This was a large consideration in me offloading the vast majority of my cryptocurrency during the peak run up. The financial and digital hacking risk I was okay with, the physical risk to my family was too much. Even if I kept it off-site and in a safe deposit box somewhere no criminal would actually know that. Decoy systems and complicated multisig setups are all vulnerable to the ball peen hammer attack.
Had I known Bitcoin would turn into what it had I would have done far more to create a pseudonymous persona when participating in the early scene vs. my well known and easily linked handle to my real identity.
It was a fun ride, but the risk just got to be too much.
Had I known Bitcoin would turn into what it had I would have done far more to create a pseudonymous persona when participating in the early scene vs. my well known and easily linked handle to my real identity.
It was a fun ride, but the risk just got to be too much.