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Let’s say you travel abroad, you can carry your private key everywhere you go, or remember your seedphrase.

But, you still need to trust the software wallets you’d use kinda? I mean, opensource software is good, everyone can check the code. But if you’re not a developer, you still gotta trust the software. No?

Just some sunday evening thinking 🤔 or maybe I just can’t handle these temperatures today 🤷🏼‍♂️

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TheGrinder 1y ago

This is why I store keys on steel plates. I don't own a single "hardware wallet".

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binsky 1y ago

And how do you generate these keys? I’ve heard you can do it with a dice. There are other ways too I thought

modulo 1y ago

There are many ways, but always remember a #bitcoin private key is just a very large number

I linked the #butcoin private key you create completely offline in a separate response but here it is again…version 2 in stainless steel is prototyping now and I hope to have it ready for sale for around $129 within a few months

https://modulo.betwork/key

modulo 1y ago

* #bitcoin

#butcoin is an #excusecoin 🤣

TheGrinder 1y ago

I create them offline with a wallet I've used for over a decade and BIP-38 the keys.

TheGrinder 1y ago

seeing BitcoinLoveLife's link I just point out that I don't roll dice for seeds. I just encrypt keys with BIP38 for laser edging onto steel plates.

binsky 1y ago

And why BIP38? And how do you generate them?

TheGrinder 1y ago

I never evolved past private keys. I don't need a seed phrase to recover an entire wallet if I only use two addresses from said seed. I also still have some legacy addresses. There is several ways to go about this.

One way is to run https://segwitadress.org/ locally, create an address then BIP38 it with a local copy of https://www.bitaddress.org/