{"id":9532,"date":"2023-01-14T00:39:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T00:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/?p=9532"},"modified":"2022-05-16T17:51:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:51:13","slug":"why-do-we-choose-not-to-be-a-cryptocurrency-custodian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/why-do-we-choose-not-to-be-a-cryptocurrency-custodian","title":{"rendered":"Why do we choose not to be a cryptocurrency custodian?"},"content":{"rendered":"Tiempo de lectura:<\/span> 2<\/span> minutos<\/span><\/span>

The custody of cryptoassets, as the word says, consists of ceding the custody of your cryptocurrencies to a third party, in whom you place your trust. In other words,\u00a0you give your private keys to another person\/entity to control them.<\/strong>
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\nThis other entity will probably make use of your funds, just as traditional banks do, and will make a profit with the liquidity provided by the users who give up custody.<\/p>\n

While many people choose this practice for convenience and because they do not want to be burdened with the responsibility for the security of their funds, it is clear that the results can be very counterproductive.<\/p>\n

We have already seen it on thousands of occasions, even in Spain:\u00a0exchanges closed from one day to the next or hacked with the consequent loss of their users\u2019 funds.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We must not forget that an exchange\u00a0is not a bank<\/strong>, but a bureau of exchange. So even though they want to convince you about the virtues of their security, you will be trusting your funds in a highly vulnerable site.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the very origin of cryptocurrencies is based on the intention of eliminating these intermediaries. Satoshi Nakamoto himself entitles his whitepaper as \u201cBitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system<\/strong>\u201c. Or what in English would be \u201ca peer-to-peer, or person-to-person, exchange system\u201d.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin proposes to make transactions and store value without the need for intermediaries, so, as Bitcobie says\u00a0\u201cstoring your cryptocurrencies in an exchange is like wanting to become independent from your parents\u2019 house by putting a latch on your bedroom door\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What do we think at Bitnovo?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From Bitnovo we are very clear on this point.\u00a0We are not and do not want to be custodians of cryptocurrencies. We advocate the idea that you are your own bank and the owner of your private keys. Or as they say in the bitcoiner environment \u201cNot your keys, not your Bitcoins\u201d.<\/p>\n

So if you are one of those who have acquired your first cryptocurrencies in an exchange, we recommend you not to leave them stored there. Simply create your own wallet (it can be the Bitnovo Crypto Wallet or any other you find on the market), get your private keys and\u00a0choose to be the owner of your funds!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you still don\u2019t know what a cryptocurrency wallet is, below are some interesting articles that will help you to better understand how they work and what types of wallets exist.<\/p>\n

\u2013\u00a0What is a wallet and what is it for?<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2013\u00a0The safest wallets to store your cryptocurrencies<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2013\u00a0Types of wallets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tiempo de lectura:<\/span> 2<\/span> minutos<\/span><\/span>The custody of cryptoassets, as the word says, consists of ceding the custody of your cryptocurrencies to a third party, in whom you place your trust. In other words,\u00a0you give your private keys to another person\/entity to control them. This other entity will probably make use of your funds, just as traditional banks do, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[331],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitnovo-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}