Getting started with investing is a daunting task. There are a lot of things that can go wrong, and it's very easy to lose a lot of money quickly. This series will focus on things I've learned over the past 10+ years of investing as a long-term investor.
Markets fluctuate continuously, and there are many different strategies. While there are no guarantees, longer-term strategies average out those fluctuations and therefore have a much higher likelihood of success, so that's what I'll be focusing…
A bitcoin wallet, while it is similar to a physical wallet in that it allows you to store your bitcoin, is more like your own bank which allows you to open and manage accounts, transfer, spend and receive money through the bitcoin network, and provides security.
Types of Wallets
Wallets come in three forms, software, hardware, and paper.
A software wallet, the most common, allows you to store and manage your bitcoin from your computer, phone or website, and offers only basic security at this tim…
Here's a few ways that you can get involved in bitcoin by buying some bitcoins of your own.
Keep in mind-
You don't need to buy whole amounts of bitcoin, it is divisible into smaller units called bits that represent a 1 millionth of a bitcoin.
Leaving money on an exchange poses a risk of theft. While okay for the inexperienced who want to test the waters or for small amounts, large amounts of bitcoin should be secured in a cold wallet for security.
Coinbase
Coinbase is the largest US exchange…
Let's look at what a Ponzi scheme is: According to the SEC, a Ponzi Scheme is:
an investment fraud that involves the payment of purported returns to existing investors
from funds contributed by new investors. Ponzi scheme organizers often solicit new investors by
promising to invest funds in opportunities claimed to generate high returns with little or no risk.
In many Ponzi schemes, the fraudsters focus on attracting new money to make promised payments to
earlier-stage investors to create the …
