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Quote from: krishnaverma on May 10, 2023, 02:50:24 PM

Recently, I came to read this news

https://protos.com/spanish-police-rescue-crypto-investor-kidnapped-on-holiday/

The first thing that came to my mind after reading this was that one should not talk about his crypto investments with strangers or friends as it can pose various risks. If you are active on forums like bitcointalk and involved in trades, you should not give information which can help others relate to your identity.

The image I saw in the Op's link was very painful because now that Bitcoin is not legal in our country it has to operate with a lot of secrecy. Otherwise, we are in danger because Bitcoin is a completely confidential matter, so you can't discuss Bitcoin with someone who doesn't know about Bitcoin or whom you don't trust. You may get into trouble. When you trade in Bitcoin you must keep it completely confidential and if Bitcoin was legal in our country we wouldn't be facing this problem.

I think you don't understand the point of the message posted by the OP because the situation was not about Bitcoin not being a legal tender in the country was the reason why you should keep your BTC holding secret if even BTC is legal tender in your country you still need to keep your holding secret so you won't be the target of the physical attack which exactly what happened the person used by the OP as a case study.

No matter if it is legal or illegal in your country, you shouldn't be announcing it to everyone. This is like saying to everyone by posting on social media that you are withdrawing money from an ATM, which makes you worried, right? After all, when you go to the bank, it will make you worried if someone will try to steal your money. That is why we are quiet about it so that we don't get the attention of the robbers. Always improve our security and be mindful that anyone can rob you, whether friends or family members, because people change hands for the money.

Yo there's already a case here in my country where they always post it to social media their achievements. Then later on their house got robbed. I know it's hard to resist to share it to someone that you are investing or trading in Bitcoin, but it would just worsen your situation even to your relatives. Some would ask you for money or pressure you because they think you're already earning huge amount of money in crypto. That's why other people prefer Bitcoin since it's decentralized where you can control your assets anonymously. So what's the point if you're announcing it to the public right? You might asking for support to others but maybe that's why this kind of forum exist to communicate anonymously.