Quote from: Cruxleo on Today at 09:39:34 AM

1. How can I keep my Bitcoin safe?

Electrum cold storage option

Having a cold storage. But If you do not know much about cold storage and also need an easier alternative, use a hardware wallet. Open source hardware wallet.

For small amount, you can use Electrum.

Quote from: Cruxleo on Today at 09:39:34 AM

2. Is there an alternative to centralized exchange?

There are decentralized exchanges. You can try https://bisq.network/, but you strickly need a computer for it, but going for mobile option , but not as decentralized as Bisq, you can check this site:

https://kycnot.me/

Note that the exchanges listed are no KYC exchanges, you can read the review on the site to know how perfectly decentralized or centralized they are.

Quote from: jackg on Today at 09:47:20 AM

2. There are decentralised exchanges and peer to peer ones. Both generally don't hold your funds in custody, and if they do it's only for a few hours to provide escrow - some send angry emails if you leave your funds on there for too long too. Localbitcoins always felt a lot safer than most exchanges (I'd probably rate it above binance and coinbase too for safety).

But Localbitcoins is not decentralized, it also requires KYC.