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Originally posted on 07/29/2017:

Great advice tell people to move all there money to exchanges right now when they don't have too. Unless they are trading whats the point of taking on that extra risk when they don't have too? GL, I used to have this kind of trust in these exchanges until BTC-E happened now anything can happen at anytime. Why not just tell people to not be lazy and just put it in a wallet to be sure? since you guys seem to care so much about what everyone needs to do around here....

You're being a bit too careful worrying about a big exchange being taken down right now, but I agree a wallet you control yourself is the best option for security.

I think these guys who are into investing/trading and want to hold decent amounts during the event are mostly talking about using an exchange to make collecting any new alt tokens a simpler matter... as despite all the posts and info on the web, I don't think many (any?) people really know exactly how they would do it from a desktop/paper style wallet right now.