 Welcome to Jalassette News to get top stories in cryptocurrencies and Jalassettes. Now, break them down into bite-sized pieces. Today, I want to do a little bit something different. We already did the news today. Everything's fantastic. The market's up. Everybody's happy dancing the streets. Great. What I really want to talk to you about is it's not what you make, it is what you keep. And here are some great stories and great examples. First up, man offers a city 72 million to dig up accidentally discarded Bitcoin fortune. And this is just an awful tale of just what I was talking about today. People throwing away their hard drives and that's why I do not believe 18 and a half million is the total circulating supply of Bitcoin because of stories like this. Also, we're going to talk about another programmer who has 240 million of Bitcoin locked in a hard drive and only two password guesses left to access it. So that'll be always interesting when you're just looking at your hard drive every day, thinking about all the money that you lost. So these are two things as far as what not to do. The other part here we're going to take a look at is this, which is the scams that are running rampant throughout YouTube, even on this channel and what to do about it on top of all the Ponzi-like scheme scams that are coming about and the scams that are really affecting a lot of people. And what we're going to do is I have a person from the trade the chain community, she was scammed out of $10,000 of her hard-earned money and she works at a restaurant as a manager. So $10,000 is quite a bit of money for her and I'm going to tell you and I'm going to interview her and you can see exactly just how bad this is, how rampant it is and things just not to do. So let's just take a look at what I'm talking about here. So first up, man off for city 72 million to dig up accidentally discarded Bitcoin fortune. So this is exactly what you think it actually is. Back in 2013, this guy howls, accidentally threw away a hard drive containing 7,500 Bitcoin while cleaning his house. And this is he's not the only one. I mean, we've heard story of a story of a story about this. So when they say that Bitcoin is at 18 and a half million circulating supply, that's because we haven't mined everything. We won't mind all the Bitcoin until 2140 roughly. So when we're talking about this, you have to understand that the circulating supply is just what's out there, but we don't have access to it because people like this, which is a horrible thing. By November 2013, the Bitcoin, the hard drive was already worth six and a half million and howl has been trying to recover ever since. The South Wales Argus Haller has tendered a fresh appeal for the right to excavate a landfill site in the city. At the current price of Bitcoin, the hard drive holds almost 290 million, meaning the city could earn about 72 million if the drivers recovered successfully because he's offered him so much money and wouldn't you do the exact same thing? If it was me, I'd be like, hey, I'll pay you whatever you want. Just dig in there as much as possible and I'll pay the whole city or the workers or whoever else I need to because I'm going to get 240 million and you guys get 72 million. So these are just one of those things that you have to watch out for because it's so easy to lose your information. All right. So there is that story. And then this one is even worse, in my opinion, because this guy threw it away so he doesn't see it every day. This guy, this programmer, he's got 240 million of Bitcoin locked on a hard drive and he's only got two password guesses to access it. So you have to understand this is in his possession. He probably looks at this every single day and probably goes, you know what's in there? My whole future, my family's future, my kid's future, my grandkids, my great grandkids future is right in this hard drive and I can't access it because I did something goofy and now I can't get my Bitcoin that I earned. So this is the story. This one sucks. There's a programmer named Stefan Thomas. He lost his password to a hard drive containing 240 million worth of Bitcoin and he only has two password attempts left before he's locked out forever. Why is this? Well, Thomas was given 7,000 Bitcoins within a decade ago for making a video of how cryptocurrency works, where someone paid me that much. I do a lot of those over at DanTeachersCrypto.com, which you can see right up there, 100% free website. Unfortunately, I didn't get in the game soon enough, just like this gentleman here. So what a bummer though. He decided to store them in an iron key digital wallet on a hard drive. He wrote the password to that drive on a piece of paper then he ended up losing and now his Bitcoin is worth 240 million. You can't remember what password he wrote it down. That's just awful. That's just awful. So real quick. On this channel, I've told you what to do and what not to do. At least I try to. I try to give you my best advice. And a lot of those advice comes from all my screw-ups. So you can learn from mistakes, but they don't have to be your mistakes. So just let them be my mistakes and you can learn from them. And one of those that we talked about