Bitcoin Q & A #1

A Facebook commenter asked 2 great questions (note: I’m only answering for Bitcoin, not *crypto*. As the saying goes: Bitcoin, not crypto): Question: Can we still use crypto when the private key is lost? Answer: Private Keys are like you owning your own bank and owning the keys to the front door, back door, and…

Protecting Your Bitcoin

With Bitcoin you are your own bank and you are responsible for your own Operational Security (OpSec). When I was a child my parents and grandparents taught me the responsibility of locking and unlocking the front and back doors to the house. They also taught me how to lock and unlock the doors on their…

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Bitcoin Peeps

Trusted Bitcoin Resources Andreas M. Antonopoulos Bitcoin, open blockchains, security. Entrepreneur, coder, hacker, author, humanist, pacifist, pilot. Author of Mastering Bitcoin & The Internet of Money. Twitter YouTube Website Simon Dixon Investment Banker turned Bitcoiner. Wrote book ‘Bank to the Future’. Co-founder Online Investment Platform @BankToTheFuture – over $270m invested in FinTech Twitter Website Nick…

FIX: Bread Bitcoin Wallet Not Importing Paper Wallet

ALERT: MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR BREAD WALLET’S 12-WORD PAPER KEY (aka: RECOVERY PHRASE, SEED) written down before following this advice. PROBLEM: When attempting to import paper wallet into Bread (Menu > Settings > Import Wallet), I kept getting a “Bread has stopped” pop-up message. The transaction looked like it was going through but then I…