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 Best ways to get #bitcoin exposure.

In order:

1. Bitcoin in self custody
2. MSTR
3. Bitcoin on a reputable exchange
4. Semlar Scientific 
5. Bitcoin ETF 
6. Bitcoin on coinbase
7. Defi Technologies

Thoughts?  
 Mining companies? 
 Yeah I'd probably them into the 7 spot above DeFi.

It's a very tough business. 
 There is no second best. Or is there?? 
 Although saylor is an Og I treat his single monolith as more dangerous threat than a board etf. 
 1. BTC in self custody (collaborative multisig)
2. BTC in self custody (single sig/self multisig)
3. BTC on River/Strike/Swan
4. BTC ETF Fidelity
5. MSTR (Coinbase)
6. BTC ETF everyone else (Coinbase)
7. Semlar/MetaPlanet (probably Coinbase)

 
 Buy from strike app and straight to cold storage  
 Strike app sucks! Took a week for my deposit to get to my bank and then they make me wait 2 weeks before I can leave Strike with my money 
 I use my debit card to buy its instant and i dont sell bitcoin there  
 Lucky you. CashApp is fast, easy , and cheap. Never had these problems with them 
 I was using cashapp since 2016 but i dont like Jack sobi stopped using it  
 ah I get it. I wish I had a better first-time experience with Strike 
 I never do bank transfers  
 When you have access to the real thing never buy the fake product like microstratagy or an etf or semlar scientific  
 I think sometimes sending serious bank to a key fob can be scary.