I Got Hacked - Here Is What I Changed and Why I Sleep Better Now
·13 min read
I got hacked and it changed how I think about personal security. This is the framework I built — layered defenses, separated identities, and practical paranoia that works without making daily life unbearable.
Your Node, Your Rules - From Wallet to Full Bitcoin Sovereignty
·8 min read
Most Bitcoin wallets quietly rely on someone else’s node. This is what it took me to close that gap myself, and why running my own node changed how Bitcoin feels.
The Bitcoin Inheritance Problem - Legal, Technical, and Human
·7 min read
Custody protects your Bitcoin while you’re alive. Inheritance planning protects it after you’re gone. This is how I think about the legal, technical, and very human problem of making sure the right people can actually recover what you built.
How to Store a Secret File - A Practical Tradeoff Map (No Perfect Answer)
·8 min read
If you have a file you really cannot afford to lose, there is no perfect storage answer. There are only tradeoffs. This is the practical map I use to think through cloud, offline, redundancy, trusted people, and what a better proof-based system might look like.
Buying Bitcoin is easy. Custody is the problem - From exchange to multisig.
·14 min read
Buying Bitcoin is the easy part. Keeping it safe for years is where things get real. This is how I moved from exchanges to cold storage and eventually to 2-of-3 multisig, and what I learned in the process.