My first move would be emailing Tim himself. It will almost certainly get some attention from his executive team. Be kind and make a clear ask for what you’re wanting.

If that doesn’t work, I’d go to the media.

1,800 comments and counting! One of them might even be valuable to the conversation.

This is all of tech right now.

I suspect if you incur a fine due to your refusal to provide data, they might deny your entry next time you try to visit. Just a guess though.

Look at the zoomed out 5 year chart for its price and you tell me.

$1,839 -> $4,217

No. I think my life is generally too boring to be scripted.

Fantastic photos! That’s a really cool experience.

Seems like we just need to circle back and then double click into this. I don’t want there to be any lack of alignment in this cross functional group.

Gold and diamonds can really back ya up.

Sometimes Coinbase is integrated into the checkout flow for “pay with crypto”, but it shouldn’t be needed for most crypto transactions.

Generally the guidance is not to keep funds in an exchange any longer than needed. That’s what you should think of Coinbase as, so no, you shouldn’t keep coins in Coinbase long term. I’m not as deep into BTC, I only hold a little ETH, so my setup might be a little different to yours.

I’d recommend Metamask for a wallet. I think they just added BTC support as well. You will get a recovery phrase when you set up any wallet, make sure you keep it in a safe place, this phrase IS your money. If someone gets it, they have your money. Guard it.

Lemme address your other questions point by point:

• I need a Coinbase account to receive BTC, but I don’t need to keep it there

Nope. You don’t need Coinbase at all. Your wallet can send a receive directly. You need Coinbase to go back and forth between fiat currency (dollars or whatever).

Does it cost anything to move my BTC out of Coinbase?

Yes. All crypto transactions charge a fee. I don’t know if Coinbase charges on top of that, but probably a bit.

is Coinbase safe?

Eh, safe enough. They are publicly traded and US based so that should give you some comfort, but exchanges get hacked and fail, which is why even if they are the best company in the world, you shouldn’t let them hold on to your coins long term.

Hope this helps!

I should call her.

I find myself getting choked up often when there are powerful emotions on display. Sadness, joy, and even things like bravery. Dunno why, but I do. So did my Dad. Maybe it’s genetic.

🎶 I can buy myself flowers, I can hold my own hand 🎶

Cost and risk.

Edge networking services can be expensive and Cloudflare offers a free tier which is decent. Additionally, I’m sure down detector has a method of making money, but I sure don’t pay them. I can’t imagine I’m the weird one. So they are almost certainly operating on a tight budget.

It’s fresh in our minds today, but these big providers are way more reliable than not. It makes sense to use them because they are generally not down.

It just doesn’t make sense to do anything different. I doubt they change even after this outage. I certainly wouldn’t.

Within the first 30-45 mins of waking up. Getting up and starting my daily routine is a big part of feeling like I’m awake.

Cloudflare is a standard piece of kit for any moderately popular website. It handles things like strict SSL enforcement, anti ddos (this is a big reason), and other edge networking functions that modern websites need.

That would be great except they are made of zinc.

This is a teaser. It’s not meant to answer all those questions (although the full hardware page does answer a lot). It’s to get you thinking and talking about it. More details will come, but they haven’t even announced an order date and deliver is still “early 2026”.