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What are the good ways to secure your private keys against a hurricane or tornado? Potential of water/high winds taking everything and displacing it in the ocean or miles away.

nobody 2y ago

Download VeraCrypt.

Create an encrypted container using AES256 and a strong password you'll remember.

Store keys as text in container.

Upload container to cloud hosting of your choice.

https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html

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sperry 2y ago

This is interesting.

nobody 2y ago

It is excellent software, under the Apache License, and they even have multiple mirror repositories away from GitHub. Strongly suggest checking them out.

koby 2y ago

That seems like a bad decision and a risky click. Putting seed phase on the cloud? Might as well use Ledger backup

nobody 2y ago

I'm not sure what you mean by risky click. It's well-known FOSS software that's been maintained for years and highly regarded by the security community.

You'd be the only one in possession of the AES key, and as far as I know, AES hasn't been pwnd yet...

koby 2y ago

Thanks for the info! I always am on the side of paranoia and caution about private keys. This is my one shot at a once in a lifetime moment, don’t want to mess it up

nobody 2y ago

I don't blame you the least bit! You should do your own digging for sure. I have a few encrypted things in the "cloud" but I self host them, and the keys are never online.

I'm not sure there is such a thing as "too paranoid" when it comes to money. :)