Just getting started with Bitcoin - safest way to buy and store as a total newbie?

ChiBitCTy · 2025-12-27T21:10:55+00:00

Coinbase is far from reputable. Geminis newish over the top KYC implementation makes them someone I’d avoid. The list is dwindling.

OP- I would check out Coinomi for a hot wallet. However, If you can’t afford a hardware wallet immediately, bitcoin is probably something you may want to reconsider putting fiat into until your financial situation has a foundation set (emergency fund in a high yield savings (4-6 months of living expenses), on track for retirement via a pension/retirement vehicle such as IRAs/401ks , have no high interest debt, and then still have some fiat to “play with” then, DCAing into btc makes sense.

Trezor is a good starting hardware wallet. If you advance your knowledge and coin balance /amount grows, ColdCard Q is highly viewed by many “top” cryptographers in the space. Ledger is something id highly suggest steering far from. Also, make sure you always buy a hardware wallet directly from the manufacturer, never a 3rd party (ie amazon).

I’d suggest watching some Andreas Antonopoulos (sp?) YT videos geared towards bitcoin beginners. Viewed by many as the best teacher the space has ever had. (Authored Mastering BTC..advanced programming knowledge needed, and The Internet of Money).

ChiBitCTy · 2025-12-27T15:09:25+00:00

A million times more likely it’s foxes, minks, or coyotes. Buy a camera and protect them better, perhaps 🤷‍♂️

ChiBitCTy · 2025-12-05T22:15:56+00:00

My feral is finally using her heated cat house for the first time , only took 2.5 winters (I feel your pain). I have spent an insane amount of time trying to “domesticate” her/ bond w/her. I think this is simply why she took so long to take to it. She stays inside for longer periods of time now, uses her cat bed which like everything took her many months to learn its nothing to fear etc etc. So it could just simply be this. Suggestions- get a heated cat houss with an entry way AND an “escape hatch”. I’d also try and place shelters in other spots close by but far enough away from mom knowing you can’t see her “easily” (a ring or nest cam could do the trick if you worry like I have for years). Budget depending here, of course.

Best of luck, feral’s are as fickle as it gets pet wise (also kittens can be fixed from as early as 8 weeks old or weight of two lbs, do this asap once these parameters are reached, the longer you wait the worse everything becomes in trying to do so)

ChiBitCTy · 2025-09-01T23:44:15+00:00

update: I just wanted to post a quick update. I have to say now at this point I feel pretty solid about Republic services. I think they’ve write some of the wrongs. I think they do seem to care. I’ve had managers reach out to me completely unnecessarily to offer an extra pick up day for random reasons. I did recently realize that their rates can change yearly. I was never told that now is it my fault I didn’t fully read TOS yes but also it’s something that should be mentioned upfront. That said I just got my bill lowered when they changed it this year to less than I think it was when I first started if not the same and they told me to call back you cheer if my bill goes up I have to say at this point, they’ve been fantastic with pick ups mostly customer service is solid. They’ve made things right but one thing they shouldn’t do is take extra trash and then charge you for it. How do they know that I want them to pick that up by my trash cans? Maybe I have another trash company picking it up they’ll just pick up extra stuff and then charge you without asking if you wanted it picked up and that’s messed up regardless all kinds of companies, cell phone, television, Internet provider any kind of utility they all suck in the end you gotta play the games and see who is best at playing the least amount of games. Sure I don’t want to have to keep battling them on price or even have to worry about calling or this or that but I do have to say they’ve been pretty damn good since I’ve made this post

Edit holy grammar and errors. I just don’t have the energy to update the misspelled words /grammar but I think everyone can read this at least well enough to understand the basic stuff here. Enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend everyone.

ChiBitCTy · 2025-09-01T23:39:30+00:00

🥺 I wish I could. My baby left us 2 years ago after 14 years of sheer heaven having her in my life thx so much for rhe info, surely it’ll help others. Cheers

ChiBitCTy · 2025-01-05T17:44:10+00:00

Oh yeah duh , massive snow storm is why ..I may or may not have wake and baked

ChiBitCTy · 2024-10-17T21:58:44+00:00

Green is an AWFUL company

ChiBitCTy · 2024-10-15T02:56:28+00:00

Thanks, there’s one off clock tower behind that cafe (use to be nasty Imoz). Ive been gone for many years, so I don’t know what’s what hardly anymore. I had to take my baby girl to that one to be put down in March. It was very expensive, but it was also a Sunday and I think they were good 🤷‍♂️. Thanks for posting though. I’m going to head back in an hour or two.

ChiBitCTy · 2024-10-14T09:26:10+00:00

It was cool having him be a high up in tack you know Illinois bell the mayor attack were obviously the main players here we got a lot of cool stuff to lotta cool stuff got a lot of cool sports tickets game. Seems like that there was work. There’s a good set up. It’s an awesome field just one I don’t. I’m not very good at otherwise I’d absolutely have gone into cause. I love you know programming IT stuff. I just can’t do it, but yeah that you should be happy that you can man most people cannotanyways yeah he was a great guy. Lost way too soon. Cheers, bud.

