A step-by-step guide on how to lose all of your Bitcoin investments.

Aside from that, you already know how to secure and protect your cryptocurrency investments. It’s now time to talk about how to get rid of them all.

Assume you want to completely, irreversibly, and permanently lose your Bitcoin (BTC). It’s not our place to speculate on why. Perhaps it’s part of some elaborate performance art piece, like the guy who destroyed all his possessions, or you’ve always been a fan of electronic music outfit The KLF, who famously burned a million pounds on a remote Scottish island. Or perhaps your reason is more mundane, and you simply do not want your soon-to-be-divorced spouse to receive a share of the investment you both know you own.

If you have it and want to get rid of it, flaunt it. Want to get rid of that Rolex that’s been weighing you down? Wear it with a t-shirt, flaunt it in a crowded bar, and then go for a late-night walk through a bad part of town you’ll soon be relieved of your timepiece.

The same is true for Bitcoin. You want the world to know you’re a Bitcoiner and, ideally, that you’ve accumulated enough stats to make stealing them worthwhile. So inform them. Don’t forget to add laser eyes to your social media profiles, keep tweeting those diamond hands, and don’t neglect the offline world.

Losing your coin in the early Wild West days of Bitcoin was child’s play, as there was no shortage of shady exchanges willing to assist you in losing your investment. If you kept your coins in a hosted wallet, it was only a matter of time before the exchange, like Mt. Gox, went bankrupt, was hacked, lost coins due to fractional reserve banking, or the owners absconded (or died) with your keys.

In recent years, the exchange market has matured significantly, with improved security measures such as two-factor authentication and even published proof-of-reserves and proof-of-custody. Don’t be discouraged: as long as you entrust your keys to a third party, anything can and probably will happen.

Exchanges continue to fail with reassuring regularity. Even more encouraging, governments are now actively pursuing the wealth of Bitcoiners. Not only traditional authoritarians such as China and Russia, but also the Canadian government, have recently instructed financial institutions, including cryptocurrency custodians, to freeze the accounts of anyone who donates even a small amount to the “trucker protests.”