was bull run strategies and not holding bags too long. Another one is what we learned about, which was that don't just write your passwords, your mnemonic phrases down on a random piece of paper. I did that. And before Cardano had their mainnet launch, I had a test net wallet. And I wrote down all these different mnemonic phrases on just scraps of paper. And each paper was each wallet. And I stored them in what I thought was a pretty good place. Unfortunately, when I went to go retrieve that for Cardano, this was months and months ago after Cardano went into their mainnet launch, I couldn't find a piece of paper. So I have 20,000 Cardano sitting somewhere in the blockchain that I cannot have access to. And it's a real bummer. And it's one of those things that I realized that I needed something like this. So this is the stonebook. And I'm talking about this many a time. I've got to myself. It's supposed to last a lifetime, tear resistance, soil and chemical resistance, water resistance, which is really nice. And it's everything right there. So you got all your mnemonic phrases, all your passwords, you got this cool James Bond pen, real cool stuff, right? And then what's great about it is that I have it all in one place. So all my mnemonic phrases are there. And I actually have two, one I have my house, one I have my safe deposit box. So in case my house burns down, got a little backup. And that's essentially it. So here's the one that I have from my house. It's got everything in here. I don't have to worry about losing it. It's right there. And again, like I have one over in my safety deposit box, in case something crazy happens, not to deal with it. And if I just would have done this before, I'm lost 20,000 Cardano. But you know, here we are. So this is what is going on. And again, it's not what you make. It is what you keep. And this is a prime example of what is happening here. So that is that is a part on, you know, error on this part. But what about this other errors that we see, which is this type of nonsense right here, this one really ticks me off. So this is running rampant all over the place. Let me blow this up. And it's the same thing. There's somebody who impersonates me. And they have multiple, multiple accounts. And they have a the same icon that I use. And I'll say something stupid like this. Hey, corresponds to my admin with what's that for Bitcoin tips and guidance. But I want you to notice something. See how that one in the middle there with the stupid number. Obviously, that's not me because it's not highlighted. So just so you know that if it's me, it has to be highlighted like I am right down here. I said, yep, check out my exchange of wallet spreadsheets, blah, blah, blah, blah. And that is what we're talking about. So make sure when you're doing these types of things that you're aware of what's going on in the chat box. But then there's those things. And then there's other stuff like this, which is even worse. We have all these other crappy, different projects out there that are just essentially Ponzi schemes. And one of those was the plus token. There's BitConnect. There's all different types of things out there. So on this channel, if if I'm talking about something, if I'm talking about a project, usually it's because it's pretty well established. And I've done a ton of research into it. And I totally believe in it. And if you've noticed, I don't do a lot of things like outside of the top 100. Have I missed some gains? Absolutely. But have I kept myself safe? Yes. And that's what the big thing is. I don't care if I miss out on 100,000. If if if if I go into a project and I tell you about it, and then you're like, oh, making all this money. And then all of a sudden they pull the rug and then all of a sudden you have no money. Then what happens there? Well, it comes back on not only did I lose out, but you lost out. So I have to be 10x careful. And it's just one of those things I've always talked about. It's not trust is a trust is a currency you can't buy. Trust is a commodity you can't buy. And the only reason that you watch me is because you trust me. I'm going to give you the best information I possibly can. So I'm extra super cautious. And it actually makes me a little bit more of a stronger hand because I have to look up things a lot more. So these types of things I just will not do. And then, of course, this one talks about how there's, you know, four billion loss in different cryptocurrency scams. And there's a ton of them. I mean, there's a real ton of them out there. And this is why let me see here over at danteachescrypto.com, the 100% free websites right there. If you go to that and you sign up username, password, get sent to you pretty quickly. Here's the members homepage. And this one called safety right here. When you go in there, I want you to watch the very first video. And the very first video that pops up is this one about scams. It's kind of long 26 minutes, but it's all the different scams that I've seen and how to avoid them and everything else. So that is really the most important thing that I can tell you right now. Just watch that video makes it very simple. And then also there's all other types of stuff you