Thanks @mineopoly! Exactly, people are too focused in the shininess of a crypto rather than the fundamental technology, this is what causes bubble markets and can be very dangerous if not approached properly. This method is very tedious, but necessary to make the kind of gains I'm expecting from cryptocurrencies in the long-term. I hope I'm the richest man in Babylon!!! That made me smile, great tie-in!! 🤴🏽I'm not going to lie, the wallet management is rough. I have several hard wallets and also use paper storage and 3 different exchanges. I'm of the opinion that no centralized authority should have access to my private keys, so the vast majority of my holdings are kept in cold storage or via hard wallet. It took me many months to figure out the best practices for holding crypto and I'm still learning more as time goes on. Investing in crypto and posting on Steemit has become my full-time job, so I have all day to play around with the technologies and get accustomed to them
I'm planning on writing a wallet guide soon that will help people out with deciding on a wallet and then setting it up properly. The information on security in crypto is so scattered!
Side note: I'm actually getting into real estate investing soon (my parents have been doing real-estate for decades and are going to go 50/50 on their next project with me so that I can learn the ropes and also diversify my crypto holdings into more real-world assets!) 2017 was an amazing year for me financially and otherwise and 2018 will be even better! Steemit has changed my life as well and I have a lot of exciting projects and news coming up with the launch of SMTs!