Guides & Articles
Self-custody, explained without the hype
Practical, no-nonsense guides on actually owning your Bitcoin — how to move it off exchanges, why counterparty risk matters, and the specific mistakes that lose coins. Written by Dimitri Chantitch.
How to Move Your Bitcoin Off an Exchange Safely
The exact, safe sequence for getting your Bitcoin off Coinbase, Binance, Kraken, or any exchange and into a wallet only you control — with the test transfer and the mistakes that lose coins.
Read the guide → 9 min readHow Bitcoin Self-Custody Removes Counterparty Risk
FTX, Celsius, and Mt. Gox all failed the same way. What counterparty risk actually is, and how self-custody removes it at the mathematical level.
Read the article → 10 min readWhy Bitcoin-Only and Open-Source Tools Are the Gold Standard
Closed-source custody tools ask you to trust the company. Open-source tools let the world verify them. Why that difference is everything.
Read the article → 12 min readReal People Who Lost Bitcoin Forever: What You Can Learn
8,000 BTC in a landfill. 7,002 BTC behind a forgotten password. $190M locked with a dead CEO. Real losses, and what each one teaches.
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