This is pretty cool.
But what happens if in the future, wherever I am, I don’t have access to Sparrow wallet for whatever reason? Are there other applications or devices that can regenerate the wallet from my grid?
I’m a paranoid doomsday prepper. I stamp my words in stainless steel and also memorize them as backup (I use pictograms to make the words easier to remember). But I’d definitely consider this as an alternative.
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the grid is used to memorize the words... they are standard 12 word or 24 word seed phrases, the grid thing is a way to remember easier- you can theoretically make a bunch of copies of the grid physical/digital and not compromise the seed.
lots of ideas possible with this concept even for tattoos if you are into that
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ithink its easier to just make a wallet with electrum and memorize the 12-word mnemonic
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Yes the grid generation is also separate. You could create an arbitrary grid to hide seed backups from evil maid
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Arr, fuckin maids!
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This looks very interesting. I am not sure about the randomness of it but as a way for a temporary wallet it is perfectly fine.
I am confused that they let you choose the last word. I thought the last word was calculated from the other words as a checksum.
And why do you need to memorize one word? Wasn't good enough to draw pattern of all words?
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