I've held bitcoin since 2013 and this is what I send friends who "get into crypto"

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--------------------------------- Essentials of understanding cryptocurrencies ----------------------------------

Motivation and philosophy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDyBbGCiBUU

The inner workings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x1b_S6Qp2Q
The case for bitcoin (specifically):
https://casebitcoin.com/newbie

The legendary rainbow log price chart:
https://www.blockchaincenter.net/bitcoin-rainbow-chart/
Bitcoin vs Altcoins (Everything other than Bitcoin):
https://www.blockchaincenter.net/altcoin-season-index/

--------------------------------- Security ----------------------------------

You are now your own BANK. No one can help you if you do something wrong.
Keep your passwords secure. Keep your backups and restore phrases secure.
Only use your wallets as necessary.
*** Have a "hot" wallet with minimal funds and a "cold" wallet for long term savings.
Dont leave funds on exchanges unless you absolutely have to. Exchanges are just that - for exchanging. Almost every exchange ever has: frozen funds at some point, had funds hacked or stolen, OR collapsed.
Setup multi-factor on everything (SMS + Email code + really good password)
Double check addresses on every single transaction. SEND TEST TRANSACTIONS of small amounts first (Ex. 0.001 ETH before you send X.0 ETH). Make sure it fully completed and was received before you send the full transaction.
If you use metamask do not move funds to it UNTIL you set the AUTO-LOCK feature. The biggest source of metamask stolen funds is browsing with an unlocked wallet.
More really useful and relevant articles: https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia/explore#security

--------------------------------- Major US Exchanges ----------------------------------
Coinbase - https://coinbase.com/
Common but historically lots of reliability issues (Website down, App not working, long support times)

Kraken - https://www.kraken.com/
Not as common as Coinbase, but built for crypto "professionals". Lots of investment into trading platform etc. Decent Controls, Decent Support.

Gemini - https://gemini.com/
Even less commonly used than Kraken, but built to be the most "trusted" option. Lots of KYC, "Financial Compliance" but generally best for ease of use & reliability.

Treat all these as simple places to buy and sell. Don't connect to your primary bank account where you have funds in case someone compromises your exchange account and "pulls" funds to the exchange.

NON-EXCHANGES:
Paypal / Square / Robinhood
~~These will not let you actually transfer crypto to a private wallet.~~ You are simply buying exposure to crypto but it will be owned by someone else and your control / access will be governed by someone else. These are called "custodial" wallets.

--------------------------------- Wallets ----------------------------------

Mobile Wallets
Personally, I made the mistake of using one on a rooted / jailbroken android phone once and almost got everything compromised up to and including personal gmail accounts, crypto accounts, etc. I personally DO NOT recommend using anything that is mobile first / only. Its simply too vulnerable of an attack vector.
If you absolutely have to, the only one I can possibly recommend is:
https://bitpay.com/ They have been around since 2011 and as such has seen nearly everything in the crypto space. Mobile should only ever be considered a "hot" wallet that you have funds you are prepared to lose.

Desktop Wallets

(If you are comfortable with YOUR computer as your bank - treat it like your bank - don't take out of the house, keep ALL your old hard drives, don't connect to public wifi, use a vpn, don't torrent ANYTHING, etc. )

Single chains:

Bitcoin - https://bitcoin.org/en/download
Ethereum - https://geth.ethereum.org/

Multi chains:

Hardware Wallets:

Trezor - https://trezor.io/
Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/

Paper Wallets:

https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia/paper-wallet-generator-cold-storage#section-how-to-make-a-paper-wallet

--------------------------------- Taxes ----------------------------------

Because of the eternal transaction nature of the blockchain, make sure you pay your taxes. The gov might not have the ability to come after you today.... but they may at any point in the future do a completely retroactive audit on the blockchain when the tools are sophisticated enough.

For now, I would just say - take 20-25% of any major transaction and put it USD / local currency as a tax fund. Do it AT THE TIME OF THE TRANSACTION because the token exchange rate can change.
You will get into the situation that you bought BTC at $5K, sold it at $10K, put 25% in BTC on the side and then later the value of that 25% BTC won't cover the tax liability when BTC goes back under $10K. So do yourself the favor and keep an extra savings account somewhere with tax funds in local currency.

https://tokentax.co/help/cryptocurrency-tax-rates/

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AMAA (Ask me almost anything) I guess.

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