You've made a very important point, it would be a waste of time and heartbreaking to invest for years then lose what we've been holding for years to scammers cause of our carefreeness or failure to secure our portfolio, the security of one's portfolio is as important as holding for long-term, that's another area newbies should concentrate on as well as learning to hold Bitcoin for a longer period.
Also, owning an emergency fund shouldn't be overlooked, to maintain a healthy portfolio it's very important too, emergency situations are something that's not planned, they can happen anytime which is why investors need to be very ready for a worst case scenario and there's no other way to be prepared than having the emergency fund intact.
Security is a mandatory thing to look out, I was away for a long time, but I did not stopped learning, and the most important learning was, we should never tell anyone we are holding Bitcoins, that's another thing if some scammer somehow know we are holding btc and they try to phish us we can still save us by not doing anything stupid but we can face security threats from our loved ones and people around us so never tell anyone how much btc we have, or my brother have and even my father has.
https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1956747783530037670This news is enough to understand the sensitivity of this situation, if we tell anyone, the word will spread out like fire and it will reach to the ears of some bad people and they can do bad things to you, or anyone near you who you love and it can become a problem. Never share anyone about the bitcoin investment.
Off cause you don't need to go out and tell people you are a Bitcoin holder or investor that is insane because no one ask you but as a person, you should know your friends that are into Bitcoin investment and so whenever you guys are together and they are talking about Bitcoin and if they are traders, to some point you as a holder will come in to the talk and tell them the importance of holding Bitcoin for years and how secure and different it is from trading and if there is someone that haven't heard or doesn't have knowledge about holding for long the person may probably pick interest and I will want to know more that is life, you must not go out to preach Bitcoin to the world and the truth is whether you go out or not people will be aware of it Bitcoin because they always talk about Bitcoin on news and internet.
It is not only in Bitcoin people can plan evil against you or your family or relation there are people that are naturally wicked to the point they don't want the progress of other people and so even if it is another Investment you are doing and you are making progress they will still want to do same thing and as a prudent person one mistake you shouldn't make is telling people how much you have in your investment or how big your portfolio is.
That's the craziest thing people will do and people would just have negative impression if they push to much those information and tell it to them that you are a Bitcoin holder.
Since aside that you might be in danger especially if the person you told that thing have criminal intention, some individuals might think about that you are scamming them especially those people have zero knowledge about it.
So better that keep your activities in private and just don't create noise towards what you are participating. Its better to focus on your investment since its better to protect your peace and make your investment became more smoother especially if the only thing you need to think about is to buy more Bitcoin to increase your holdings.
For me I think the context to which you are telling somebody that you are a bitcoin holder or you are an investor in Bitcoin is very important, is the person you're telling a close friend, a relative or a random person.
These are some of the questions we should be asking ourselves, because most persons can easily tell their friends or relative about their investment, however there are also some friends and relatives that don't mean any harm and would like to even share your business or investment idea with you, so for those kind of persons that I know that have good conscience and I'm very close to, without any equivocation, I can relate to them about my Bitcoin investment, this is so that
daythey too can as well start their
own investment
if they find the need to, this way we are gradually spreading the good news about Bitcoin and the need to invest in it. However for a random person that I am not too close to and I don't have any personal relationship with, I can decide to keep things to myself, this is because I don't know their true intentions or what they are capable of.