Writing your own crypto policy
Every decision in crypto is easier when it was made in advance, in writing, by a calmer version of you.
Why write anything down
Every expensive mistake in this curriculum happens in a moment of pressure: a price moving fast, an urgent message, a deadline on a claim page. A written policy moves the decision to a moment when none of that applies.
What to write
The four rules that would prevent most losses
- Nobody who contacts me first gets anything. Not information, not money, not a signature.
- My seed phrase never touches a screen. Not once, for any reason.
- I read what I sign, or I do not sign it.
- Nothing I cannot afford to lose entirely goes into anything speculative.
That is genuinely most of it. The rest of this curriculum explains why each of those four is true, which matters, because rules you understand are rules you keep.
BEFORE YOU MOVE ON
Common questions
What is the single most important crypto rule?
Nobody who contacts you first gets anything. That one rule prevents the majority of scam losses on its own.
Do I really need a written plan?
Every costly mistake happens under pressure. Writing the decision down while calm is the only reliable defence against deciding badly while not calm.
Risk warning: crypto is highly volatile and largely unregulated. You can lose everything you put in. Nothing here is financial, investment or tax advice.