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expect to be have more knowledge and skills with age--and perhaps be cooler--but also expect to notice some degree of cognitive decline.
By the way I may sound like a crazy person but has anyone tried to actually memorize their private key? Like the only trace of your bitcoins is in your head 
I read 1/2 year ago about a user who has had completely memories his private key, took him about 2 weeks of training.
I think with methods like "memory mapping", where you visualize the different numbers and characters at different locations in a house you know very well,
it can be done fairly easy. However I don't like the idea about not having a backup (even your brain needs a back up).
All my (important) private keys are located at least two places on two different mediums.
It's a good idea to store your private key for long term, like centuries, but you do not need to carve it into real stone, you can carve it into some clay, and then burn the clay into stone, that's easier, lol
Honestly Centuries is what I am envisioning like a the first Bitcoin heirlooms, that a family can pass down until a dire need or it's worth enough to use. 
By the way I may sound like a crazy person but has anyone tried to actually memorize their private key? Like the only trace of your bitcoins is in your head
storing them in some ancient pyramid(carved on some stone inside) would be really cool lol, or maybe inside a mummy's sarcophagus
would be original indeed
would be original indeed
Carved the key to a stone, and snap it into two pieces. Maybe your son hold one of them and moved to another country. Your daughter holding one in US. One day, they finally met each other, then they claim your coins. Sorry I was thinking about a movie ...not bitcoin
Well lets think about it, if you're more or less taking a huge gamble and want to store a decent amount of bitcoin for your children who will be able to use it in 30 or so years and don't know what will happen to it a paper wallet won't be the securest method, and if you want something that will FOR SURE stand the test of time we know stone will so why not ?
Do multisig and carve it into a Great Pyramid, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, the Kaaba they circle around in Mecca, and the Yellow Emperor's tomb. This is a real opportunity for you to make the claiming of your coins a real-life Indiana Jones adventure. Even if it's like 1 BTC.
Consider engraving your private key into a block of tungsten
With a melting point of 3422 °C if would be the only thing left if your house burn down.
And with approximate same density as gold, the block is rather heavy to pick up and run away with.
This is really neat but the idea and I see lots of suggestions in this thread but what I am imagining is literally a stone tablet somewhat like the rosetta stone, this is all just of course highly hypothetical if it would actually be worth anything (meaning if bitcoin is still a thing in 100 + years) that no matter a burned house, an emp, a hurricane your keys are etched deep into stone/metal that you could essentially have them in the safest form for you or your future generations. With a melting point of 3422 °C if would be the only thing left if your house burn down.
And with approximate same density as gold, the block is rather heavy to pick up and run away with.
It's a good idea to store your private key for long term, like centuries, but you do not need to carve it into real stone, you can carve it into some clay, and then burn the clay into stone, that's easier, lol
Carved the key to a stone, and snap it into two pieces. Maybe your son hold one of them and moved to another country. Your daughter holding one in US. One day, they finally met each other, then they claim your coins. Sorry I was thinking about a movie ...not bitcoin
Okay, so that model was just for ppl w/ really big asses then. I'll take the small ass version.
Ohh, I did not realize this requirement.
In that case you might want to look into "Chip gratify".
This has been know since the dawn of microchips, if you as a chip designer have some free real estate on the silicon, then is there room for "artistic structures", this could just as well be a QR code with the private key.
I am confident that this should last for at least 100 years and fit into most rectums.
Okay, so that model was just for ppl w/ really big asses then. I'll take the small ass version.
and therefore super easy to hide :p
We have no concerns about its safety when someone decide to steal it. If you want to keep it safe just dig it somewhere or deposit in a bank vault or something.
Imagine smuggling some of those around in your ass if you have more than one address.
Consider engraving your private key into a block of tungsten
With a melting point of 3422 °C if would be the only thing left if your house burn down.
And with approximate same density as gold, the block is rather heavy to pick up and run away with.
With a melting point of 3422 °C if would be the only thing left if your house burn down.
And with approximate same density as gold, the block is rather heavy to pick up and run away with.
and therefore super easy to hide :p
You could also carve a private key into amber (a fossilized resin) which has preserved insects, sometimes for millions of years. Sadly if heated above 200 °C (392 °F), amber suffers decomposition, but I doubt it weathers as badly as stone. Here's a picture of an ant preserved in amber.
I would love to see this. Sweet idea.
Consider engraving your private key into a block of tungsten
With a melting point of 3422 °C if would be the only thing left if your house burn down.
And with approximate same density as gold, the block is rather heavy to pick up and run away with.
With a melting point of 3422 °C if would be the only thing left if your house burn down.
And with approximate same density as gold, the block is rather heavy to pick up and run away with.
Why are people concerned about >100 year storage. you can just renew your metal wallet/paper wallets once they lose some of their qualities.
I don't know about stone but I prefer metal. Even at high temperatures like fire which goes over few thousand degrees when it is burning, stones or even concrete for that matter will be reduced to rubble. It's the same for metal as well which will probably melted and if only one of the characters were missing, it will be very difficult to recover. Still cracking my head on what is the best solution though.
If you like metal but are concerned about heat, have you considered implementing a MultiSys (multi-solar system) solution? Personally I don't think that you will be in need of bitcoin wallet in a say, 100 years. Not that you will be long dead, thats too.
So are you saying that quasi-immortality isn't even going to happen, or are you just saying that current young BTC holders will not be rich enough to afford it?
Do you think that 'old money' would allow bitcoin to spread and gain more value in the future? No, they would probably buy good amount of coins and will be (already are) manipulating market.
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