Just like with your bank account or physical wallet, you need a place to store your bitcoin after purchasing it. Bitcoin is stored in digital wallets – a type of computer software that connects to the ...

The bedrock of Bitcoin self-sovereignty is having control over your private keys. Without this, in one way or another, you are relinquishing control of your money to someone else. “Not your keys, not ...

Losing a private key means losing access to Bitcoin permanently because there is no recovery system. For long-term storage, offline wallets like hardware devices or metal backups reduce risk exposure.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Korok Ray is a PhD economist/professor who researches/teaches Bitcoin. There's been a raging debate on Twitter/X this last week ...