I am Bitcoin class of 2020 notching the Bitcoin Only status in 2021. But not before I fell for the scam coins and scammers. Including, Brian Armstrong. I watched and read everything on this guy, reading how he wanted to help out researchers via the 'blockchain', how Coinbase was brilliantly coded by etc. I even read "The Outliers" he recommended (not a good book in hindsight.)
Brian Armstrong (2020) was believable.
Until he wasn't, but not before I bought into the IPO of Coinbase at its still all time high, not before I listened to his CFO testify alongside SBF to Congress. How essentially Coinbase (read Armstrong) had nothing in place for finance anything before she got there. (It's all on C-SPAN if you want me to refind it.)
Never mind the senior counsel at Coinbase has a .eth in his X handle as he argues for shitcoins set to financially ruin their customers all for profit for them.
Coinbase is not pro Bitcoin.
It all bugs me, the people at Coinbase. Just like the people at "Bitcoin Magazine."
Bitcoin Magazine is not pro Bitcoin.
But regardless, I do keep a Coinbase Wallet with about $10 of Bitcoin in it, with my seed phrase carefully stored in my 1password account.
Just in case of a wrench attack, I can "act" like I am all upset as I turn over my 12 word seed phrase.
Of course, any Bitcoiner knows how idiotic doing this really is but not the ones who support Brian Armstrong and David Bailey.
I feel safe.
And I get to see the idotic things like this Coinbase is texting and emailing out to the customer base they don't give a crap about it.
This one irritates me because 'Ocean' is in here, never mind DOGE was up according to another notification they sent to their profit base:
