“If you have any money you would hate to lose in cryptocurrencies, you need the information this book offers.”
Crypto's Very Necessaries
The Beginner's Guide to Securing Whatever You Decide to Get
The shovel in the goldmine — the only thing standing between your crypto and losing it forever.
This isn't a guide about which crypto to buy. It's about making sure whatever you get — stays yours.
Most People Don't Lose Their Crypto in a Crash. They Lose It Before One Even Happens.
A wrong click. A missed deadline. A seed phrase on a sticky note. That's all it takes.
Imagine if…
…you knew exactly where your crypto was — not on an exchange, not in someone else's custody, but in a wallet only you control.
…the next time someone asked for your seed phrase, you laughed — because you already know that's the oldest scam in the book.
…instead of Googling 'is my crypto safe' at 2 AM, you already knew the answer — and it was yes.
That's not fantasy. That's what happens when you have the right information in the right order. That's what this book delivers.
Everyone's Talking About Crypto. Nobody's Teaching You How to Keep It.
You don't speak the language
Private keys, seed phrases, gas fees — it reads like a foreign dialect. And nobody around you slows down long enough to translate it.
You've watched people lose everything
Scams, exchange collapses, platforms that disappeared overnight. You've seen it happen. You just don't know how to make sure it doesn't happen to you.
You don't know who to trust
Every YouTube channel has a different answer. Every Telegram group sounds confident. Most of them are wrong — or worse, they're selling something.
Why this book exists
I've Been Exactly Where You Are.
In 2012, a friend called me from overseas and said: "We should put some money into Bitcoin." I didn't move on it. Five years later, I finally got in — and I paid for my education the hard way.
I lost over $4,000 to a Ponzi scheme called USI Tech. The website was professional. The returns sounded real. The community vouched for it. By the time I figured out what it actually was, the money was gone.
I wrote this book so you don't have to learn what I learned by losing.
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This Book Doesn't Teach You What to Buy.
It Transforms How You Hold It.
You become someone who actually owns what they bought — not just a balance on someone else's server.
You become the person in the room who can't be scammed — because you know exactly how every trick works.
You become proactive instead of reactive — protected before anything goes wrong, not scrambling after.
Reader Experiences
Real stories from real readers — no filters, no fabrication.
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What's Inside the Book
7 chapters. Straight to the point. Nothing you don't need.
The Day I Almost Missed It
The 2012 phone call. The 2017 entry. How I got in — and what it cost me to learn how it worked.
What Is Crypto, Really?
Bitcoin, blockchain, Ethereum. No jargon. No assumptions. Just the truth about what this technology actually is.
The Language They Never Taught You
Private keys, seed phrases, gas fees, DeFi — translated into plain English before you need them.
Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins — Not Your Crypto
The most important phrase in crypto. What it means, why it matters, and how to actually live by it.
My Biggest L's in Crypto
Two real losses: $4,000 to a Ponzi scheme called USI Tech — and funds locked on the original Binance after missing the transition deadline to Binance.US. Two different mechanisms. One lesson.
Getting In Without Getting Robbed
Exchanges, Dollar-Cost Averaging, ISO 20022 tokens, and the regulatory landscape — how to build a position the right way.
Your First 30 Days in Crypto
A week-by-week action plan from account setup to self-custody to strategy — so you leave this book ready to move.
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30-Day Action Plan Checklist
$27 valueEvery step from the final chapter, laid out as a printable checklist. Week by week, action by action.
Security Checklist
$17 valueWallets, seed phrases, exchanges, 2FA — your complete security setup, step by step.
Resource Sheet
$17 valueEvery exchange, wallet, tracker, and news source mentioned in the book, organized in one place.
Crypto Starter Kit
$17 valueThe 5 most common beginner mistakes — and how to avoid every single one. One page. Print it. Keep it.
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Common Questions
Honest answers to the most common objections.
You can — somewhere between the guy shilling his own coin in the first 30 seconds, the tutorial recorded for a platform that no longer exists, and 47 conflicting opinions in the comments. The information is out there. What isn't free is the right sequence, the honest context, and someone who already paid $4,000 for the lesson handing you the map before you make the same mistake. The 15-day guarantee means you risk nothing trying.
The fundamentals of self-custody haven't changed since Bitcoin launched. Seed phrases, hardware wallets, exchange risk, private keys — these concepts are as true today as they were in 2015 and will be true in 2030. The specific wallet recommendations and regulatory context are written for today's landscape, and the author's personal losses were recent. This isn't a book about which coin to buy — those books go stale. This is a book about not losing what you already own. That never expires.
Every person who ever lost serious money in crypto once said the same thing. The habits you build when you're starting are the ones you keep when the stakes get higher. A $200 position held correctly is worth more than a $2,000 position held recklessly. The book is $29.99. If it stops you from making even one beginner mistake, it paid for itself before you finished chapter two.
The book starts at ground zero — so yes, beginners are welcome. But the security section (Chapters 4 and 6 especially) is written for anyone who's been holding crypto on an exchange without fully understanding the risk. If you've never moved funds off an exchange to a wallet you personally control, this book is for you regardless of how long you've been involved.
Read the first three chapters. If you don't feel more confident about your crypto security than you did before you opened it, email for a full refund within 15 days. No questions asked, no hoops to jump through. The guarantee exists because the content works — and because taking money from someone who didn't get value is the opposite of what this book is about.
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About the Author
Derek J. McLaurin
I'm a studio mechanic and set dresser — I've spent years on film and TV sets where precision, preparation, and knowing your craft before the cameras roll isn't optional. I bring that same standard to crypto.
I first heard about Bitcoin in 2012. I got in during the 2017 bull run. I lost over $4,000 to a Ponzi scheme. I watched the FTX collapse from the sidelines. I built back through research, discipline, and a system that actually works — and then I wrote the book I wish had existed when I started.
⚠️ Disclaimer: This is educational content, not financial advice. Crypto investing carries risk. Do your own research.
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