[mattbillenstein]

I think most users have no clue how any of it works - there are so many footguns doing it yourself that probably an exchange like Coinbase is the best bet, but again, not your keys, not your coin...

[throwawaycoins]

I lost 13 bitcoins when the TradeHill exchange disappeared.

A decade later, I have 0.2 bitcoins in Coinbase. I want to move to owning my own keys and it's hard to be confident in avoiding footguns.

Any advice on how to securely transition to owning my own keys would be much appreciated.