When it comes to storing and using your bitcoin privately, it's important to start with the basics. The first thing is to try and understand what Bitcoin is - to try and understand the UTXO model. Try and understand the ways in which you can be more private without using any particular kinds of privacy tools.
If privacy and self-sovereignty mean something to you, please heed Raw's words. Learn from the tips he shares, highlighted in this piece...you may end up experiencing a certain pain, which, while it may be a good teacher, would otherwise have been avoidable.
Weeks after interviewing Raw - creator of let Sparrow Wallet, a free and open-source Bitcoin desktop wallet beloved by Bitcoin enthusiasts worldwide - for this piece, both the tone of his voice as well as what he shared with me in our interview are still fresh in my mind.
He's concerned that the rhetoric around the importance of privacy and self-sovereignty as it pertains to Bitcoin is eroding and wants to remind you that both of these concepts are of the utmost importance as we move into an era where more and more bitcoin is KYC'd and/or held custodied within walled gardens.
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