can check out there while you're there. So there's that. And then as far as like different types of scams, now I'm going to introduce you to Markey. And Markey, like I said, she works at a restaurant, restaurant manager, works very hard. And she got screwed out of like, out of $10,000. And I'm going to just have her tell you exactly what happened. There's different things that have come up. We've covered these in detail here. But I want to show you exactly how easy it is to make a simple mistake and lose a big chunk or a chunk or all of it of your cryptocurrency. And remember, it's not how much you make, it is how much you keep. And this is Markey. Markey, thanks for coming in because it allows us to put a face to all these horrible stories that we hear about as far as scams. So Markey had an atomic wallet and she was going through a difficult time with a strep throat, an infection, very not doing too hot. And then a lot of things were going on and she had gone through a telegram to find some support. And then she downloaded something, 12 words. So Markey, bring us up to speed with kind of give us the short story of what happened and how you lost $10,000. Let's hear this. Okay. Hey, Rob. Hello. So I'm going to try to do short, okay. So basically what happened, atomic wallet. I have it for a little while. And I was looking for my Zilliqa because I stake it and it's a lot of Zilliqa in there. And so I check it once a while. And I claim my reward and I get a GZL for it. So when I went to atomic wallet, I did not see any Zilliqa. It was almost gone. So I went through the atomic wallet through the application. And I went to try to talk to somebody. So I went to telegram. And of course telegram that happened to me before. I pushed a button. Now it's five people talking to me, same logo, same words exactly. So I just ran away because that happened to me before with Celsius Network. I went to Celsius Network and the same thing. So many people start talking to me, want some money from me. So I don't talk to telegram anymore. There is too much scans of telegram. So after that, I want to email the support. Well, the support email me back and give me some kind of link that I need to go to and put my passport or wallet. I didn't feel comfortable with that neither. So and I don't feel good. So I went to my phone. I went to on my iPod and went to Google Play Store. And I look for a wallet, atomic wallet, that I'm going to download there exactly some wallet. And I'm going to put my 12 words in it because that's how you can get in because you want to restore your wallet. Well, when I did that, I was hurrying and, you know, I was like a little bit not, you know, not wasn't calm because I didn't couldn't find my Zilliqa. So I downloaded atomic wallet and unfortunately look like I did download the wrong one because when I download it, I put my 12 words after it was on the screen and say, sorry, this is under construction, whatever. And I said, okay, well, nothing I can do right now. So nobody couldn't help me. I emailed the support 20 emails, talking back and forth. And they said I couldn't do anything about it because right away I put the 12 words there. I guess that people everywhere. So we got to be there. And that took my coins and that could took my cardano, but I actually was taking a two. But it's very interesting because the cardano that I was taking, it's still actually not in my wallet, but in pending history. And it's not went through yet. And when you click on the hash, it's actually got different pools. So it's like floating everywhere. Yes, that part is weird. But it sounds to me like, let me get this. So this is what happens as I see it. So you had an issue with your Tomek wallet, you went through to the email or to the official website, got an email, didn't like that, went to Telegram, don't like that. Then you were on your tablet. And on your tablet, then you went to the Google Play Store. And I don't know, do you have a, do you have an iPad or just like one of those generic other tablets, not generic, but like Google tablets or something like that? It's a Samsung tablet. Samsung tablet. So Samsung, only Android. You go through Android, you go to Google Play Store. Google Play Store is supposed to protect us. They don't, they suck. And what looks like the exact same atomic wallet, download it, put your past recovery phrase, they take all your coins, which is worth $10,000. Okay. So, Markey, thanks for sharing your story. Appreciate it. Because it's one of those things like, again, to put a face, because these are real stories and this affects everybody out there. And it's awful. Me and Markey, Markey lost a good amount. I lost 20,000 Cardano because I put on a piece of paper and I lost a paper. So again, not how much you make is how much you keep. So everybody out there watching this right now, just make sure you do a couple of things. First of all, get a stonebook. Get a stonebook because you can write all your past phrases and keep them on there. Actually, get two. I got one in my house. I got one in my safety security box. The second thing is, always go to the official website. Go to the official website. They have the download links for everything. Don't go to