Feeling vulnerable on my first time

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·@tarazkp·
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Feeling vulnerable on my first time
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I just moved a little Ethereum from @bittrex to exodus for 'safe' keeping. I have no idea how safe any of these things are. What happens if the company goes belly-up?

I have tried transferring small amounts of Eth three times from Poloniex to Bittrex with no success although the transaction has been completed. I have been able to bring Steem out of there though, back into Steemit.

I transferred a tiny amount first to make sure it went through to the Exodus desktop program and a minute or two later it showed up in the wallet. Then I transferred what I wanted to save and it showed up too. Score.

Does anyone else get nervous doing this? I mean, I am not shifting large amounts but I felt quite anxious. I think it is because I am so uncertain about all of these things and that even these small amounts are significant to me. In the past, I didn't have to worry about all of the transfer issues, it was all invisible behind the bank screen. Not that that is a great thing, but, this feels quite weird for me.

I am still uncertain how all of this works but I am determined to learn. I mean, what choice do I have? I sit for many hours each day developing content for my Steemit profile and it is slowly, slowly, creeping along, I better learn how to make it useful too. 

In my last post, I mentioned asking my brother to help my wife sort through this if for some reason I was incapacitated or gone. There must be a better way through the blockchain to ensure that spouses (or those that are indicated) can get access to the various wallets etc.

*In the case of my death, please send **** my hex keys...*

I think that in the future, all data is going to be handled in such a way and hopefully, this will cut out many of the rent seeking middlemen that exist in the walking world now as managers of our financial affairs.

Until such a time that all of this is easy, I guess I will have to keep learning and getting anxious every time I transfer or do anything crypto for that matter. 

I am inching a long though, kind of like this tiny caterpillar I photographed on a daisy yesterday. And I hear that every inch counts.

So for now, I will rest easy that my little bits of money that isn't really money is split between a few different online places I do not know will be there in the morning when I awake. 

Sweet dreams...

Taraz
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