My father would say now:

Mistakes either hurt or are expensive, hence they hurt anyways.

Today I made the most stupid mistake someone could ever make in the crypto world: I didn't look after my keys for a second and like that dared to lose everything I've built up on Steem since two years!

I was not fully concentrated when doing a couple of operations on the Steem blockchain at the same time. Without noticing it, I copy pasted my private active key into the wrong window and accidentally sent it to my own wallet.

Until then I had always wondered how people could be so careless making such mistakes. Now I know how easy they can actually occur!

Since there are not only good people on this planet, there was a bot who immediately detected the key in my wallet, and his owner transfered all the liquid Steem (SBD) I had to his own wallet then.

This one here is for Steemit, Inc - @ned, @andrarchy and team:

Just in case someone tried to initialize the recovery process for the account @surfermarly using a private active key during the next 30 days (thanks for the advice Jordan, @shenanigator!): That person won't be me, so please ignore any attemps right away. Thank you!

Thank you for the wake-up call, @sami100! I was stupid for 30 seconds and lost 18 SBD, but you'll be a criminal for the rest of your life.

This one's for you @sami100:

@surfermarly sending a lovely message to @sami100

Thanks for the lesson, @sami100!

It could have been worse.

Today I could've literally lost everything I've been working for during the past two years. For maxing out my own stupidity and not looking after the most valuable keys I possess for a second, I was about to hand over my Steem account to a beady-eyed bot.

Yes, I was as careless as someone could ever be. Yet, if you forget your purse on the restaurant's table and someone else takes it, there are still two options for the other person: keep the purse and become a criminal or give it back and become a great person.

@sami100 opted for becoming a criminal, and bad conscience will hopefully devour him slowly from the inside.

It's also not the first time that he did that - so we can definitely say that he didn't steal the money inadvertently.

If you look at his wallet and the last comments given on his blog posts, you'll quickly recognized that he doesn't do anything but waiting for other people's mistakes.

@sami100 voluntarily opted for being a criminal in life and steal money from other people's wallet instead of working for it by himself.

So here is my most valuable advice ever given to you, steemians:

Protect your private keys!

And you @sami100: Enjoy my 18 SBD! Karma is a bitch and you'll go to hell one day. Stay tuned for the show!

Life moves in circles and waves, we get what we give.

Thanks for your attention, steemians - and now go and review your password security!

Much love,
Marly -

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Original content. Quote found on quotefancy.com.