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I’ve received a challenge from ⁦‪@cryptosteel‬⁩ to travel to Argentina with a Capsule around my neck.

Inside, you can find my Nostr private key 🔐

I’ll try to document the journey in order to figure out if it’s safer to take a metal backup in your luggage or sticked to your body.

In my luggage, I also have a Cryptosteel Cassette with a BIP39 seed phrase inside. Let’s see if it makes it to the destination without issues!

Vlad, Bitcoin Takeover Podcast 2y ago

Went through security at Bucharest airport (OTP), they asked me what the metal thing is.

I told them there’s a password inside.

They opened it to check the tiles, but didn’t read the letters.

One of the guys asked me in which field I work, I replied “Bitcoin!”

He called his colleague to show him this novelty, explained to me that they haven’t seen anything like this before.

I told them thatI wear this around my neck.

Then they handed me the Cryptosteel Capsule and let me go. One of them jokingly said that he’ll send me his Bitcoin address so I can send him some coins.

We’re so winning.

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Vlad, Bitcoin Takeover Podcast 2y ago

The above is a win because:

– they didn’t ask me anything about the amount of bitcoin I might have

– they didn’t ask to use the private key to unlock the wallet and declare the money

– they basically acknowledged that bitcoin is something else and respected my privacy

This is how precedents get set and customs are created.

But obviously, traveling with a metal backup around your neck is a bad idea. For flights, it’s a much better idea to take a notebook and write on paper.

Next stop: Paris, Charles de Gaulle.

Vlad, Bitcoin Takeover Podcast 2y ago

Surprisingly, the security at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris was much more relaxed.

Nobody asked any questions, I went through really fast.

While waiting in line, I also met a guy who was wearing a Bitcoin hoodie. Showed him the Cryptosteel Capsule around my neck, he smiled and rhetorically asked “you’re traveling with it, eh?”

Next stop: Buenos Aires airport in 14 hours 😵