoin security resources

  Jameson Lopp

  A maintained index by someone who has spent a decade on exactly this problem. Deeper than you need on your first day, and exactly what you want on your second.

• 10x Security Bitcoin Guide

  Michael Flaxman

  A step-by-step multi-sig setup guide for people who want to do this properly and are willing to spend an afternoon.

• Seed phrase

  Bitcoin Wiki

  What the twelve words actually are and why they work. Useful if you like knowing why rather than being told what.

• Cryptocurrency scams: what to know

  US Federal Trade Commission

  The impostor-support and fake-site patterns described on the front page, documented by people who collect the complaints.

• Internet Crime Report

  FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center

  Annual figures on what these losses actually add up to. Sobering, and worth a skim before deciding this does not apply to you.