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5 Creative ways to store your #Bitcoin seed phrase

1. Engrave on the inside of a steel door lock, so it’s only visible once you unlock + disassemble the door

2. Bury it deep in the ground and create a treasure map with clues only your loved ones will know

3. Create a multi-sig wallet and swap signing devices with a couple Bitcoiner friends or relatives who live far from you

4. Create a decoy wallet, write the 12 words to that decoy wallet on one side of paper, and then use invisible ink to write the 12 words to your real wallet on the other side

5. Create a paper wallet, memorize your 12 words with a limerick style rhyme, or by creating a border wallet and memorizing that shape, then burn that piece of paper

These are just a few options, and each has its tradeoffs. Feel free to comment other creative idea below

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Oi 2y ago

6. Do like #MichaelBazzell and hide an encrypted sdcard in a hollowed out coin and hide it in a no questions asked friends house.

BitcoinJujitsu 2y ago

What does he recommend for sd encryption?

Oi 2y ago

Good question, I'll need to research. You might want to use #SCRYPT.

Oi 2y ago

All I see is #VeraCrypt. He's podcasting, you can listen with Android on https://fountain.fm/oi?code=ce25e6f91a , his podcast https://fountain.fm/show/m7qullz5GucrfjeqaB9l

The guy is funny:

You can use CryptSetup on #Linux: (assuming `sudo` in front of each command)

```

fdisk -l

```

Assuming `mmcblk0` is the sdcard:

`shred -v -n 1 /dev/mmcblk0`

where -v, verbose and -n, number of iterations

```cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/mmcblk0

cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/mmcblk0 opt

ls -arlt /dev/mapper | tail

ls -l /dev/mapper/opt

mkfs -t ext4 /dev/mapper/opt```

Where we've named the encrypted drive `opt` and opened in the systems /opt directory, -t is type ext4 which works on Linux systems

```mount /dev/mapper/opt /opt

umount /opt

cryptsetup luksClose opt

ls -l /dev/mapper/opt

'no such file'```

Oi 2y ago

7. To memorise use #TonyBuzan's book e.g. visualise 1 => bun => see a bun with your first seed word ... 10. => hen etc...

https://archive.org/details/tonybuzanuseyourmemorymegabrainmindmemorypdfdrive.com

Dr Francesco Madonna 2y ago

1 e 3 look good . 2-4 and especially 5 are dangerous imo , easy to lose / forget things , ageing etc .

Alan ₿ 2y ago

Yep, there are tradeoffs, and it depends what your threat model is. If you’re fleeing a war torn country, option 5 is probably your best bet. So it depends

BitcoinJujitsu 2y ago

+1 #5

Bitcoin Samurai 2y ago

Have two hard wallets: one main savings, two decoy savings. Create sheet music where the notes encode your main savings and the lyrics encode your decoy savings. Then store it in a cipher or rubik's cube (less conspicuous).

Roy Merritt (‘The Burning Man’) 2y ago

Why not just remember the 24 words, and write their index numbers and store it in a safe?