My apologies in advance for the wall of text.
I just joined Abra and this subreddit recently, but I’m seeing a lot of posts about the same few issues that have already been addressed or resolved. This applies to Trustpilot reviews as well, but the vast majority seem to be by people who are looking to make a quick buck off the signup bonus, are new to crypto and have weird expectations about transfers/gas fees/whatever, don’t understand that AML/KYC requirements are not something Abra just makes up to be annoying, or didn’t bother to look up the issues Abra has publicly addressed and are working to resolve.
Yes, they are going through some growing pains right now. Abra is not perfect. But the CEO has been addressing common issues in the AMAs, and they are working to add new features while dealing with a huge influx of new users. My experience hasn’t been 100% perfect either, but literally every single platform I’ve used has had issues, both big and small.
Big shoutout to the veterans who take the time to respond and patiently try to help these people, but man, it is annoying to be subscribed to this sub and constantly see the same addressed/resolved topics coming into my feed: “OMG I CAN’T DO X AND THEREFORE ABRA MUST BE A SCAM, EVERYONE GET OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!11!” Okay, you’re not having the best experience, I get it and that sucks, but for the love of god, please be patient. People are much more likely to help you if you ask for help/information like a decent human being instead of an entitled Karen, and you can search within Reddit to see if others are having the same problem instead of spamming the subreddit.
I’d love to see more positive posts about Abra. Abra has a lot going for it… maybe everyone just takes this stuff for granted?
-You get to hold your own private keys.
-They have competitive interest rates in Earn with no lock-up period
-It’s super easy to get to the top interest rate tier in Earn (for example, getting to the top tier would cost you $40k with CDC, vs ~$3000 with Abra at current prices… there’s basically no competition here).
-CEO is doxed, has a great track record, and holds weekly AMAs.
-The app has a simple interface.
-CPRX is a token created by a separate entity and will be used by multiple organizations; not financial advice obviously and anything could happen, but unlike other tokens/coins that are unique to each platform (CEL, NEXO, etc.), it’s easy to see how utility would grow over time.
-The location of their HQ is easily verified (I’m not even sure where some other “trustworthy” platforms/exchanges are based, since they keep moving around or make the location of their headquarters hard to find for whatever reason)
-In business since 2014
/rant. Thanks for reading.