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The best ways to store your seed phrase/private keys when it's offline
15 sats \ 9 comments \ @btccreative21 25 Jan 2023 bitcoin
Hi Bitcoiners
Hope you are well. Would like to know what you think is the best way to store your private keys when it's offline. Do you use steel plates or paper with words and patterns, or any way that is safe like putting words in a puzzle on each shape alongside many other letters. And taking into consideration you may move to another location or go overseas perhaps. Keen to hear your thoughts.
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12 sats \ 4 replies \ @036644cfc0 25 Jan 2023
steel plate with seed phrase, and here is the definitive guide: https://jlopp.github.io/metal-bitcoin-storage-reviews/
if you cross a border, memorise it for the trip.
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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @Zepasta 25 Jan 2023
I dont find paper/steel wallets safe. If a thief, or the government/police, or even a "friend" / family member, has access to it, it's game-over.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @poe7645 26 Jan 2023
It's not without its own issues but wouldn't a passphrase derived from the main seed words not written down help with this to a degree? They could find the steel with the seed phrase but you could have any number of wallets on top of that seed.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Zepasta 26 Jan 2023
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @btccreative21 OP 25 Jan 2023
Thank you for this link and information.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @satcat 25 Jan 2023
Skip any fancy puzzles, seed words in steel are hard to fuck up
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @btccreative21 OP 26 Jan 2023
Indeed. Really want to get the steel plate/s.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @satcat 26 Jan 2023
Just use stainless steel scraps, e.g. washers on a bolt are popular option.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @btccreative21 OP 26 Jan 2023
Thank you for sharing that information.
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