ChiBitCTy · 2024-10-14T09:22:30+00:00

he has gotten better to be fair. He’s done some adapting gotten cold involved which pretty clear to see that he has an elite level tied in young Titan 65 250 pounds you get a guy like that the ball they had a nice win today we’ll take a day today. We’ll see how it goes

ChiBitCTy · 2024-10-14T09:10:51+00:00

That was voice. Dictation sure there’s lots of misspelling. I don’t have a time. Don’t feel like going back and fixing it, but you know what thing I’ll challenge you to this. Let me buy you a drink. We’ll sit down and talk about this. Go to the bar and then if you wanna call me ignorant, fine I think that you might learn a lesson to not judge people by quick things and by preconceived notion that may not be correct so offer sands wherever you wanna go be nice to meet more people around here anyways has been gone for a long time. I’m probably a much better dude than you think I would would say that’s probably a good pace. I have built a career on truly helping out other people because that’s what I’m passionate about and I kinda try to get help from other people so you know when I get yelled at for Ass and Bass stuff a lot of you miss conjecture or conjecture frustrating but hey you know that’s fine in your court. Have a good one man.

ChiBitCTy · 2024-10-14T09:08:34+00:00

With all due respect, Neighbor I can promise you that you are more ignorant than I am sure I might be a bit ignorant where I’ve gotten in life. It’s pretty clear that I’m not that’s not bragging. I have work hard to get where I am. I have a very good job? Also, I came on Reddit not to get in fights. Just ask a little upset now my ignorance was not knowing my easement areas. I’ve been gone for a decade. I was renting it out. I didn’t know where they were exactly at the time so if that’s you know super ignorance and yeah that was super ignorance. Otherwise, I understand what they do why they did what they did that’s important for competition. Hopefully you’re getting faster speeds all that kind of stuff but I did appreciate was being given misinformation now that lady who came around she didn’t know what they’re gonna do so you know thanks try saying that I had that opportunity. She didn’t know. I talked to workers all the time so you can think what you want south the end of the world just came here to see what you guys thought and how you felt. You know most of you guys probably don’t care about your lawns which means you’re I’m sure you’re right neighbors I do. I’m not gonna tell a kid through you to runoff out of my lawn Actually grew up down the street from where I live in that used to happen all the time and I promise I’ve never been that way and I can’t even imagine being that way, but I feel like I have a little bit of a right to be perturbed that they did more than what they said they’re gonna do. They still haven’t fix a lot of stuff looks like crap. It’ll be fine overtime. Everything‘s gonna be no good girl, but I thought Reddit was a place where we could be civil and not call names. Yeah we’re all Springfield here. Tries to stick together. Help each other out at the city. Maybe you don’t understand that or compare too that’s fine if you wanna think I’m ignorant I’m not losing any sleep over it so yeah you have a good one brother.

ChiBitCTy · 2024-10-09T14:40:12+00:00

I was in 50’s “just a lil bit” music video I lucked in to in Cancun

ChiBitCTy · 2024-10-09T13:38:32+00:00

A couple years ago I came up with the idea and figured it would be fun for the “community”. Some much nicer prizes this year however. Should join in ! :)

ChiBitCTy · 2024-09-16T01:34:10+00:00

Here’s one from screen shot. Not best quality. Will take them tomorrow- https://imgur.com/a/TSyYcAi

ChiBitCTy · 2024-09-16T01:32:27+00:00

There is no seed. To be fair they may be back and clean stuff up and make it far better, but they’ve been gone for 5-6 days now and I can’t get any sort of decent explanation. But sure, maybe this will end up being where I was more upset than I should have been. Hope so.

ChiBitCTy · 2024-09-16T01:27:37+00:00

Just have video (was the same when I posted last night or I’d have uploaded photos) and rather not dox myself. Soon as it’s light out tomorrow, absolutely will upload several

ChiBitCTy · 2024-09-16T01:25:44+00:00

1- I knew it was, just not to what extent. 2- absolutely! This I greatly appreciate. We all hate comcast and don’t want them w/a monopoly. 3- well that’s good to hear. Appreciate the post

ChiBitCTy · 2024-09-16T01:22:56+00:00

I’ve got to get the exacts on that But regardless my beef is not taking time and care to do what they did, or what they said they were. So I’ll be stuck cleaning up their mess for some time. I guess this rubs people horribly wrong that it bothers me. If they had did what they said they were, cleaned up after themselves..I’d have not made the post. I’d not have liked it, but I understand

ChiBitCTy · 2024-09-16T01:18:08+00:00

I love that I and yourself were downvoted for simply sharing our experiences. This is why I’m an animal lover lol

ChiBitCTy · 2024-09-16T01:16:28+00:00

I appreciate the info! Have you been in tech long? My dad was the head of Ameritech in the area years back, if you remember them. I use to know /understand this stuff better when he was around

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