There are lessons you learn from books, and others—far more painful—that you learn in the field.
Some time ago, I almost committed the unthinkable. In the middle of a P2P transaction, the seller on the other side of the screen begged me to leave the official app in order to finalize the sending of proof of payment on WhatsApp, claiming a “network bug.” Tired, rushed, I nearly gave in.
I got chills thinking about all those months of sacrifices, analyzing charts, sleepless nights spent monitoring my positions, and saving every franc to grow my capital. If I had left this chat, I would have opened the door to one of the most feared scams on the web: the complete loss of escrow and the inability for support to help me.