Home Mining Is Booming, But People Are Ignoring Self-Custody

Home mining is booming, but a lot of new people still barely think about self-custody.

They’ll spend real money on miners, PSUs, cooling, cables, and mods, then point payouts straight to Coinbase or Robinhood like that part doesn’t matter.

It does.

If you’re serious enough to mine Bitcoin, you should be serious enough to learn how to hold it too.

Because if you ever hit a solo block, that is a terrible time to be dealing with KYC, withdrawal limits, account holds, or exchange nonsense.

Even if you’re pool mining, the point still stands. Those sats add up. Leaving them on an exchange by default is just unnecessary risk.

The good news is self-custody is a lot easier now than it used to be.

You do not need to become some paranoid expert overnight. You just need to start learning.

If you want the longer version, I wrote more about it here:
Mining Bitcoin? Don’t Ignore Self-Custody

Posted: 2026-04-07