crypto is so easy all you have to do is: never click any links, never store anything digitally, keep your devices on airplane mode, verify every contract address, never trust a verified account, never trust an unverified account, revoke all token approvals, never sign blind transactions, never sign anything you don't understand, learn to read solidity, audit every smart contract yourself, learn rust, understand the evm, understand the svm, run your own node, verify every rpc endpoint, never use public wifi, never connect to unfamiliar networks, never interact with strangers, never download new apps, use a separate device for every wallet, never trust your friends, never trust your favourite influencer, never trust your favourite developer, never trust the team, never trust the multisig, never trust the auditor, never trust the audit, never trust the bridge, never trust the oracle, never trust the sequencer, never trust the validator, never trust the governance forum, never trust the foundation, never trust the market maker, never trust the exchange, never trust the custodian, never trust the proof of reserves, never trust the stablecoin issuer, never trust the peg, never trust the wrapped asset, never trust the yield, never trust the roadmap, never trust the tokenomics, never trust the community, never trust the announcement, never trust the screenshot, never trust the dashboard, never trust the block explorer, never trust the frontend, verify the frontend hasn't been compromised, check the domain character by character, check the ssl certificate, verify the dns records, use a hardware wallet, use three hardware wallets, buy them directly from the manufacturer, verify the firmware, never update the firmware without checking the changelog, never connect your cold wallet to a website, use an air-gapped signing device, generate your seed phrase offline, never photograph your seed phrase, never type your seed phrase, never say your seed phrase aloud, never store your seed phrase in the cloud, engrave your seed phrase into titanium, split your backups across multiple continents, use a passphrase, never forget the passphrase, never tell anyone the passphrase, maintain redundant geographically distributed backups, periodically verify the backups, never expose the backups, never let anyone know where the backups are, never lose your hardware wallet, never lose access to your hardware wallet, never use the same wallet twice, rotate your addresses, isolate your identities, use separate browser profiles, use separate operating systems, use separate computers, use separate internet connections, use a dedicated device for signing transactions, disable browser extensions, disable clipboard access, disable bluetooth, disable unnecessary usb ports, disable remote access, verify every software dependency, monitor supply chain attacks, check for clipboard malware, check for address poisoning, check for malicious approvals, check for permit signatures, check for permit2 signatures, check for phishing signatures, check for drainer contracts, check for compromised github repositories, check for fake browser extensions, check for malicious npm packages, check for fake support agents, check for fake airdrops, check for fake token migrations, check for fake governance proposals, check for fake security warnings, check for fake wallet verification requests, check for fake job offers, check for fake investment opportunities, check for fake exchange listings, check for fake partnerships, check for fake volume, check for fake liquidity, check for fake revenue, check for fake users, check for fake tvl, check for fake buybacks, check for fake burns, check for fake circulating supply, check for fake fully diluted valuations, check for fake vesting schedules, check for fake team allocations, check for fake treasury balances, check for fake market makers, check for fake decentralisation, check for fake token utility, check for fake governance power, check for fake real world assets, check for fake proof of collateral, check for fake attestations, check for fake yield, check for fake points, check for fake referrals, check for fake incentives, check for fake testnets, check for fake mainnets, check for fake layer 2s, check for fake layer 3s, understand rollups, understand optimistic fraud proofs, understand zero knowledge proofs, understand data availability, understand finality, understand reorganisation risk, understand mev, understand sandwich attacks, understand frontrunning, understand backrunning, understand private mempools, understand gas auctions, understand transaction ordering, understand bridge message verification, understand cross-chain replay attacks, understand chain abstraction, understand account abstraction, understand smart account permissions, understand session keys, understand upgradeable proxies, understand admin keys, understand timelocks, understand emergency pause functions, understand liquidation engines, understand lending markets, understand collateral factors, understand liquidation thresholds, understand isolated collateral, understand cross margin, understand recursive leverage, understand rehypothecation, understand bad debt, understand protocol insolvency, understand interest rate curves, understand utilisation rates, understand oracle manipulation, understand flash loan attacks, understand governance attacks, understand liquidity fragmentation, understand impermanent loss, understand concentrated liquidity, understand tick ranges, understand fee tiers, understand pool rebalancing, understand slippage, understand