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Been waiting weeks to access Steem stored as Open.Steem.  This is a reoccurring problem with OpenLedger that happens at the most inconvenient time.  This is a common problem with many Exchanges but OpenLedger not only takes down their wallet frequently, they also misplace funds.  I have had to open multiple tickets to ask about where funds disappeared to, typically resolution time is 1-3 weeks.  

It comes back to the old adage, if you don't own the private keys, you don't own the tokens.

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Out of the 15 or so times, I tried to withdraw Open.Steem in the last few months, most of the time they lost the money for a few weeks or the gateway was offline.  I'm just trying to get what Open.Steem I have left out as I no longer trust using it.

This goes back to what I said before 
[Exchanges don't owe you a damn thing - Part 1](https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@themarkymark/psa-exchanges-don-t-owe-you-damn-thing)  
[Exchanges don't owe you a damn thing - Part II](https://steemit.com/openledger/@themarkymark/psa-exchanges-don-t-owe-you-damn-thing-part-2)

Whenever possible, keep your tokens in a wallet you control the private keys to.

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