Rich Nost on Nostr: The reason I don't recommend self-custody to newbs is not because I think ...
The reason I don't recommend self-custody to newbs is not because I think self-custody is a bad idea in general.
I don't recommend it, because hardware wallet manufacturers are lazy and haven't solved any of the recurring problems with their self-custody model since 2016.
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