price impact, understand liquidity depth, understand order book spoofing, understand wash trading, understand funding rates, understand open interest, understand basis trades, understand perpetual futures, understand dated futures, understand options, understand implied volatility, understand realised volatility, understand delta, understand gamma, understand theta, understand vega, understand liquidation cascades, understand auto deleveraging, understand exchange insurance funds, understand counterparty risk, understand settlement risk, understand custody risk, understand depegging risk, understand duration risk, understand smart contract risk, understand economic attack vectors, understand token emissions, understand inflation schedules, understand unlock cliffs, understand vesting contracts, understand insider allocations, understand treasury diversification, understand token buyback mechanics, understand fee switches, understand protocol revenue, understand actual cash flow, understand value accrual, understand governance capture, understand validator concentration, understand staking economics, understand slashing conditions, understand restaking, understand shared security, understand liquid staking, understand liquid restaking, understand withdrawal queues, understand redemption mechanisms, understand yield tokenisation, understand principal tokens, understand yield tokens, understand implied apy, understand fixed yield, understand variable yield, understand yield leverage, understand maturity dates, understand liquidity at maturity, understand synthetic assets, understand delta-neutral strategies, understand why delta-neutral strategies aren't actually neutral, understand stablecoin collateral, understand stablecoin redemption rights, understand algorithmic stablecoins, understand why algorithmic stablecoins keep collapsing, understand bitcoin mining difficulty, understand hash rate, understand miner capitulation, understand bitcoin halvings, understand utxos, understand coin control, understand change addresses, understand dust attacks, understand transaction fees, understand replace by fee, understand child pays for parent, understand mempool congestion, understand ethereum gas fees, understand blobs, understand calldata, understand layer 2 withdrawal periods, understand sequencer downtime, understand chain halts, understand validator censorship, understand chain forks, understand wrapped bitcoin custody, understand nft metadata, understand nft royalties, understand nft wash trading, understand nft marketplace approvals, understand nft lending liquidations, understand nft floor price manipulation, understand gaming token inflation, understand play-to-earn death spirals, understand metaverse land liquidity, understand memecoin bonding curves, understand sniper bots, understand bundle transactions, understand developer wallets, understand deployer histories, understand token holder concentration, understand liquidity locks, understand honeypots, understand sell taxes, understand blacklist functions, understand mint functions, understand proxy upgrades, understand stealth launches, understand insider sniping, understand cabal wallets, understand coordinated dumps, understand pump and dump groups, understand influencer allocations, understand paid promotions, understand undisclosed sponsorships, understand exchange listing fees, understand market maker loan agreements, understand otc discounts, understand vesting hedges, understand token borrowing, understand circulating float, understand market cap versus fdv, understand why a token can be down 95% and still be expensive, understand that 10,000% apy is probably not sustainable, understand that points are not money, understand that airdrops are not guaranteed, understand that testnet activity may earn nothing, farm every airdrop without interacting with malicious contracts, avoid sybil detection without violating protocol rules, monitor your eligibility, track every snapshot, never miss a claim deadline, never sign a suspicious claim transaction, optimise gas across 15 chains, rebalance liquidity across 20 protocols, track every bridge transfer, monitor every liquidation threshold, monitor every stablecoin peg, monitor every validator, monitor every oracle, monitor every governance proposal, monitor every token unlock, monitor every treasury wallet, monitor every insider wallet, monitor every whale wallet, monitor every exchange inflow, monitor every exchange outflow, monitor every funding rate, monitor every open interest spike, monitor every liquidation heatmap, monitor every macroeconomic release, monitor the fed, monitor inflation, monitor treasury yields, monitor dollar liquidity, monitor central bank balance sheets, monitor regulatory announcements, monitor exchange insolvency rumours, monitor protocol exploits, monitor github commits, monitor discord announcements, monitor telegram announcements, monitor governance forums, monitor twitter without clicking anything, read every whitepaper, read every audit, read every exploit postmortem, read every governance proposal, read every tokenomics document, read every vesting schedule, read every terms of service, read every privacy policy, read every exchange withdrawal policy, read every staking withdrawal condition, read every bridge security assumption, read every protocol dependency, understand tax residency, understand capital gains, understand income tax, understand staking tax, understand airdrop tax, understand nft tax, understand defi tax, understand derivatives tax, track cost