Google Play Store or any place else. Go to the official website. Don't go to Telegram. Telegram sucks. And then, of course, anybody who wants your passwords, your past phrase, personal information, or your mnemonic phrases, they're all scammers, even if you're here for me. If you do everything like a scam and your wife will be a hell of a lot easier. Marking anything else? Yes. Well, the total of what I lost was $10,000. And, you know, that's a hard working money because I'm a manager at the restaurant and that's my four months salary. And, you know, I am very, well, I want to say God loves me and I'm very blessed because I find a Trader Chain family and thanks to you, Ralph. So thank you. And, you know, how at restaurant it works when people walk out on servers, you know, all servers get together and collect the money and give it back to the server. So that server actually don't lose anything. And that's what a Trader Chain family try to do with me. So that's very, I'm very grateful and thankful. And just want to let you know one thing, please remember, servers don't get paid by check. They only get paid by a tip. So make sure you tip your server very well, okay? If you're going to this and host this and host her, whatever else. Okay. And then what Marky's just talking about Trader Chain is a feature that we've talked about here. And it's one of the things I always forget about. So Trader Chain, it's all about sentiment analysis, but they have a really robust community. And just like what Marky was talking about that they do those types of things, which is really cool. Marky, thanks. I appreciate you coming on. Thanks so much. And let's jump back. Okay, thank you. Thank you. God bless you. Okay, so that's it. So that's the big thing that was pre-recorded. I was sure that yesterday and now we're going to squeeze it in today, obviously, because I wasn't so briskly shaving as I am right now. But it's another piece of the puzzle as far as it's not what you make. It's what you keep. And it really comes down to a couple of things. First of all, our taxes. And the second of all, is if you want to keep a lot of your belongings or your gains, then you want to do something like maybe a crypto IRA. So there's two different options for you. And in all of my videos in the description, this is the description. Hey, hello. Oh, before I grew that, if you haven't seen these, my YouTube recommendations, these are all the people I listen to. I like all these people. I trust all these people. So check those guys out. But underneath here is all the different links. Of course, they're all affiliate links. You don't have to use them, but they go into the exact website that you should be going to. And then so there's two different things. First of all, crypto taxes. I use crypto trader dot tax. This is a video we talked about before today, actually. And you can get 20% off with this coupon code right here. And also they're running a promo, which is pretty cool. If you click on this, it'll take you to, this is it, where you can win a freak report. So I use crypto trader tax. This is my second year I've used them. They saved me 16,000 in tax loss harvesting from the time that I actually started up to actually did the whole thing. So I don't raise my CPA, that'd be 30 minutes. 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I can't remember the six or eight months, but I've been with them for quite some time. I like them. I trust them. I have skin in the game again. So if you want to see like, you know, what type of IRA could work for you, we're looking at a traditional, a set for a Roth. Check out this video and the video link, actually the link to iTrust is right here. And this is the explainer video. When you click on that, it's going to take you this handy dandy video, 23 minutes, but it's pretty important that you watch the whole thing. And I'm going to explain to you how all the gains that you make for your cryptocurrency, they can't tax those in an IRA. So if you bought Bitcoin at $10,000, and it goes to $400,000, and if you take that money out, capital gains tax doesn't apply to you. So if depending on where you live, like I'm in Texas, I don't, I pay 0% state, but in federal, I can pay up to 38%. If you're in California, you get to pay federal, which is 38 plus 10%. So it just depends. So watch that video. And then of course, there is a affiliate link as well. And when you click on that, it'll give you one month free. So go ahead and check this out. And that is it. So again, it's not what you make, it is what you keep. So it's really important that we follow the different things that we talked about here. Don't throw away your stuff. That's pretty important. Keep your password safe, right? It's right here. And also, if you're looking for a link to this stonebook up here in the description again, there is also a 20% off right here. Yeah, 20% off. So Freddy's the CEO. Good guy. He's giving us everybody 20% off for Dan users. And that's the big thing. So thanks for sticking with me at the end. I know it's a little bit longer, but this is probably the most important thing, doesn't matter what you invest in. So thanks for watching all the end. And I'll see you on the next one.