Topic: CryptoSteel - for Seed Phrase and Password Storage (Read 260 times)

Are you familiar with the basics of chemistry? How do you imagine rust forming on stainless steel?

Then don't store in a stuffy place and fill the cryptosteel container with machine oil or something like that (not flammable). If you don't know, rust (oxide) forms when it comes into contact with oxygen (the oil will prevent this from happening).

Am very fascinated by such discovery, because up until now, I have not known of a hardware or manual means to safely store seed phrases or passwords without being bothered by close friends or relatives stealing them or hackers or disaster wreaking damage.

i saw cryptosteel wallet first time so that i have no idea how it works, looks like it's a offline back up,
but still i haven't figured out what the advantages or disadvantages to use this key back up storage.

It's my first time seeing a cold storage wallet like that, which, when I look at it, looks like a screw. I wouldn't think it's a storage wallet. What is that? Is it only for Bitcoin, or are there other options for others? cryptocurrency like Ethereum, Binance, and others?

My question and what I’m curious about this device is that, if lost, is there a way you can track it back to where it is? Like maybe a sensor in it that can make you to locate it easily if you’ve misplaced it and don’t know exactly where you kept it?

Feel free to ask your questions or comment your opinion.

Feel free to ask your questions or comment your opinion.

1) You accidentally spelled one or more words wrong while sliding in the discs

2) You accidentally assemble one or more words in the wrong order.

3) While retrieving your seed phrase, you accidentally allow all the letters to slide out all at once into one big pile, making it impossible to reassemble your words. Which would be extremely easy to do.

It would make more sense to have each word on one disc, with a number on the disc indicating the order of the word,
so in case the discs get mixed up you will always have the correct order of the words.

You have mention the above characteristics of the crypto steel but what about RUST ? Is there any guarantee that it can get rust ?

Even when kept in a stuffy place it can get heat and by contacting with each surface can get rusted.

Is it only for Bitcoin, or are there other options for others? cryptocurrency like Ethereum, Binance, and others?

So are you promoting it here on our forum? If I look at the image you gave, I can't really imagine that it can store Bitcoin, unlike other hardware wallets that look good physically.

You have mention the above characteristics of the crypto steel but what about RUST ? Is there any guarantee that it can get rust ? Even when kept in a stuffy place it can get heat and by contacting with each surface can get rusted. The fact is there are varieties of ways yo keep your asset safe it all depends on own view, what can be safe for you might not be safe for me.

For newbies they can explore as many as they can in keeping there assets safe.

It's quiet not relevant to buy a cryptosteel for security and privacy when you don't even have enough bitcoin to secure. Lol 

Cryptosteel Capsule:

Claims to be extremely durable - fireproof up to 1400C/2500F. Shockproof. Waterproof. Stainless.

This was pretty easy to assemble other than the final retention pin, though unlike pretty much every other style of device it's fairly annoying to read back due to the orientation and spacing of the tiles. I also noted that it comes with a very large assortment of tiles, which makes it more versatile for potential use cases.


Performed admirably - I didn't even have any trouble reopening the capsule by hand.


No acid entered the capsule. Even if it had, I doubt any data loss would have occurred.


This was an interesting result. I gave it a 50/50 chance of bending and it held up pretty well to several tons of pressure, but eventually gave in a bit to my 20 ton press. The reason the result is interesting is that I didn't anticipate the consequences of bending the tube. Obviously the data inside is still intact, but how are we going to read it? Because the end of the rod is permanently affixed to the screw-on cap, it's now impossible to unscrew the device.

I don't have the tools on hand to attempt opening the device, but I expect you'd want to somehow cut through the tube just below where the threads of the cap end. But that's not all! Because there is only a retention clip on the opposite end of the rod, you'd then have to be extremely careful while pulling the rod out of the tube to ensure that the tiles don't fall off, causing data loss. Because this is clearly a suboptimal Schrödinger's cat type of situation with the potential for data loss, I feel the need to deduct a few points.