Hello sweetjoy,
Yes that is quite normal for Coinbase... Coinbase is good if you are willing to be identified - similar to opening bank account.
But if you want to buy Crypto with Fiat cash there are options... personal meeting sales - try https://localbitcoins.com/ if you wish to stay under the radar! Be careful - use highly rated sellers ONLY - in safe meeting places!
Once you have crypto if you wish to trade I would highly recommend binance & upcoin.com for easy and quick registration. Do ask if you need any more help at all!
Following you now also :D
I have questions about posting my password and just safe meeting spaces.. even spam an scam sites confuse me. Is exodus the best wallet? Why wont prepaid debit cards work on platforms? Would I be wasting $ by buying steem now if mkt is going down? I have 100 questions...but I will do research first so I wont be a burden. Thank you. Joy
To which password do you refer? Generally never share password of course.
Exodus has been excellent but has suffered some serious hacks so I would not put too much into it until I hear the software is properly patched. I would recommend https://jaxx.io for an easy to use free wallet that runs on IOS too. If you need to store more than a few thousand dollars you will need a cold storage which is offline and un-hackable.
Almost any time is a good time to buy Steem! - currently a good price is 0.00042000 to 0.00047200 BTC per Steem. It could double over the next 12 months. If you send your Steem to Power Up your steemit account you will have it in the safest place against hackers and increase your earning while you use steemit.
I recently recommend some alt coins that are due to rise up to 100 times - it is not too late to buy into any of those, they will take off shortly! https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@icedrum/three-100x-altcoins-revealed-urgent
feel free to keep asking any questions you need answered :D
I was wondering if the steem wallet was secure. Thank you so much. I have adopted you as my go to
Steemwhale. :). Hope you dont mind.
Thank you sweetly, I am honoured! Steemit is indeed very secure, but be carful anytime you are asked to login ... make SURE you are at a site starting with https://steemit.com/ there have been phishing attempts on this site and many other top websites: phishing is where a duplicate website is made to get people to give their login details... meanwhile the hacker will empty your wallet of Steem Dollars if he has your master password. Steem on the other hand can not be stolen or withdrawn any faster than 104th of the total Steem each week.
There are less SBD coins than Steemit coins on the blockchain. I heard SBD was worth more. Should I tell the minnows I recruited to power up with all sbd or just keep it growing at 50/50 voting power and leave it alone? Last question for this week. (pending no mess ups on my part.) You don't know how much help you are! Thanks again! Joy
Hi Sweetjoy,
The price of both Steem and SBD does fluctuate quite a lot but they both have their unique value for Steemians.
When you say power up 50/50 i think you are referring to when you post? If so, yes 50/50 rewards of Steem and SBD is usually the best option.
When I mentioned Powering Up earlier, I meant sending Steem from an external wallet or exchange to your Steemit account. Here is a great video by @joshdomsky on How To Power Up
Keep well :D
Thank you for all the info and the gift. Joy