boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoResearchers crack 11-year-old password, recover $3 million in bitcoinarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1470arrow-down111
arrow-up1459arrow-down1external-linkResearchers crack 11-year-old password, recover $3 million in bitcoinarstechnica.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoHonestly even lamination isn’t great. Won’t survive a fire. Best options I’ve seen are engraving your seed into metal, and/or putting multiple copies in trusted locations like family houses or safety deposit boxes.
minus-squareNOPper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoLast time I tried to engrave my seed on metal I got kicked out of the park.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoIn retrospect, the monkey bars were a poor choice for metal.
minus-squareumbraroze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoHow come everyone is forgetting the best practices in Bitcoin backup? You put the stuff in a container, put it in a hole in your yard, and put a birdbath on top of it. The birdbath is a crucial security step! Standard practice! Been that way for years! I frankly can’t believe a lot more people don’t know about it.
Honestly even lamination isn’t great. Won’t survive a fire.
Best options I’ve seen are engraving your seed into metal, and/or putting multiple copies in trusted locations like family houses or safety deposit boxes.
Last time I tried to engrave my seed on metal I got kicked out of the park.
In retrospect, the monkey bars were a poor choice for metal.
How come everyone is forgetting the best practices in Bitcoin backup?
You put the stuff in a container, put it in a hole in your yard, and put a birdbath on top of it.
The birdbath is a crucial security step! Standard practice! Been that way for years! I frankly can’t believe a lot more people don’t know about it.
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