Hello friends. Has anyone ever lost bitcoin? I am curious to listen to your stories. My purspose is to educate ourselves of possible scams, or rookie mistakes that we may do, that can lead to our BTC being stolen or lost.
There are numerous ways to lose your Bitcoin that are not only due to scams, as a simple mistake made by you can cause you to lose all of your Bitcoin in a matter of seconds, particularly if you make a mistake in the wallet address you are about to send the Bitcoin to; if you make a mistake in the wallet address, you will automatically send Bitcoin to an unknown wallet and your Bitcoin will be lost forever.
Edit: Back in Feb 2020, I gave my seed phrase to someone on twitter. The convinced me the seed phrase was equal to my address and that they needed it to send me bitcoin. Don't ask me why I was so stupid... I lost approx. 1M sats and I had to start accumulating again. I bought a Trezor and I started reading...
Because of these types of errors, it is always advisable to obtain some basic knowledge about Bitcoin, keys and addresses, and blockchain technology before beginning your Bitcoin investment, so that you do not fall for such scams, because if you know you would know that there is a difference between wallet address and seed phrase.