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bitcoin research #2

These posts are in no particular order and no financial advice is given in these posts  Viewers discretion is adviced and please consult your financial planner before doing any due diligence. These are mere my collection of tweets/memes and what I think about cryptography. Maybe these posts can help you understand cryptography or bitcoin. If there are any repeated posts please mention below 👇, I did not intend for you to go through that experience, it shall be removed at the earliest. These contain documentaries and explanations. Also I'm sorry I'm not going to link them it's just too much of a hassle to link them, just copy paste it in your new tab. It is said that once you start studying bitcoin you should atleast give it 100 hours to read, study and understand the information. https://x.com/TheBTCTherapist/status/1826211514837066108 https://x.com/jackmallers/status/1864777473008824726 https://x.com/1MarkMoss/status/1864627006450647504 https://x.com/SimplyBitcoinTV/statu...

Wazirx hack: A travesty for Indian crypto users and other Indian exchanges

This post is going to be as blunt as possible and let me take out all my anger, sorrow emotions all together. On July 18 2024 wazirx exchange experienced a cyber hack in their cold wallets. I noticed it happened live while I was with my father for his regular checkup. I was of the opinion that it must be a hoax or might be little amount as they must have had all their funds in cold wallets and wallets don't get hacked as it is backed by blockchain and we hold the private key. So I went on with my day and when I return back that evening it was raining tweets all over and it was catastrophic. Ideally I should have withdrawn the money as it was unfolding at 11 o clock but the wazirx fan in me was too strong to withdraw. I didn't withdraw when the government announced ban on crypto in 2018. I didn't withdraw when FTX fraud happened, lol I brought some during the downturn hoping to get some return but lost!  I didn't withdraw when Terra LUNA happened, I also brought some in ...