basis across every wallet, reconcile every transaction, account for gas fees, account for bridging fees, account for failed transactions, account for rebases, account for token redenominations, account for wrapped assets, account for liquidity pool deposits, account for liquidity pool withdrawals, account for liquidations, account for bad debts, account for dust balances, account for worthless tokens, maintain complete transaction records without storing information digitally, never use centralised exchanges, always have fiat offramps, never leave money on an exchange, never move money without a test transaction, always check the destination chain, always check the destination network, always check the memo tag, always check the token contract, always check the decimal precision, always check the minimum deposit, always check the withdrawal limits, always check the bridge liquidity, always check the receiving wallet compatibility, always verify the transaction simulation, always verify the actual transaction calldata, always check your approvals after every interaction, never leave unlimited allowances, never expose your main wallet, never expose your cold storage, never reveal your holdings, never reveal your pnl, never reveal your addresses, never reveal your physical location, never post screenshots of your portfolio, never post screenshots of your transactions, never post screenshots of your desktop, never share your screen, never accept unsolicited direct messages, never join random group chats, never open unsolicited attachments, never scan random qr codes, never connect to conference wifi, never charge your phone from unknown usb ports, never trust a crypto conference acquaintance, never trust a private investment group, never trust someone offering guaranteed returns, never trust someone claiming to be an exchange employee, never trust someone claiming to recover stolen funds, never trust anyone who says your wallet needs synchronising, never trust anyone who says your seed phrase needs validating, never trust anyone who says the opportunity is risk free, never trust anyone who says this time is different, never trust anyone who says the bull market has only just started, never trust anyone who says the bottom is definitely in, never trust anyone who says the top is definitely in, never trust anyone who posts a screenshot of a 100x, never trust anyone who claims to have insider information, never trust anyone who says the team is cooking, never trust anyone who says the community is early, never trust anyone who says the chart looks healthy, never trust anyone who says the token is undervalued, never trust anyone who says the unlocks are priced in, never trust anyone who says the yield is sustainable, never trust anyone who says the protocol is battle tested, never trust anyone who says the funds are safu, never trust anyone who says the exploit is contained, never trust anyone who says withdrawals will reopen shortly, never trust anyone who says the bridge is secure, never trust anyone who says the smart contract is immutable, never trust anyone who says the multisig is decentralised, never trust anyone who says governance is community controlled, never trust anyone who says the market maker can't sell, never trust anyone who says the team tokens are locked, never trust anyone who says liquidity is permanent, never trust anyone who says the treasury is fully backed, never trust anyone who says the stablecoin can never depeg, never trust anyone who says the peg will recover, never trust anyone who says there is no liquidation risk, never trust anyone who says there is no counterparty risk, never trust anyone who says there is no smart contract risk, diversify everything, concentrate your conviction, never use leverage, use leverage to hedge your exposure, never chase yield, maximise your yield, never hold illiquid tokens, buy before everyone else, never buy the top, never sell the bottom, always take profits, never sell your winners too early, never catch falling knives, always buy the dip, never fight the trend, always think independently, never fade the market, never trust technical analysis, learn every technical indicator, never trade on emotion, never ignore market sentiment, maintain perfect operational security, maintain perfect liquidity management, maintain perfect position sizing, maintain perfect tax records, maintain perfect execution, never make a mistake, never get hacked, never get rugged, never get liquidated, never get phished, never get sandwiched, never get frontrun, never lose your keys, never lose your backups, never lose your devices, never lose your internet connection during a liquidation, never let your wallet get drained, never let a protocol become insolvent, never let an exchange freeze withdrawals, never let a stablecoin depeg, never let your country change its tax laws, never let your bank close your account, never let your assets become illiquid, never let the market move against you, never sleep through a token unlock, never sleep through an exploit, never sleep through a liquidation, never sleep through an airdrop, never sleep through a governance vote, never sleep through a market crash, never sleep through a market rally, never stop researching, never stop monitoring, never stop verifying, never stop rotating wallets, never stop checking approvals, never stop updating your threat model, never stop managing risk, never stop touching grass because you weren't touching grass anyway, remain too poor to be worth targeting, and most importantly just buy low and sell high