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Following up on earlier thread about what setup to use for main email account. Consensus appeared to be 'Get a custom domain (e.g. with Cloudflare) and use it with e.g. Fastmail'. The plan is to then make that email address the cornerstone of my online security, use it for password manager recovery etc.

The domain registrar and the email hosting then appear key to the whole security model – if they are compromised, all other accounts are.

So I'm trying to work out the details of how to go about it.

E.g. which email should I use with the registrar to buy the domain? Some throwaway one, which I then change to the new domain I am purchasing in a circular fashion once it is set up? Is that a good practice, or too risky for recovery should anything go wrong?

If I use a separate email address to buy the domain, then seems that email becomes crucial to the security of it all and then why even bother with paying for the domain and Fastmail etc. if I am relying on some pre-existing email account?

I'm probably way overthinking it, but since I'm working on this at all and the stakes are rather high I'd like to set things up properly, for decades.

The goal is to achieve reasonable security against: 1. Attacks that are not highly sophisticated or targeted 2. Getting arbitrarily locked out by Gmail etc., potentially then losing access to other important accounts 3. Me locking myself out by forgetting some secret

It seems surprisingly difficult to find a best practice guide for this scenario, how to set up a password manager with it, which recovery information/backups to keep offline etc. Information I find is either too vague or overly involved (after all I don't want to dedicate all my time to maintaining security, just want a reasonable setup). Any practical advice appreciated!

Which email provider would you recommend for your main account? (Banking, government + other important stuff)

With Gmail, I am concerned that I could get arbitrarily locked out of my account with no recourse. Also, I wouldn't mind moving away from Google in general to support a more decentralized internet. If it is based outside of the US, even better. But these considerations are secondary.

So I am looking for something secure, reliable, and usable (good search, not getting overrun with spam) that I could use for the next few decades. Privacy is only important insofar as reasonable security is concerned (vague, I know, but my point is that practicality is more important).

What do you use and what have been the pros and cons?

Recently finished FFX and now playing through FF7 for the first time. I feel like the games from that era tend to be more engaging - they cannot rely on the graphics to sell themselves and had not yet been 'hollywood-ised', so tend to be more creative, not take themselves too seriously and are just more fun.

Plus, there is the test of time - easier to know what the gems are after some time has passed.

I find that after a few hours, you stop even noticing the older graphics.

Any older games you have recently enjoyed for the first time?

I remember 2 years ago there were a lot of posts/comments from people having significant chunks of their net worth (e.g. 3M$ out of 4M$) in NFTs or cryptos.

Were you one of them? Would be interesting to hear your story. Was it a wild ride for you? How did you manage? What are you doing now?

I have a small (~50-100k$ ARR) revenue-generating b2b business that I just do not have the time to work on anymore. I would love to sell it, even for a low revenue multiple, as the alternative would be to just shut it down which seems a shame.

How would I go about selling it? Any online communities that specialize in this?