I grew up with a circular dial phone. Next to the phone was the phonebook and a little alphabetical locker that had all kinds of phone numbers of friends and family written in them.
I still remember the phone numbers I used to memorize because I couldn't be bothered looking them up all the time.
12 words for self custody too difficult? What.
I still dial lots of loved one’s phones by memory. Either it’s a number from back in land line days, or from potato flip phone days when it was faster to just dial
I shock my friends and family when I can tell them from memory their phone numbers from 40 years ago. 12 words is not actually difficult, what I find difficult is not worrying that I might forget them somehow or mess up just one of the words over time.
I heard one thing today somewhat related to this that has really stuck in my mind. If I understood correctly Hal Finney was cryogenically frozen and in the future when the tech allows it will he still remember his seed phrase when reanimated?
This is actually incredibly risky IMO. If you're hit in the head or have a particularly rough night or get old or catch a disease then you may survive but forget your codes.
