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Lately, there's always someone watching the unlock calendar and shouting about selling pressure, but I actually think it's more important to first figure out "how to store the keys"… Once your assets grow in size, the risks aren't just market fluctuations; more often, it's about simple mistakes like slipping up one day, losing your phone, or falling for a phishing scam.
My mom asked me a couple of days ago, "Isn't it easier to just keep your coins on an exchange?" I said it's easier, but if something really happens, at least you won't lose sleep over it.
My rough categorization: if the amount of money isn't much and you're just experimenting, a hardware wallet is enough; the key is not to keep only one set of seed phrases. For slightly larger amounts that you need to access frequently, multi-signature setups are more reassuring—at least it's not one person and one device making the decision of life or death. For those truly worried about losing everything one day, social recovery is quite suitable, but only if you can find reliable "social connections"; otherwise, you're just shifting the risk somewhere else. Anyway, don't operate frequently out of fear of unlocking—getting too anxious makes mistakes more likely.