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Bit_Happy

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Quote from: tmbp on August 02, 2014, 10:31:50 PM

Quote from: Bit_Happy on August 02, 2014, 10:10:10 PM

finally memorized my private key
"We have ways of making you talk." Cheesy

Kind of ironic that all this effort could be compromised by hitting him on the head with a 5$ wrench isn't it?

Ouch! If it's a gov't wrench, then it cost $500 or more. Shocked

Here is just one quick example:
Open for Business: Gov't to Erect $98,670 Outhouse

Asianconnect

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Asianconnect

wow, it seems that you have a very good memory. keep it up!

Buffer Overflow

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It would be easier to memorise a strong passphrase, using the sha256 hash of it as the private key.

Puberty

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Seems a bit risky. I just memorized my Electrum seed. I didn't even need to make a conscious effort. It just came naturally. Not sure how the two approaches compare security-wise though.

slaveforanunnak1

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Quote from: halorose on August 02, 2014, 10:50:40 PM

write from memory it once a week.keep on doing this for a year, Grin

Have you memorized yours as well.

halorose

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write from memory it once a week.keep on doing this for a year, Grin

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Quote from: tmbp on August 02, 2014, 10:31:50 PM

Quote from: Bit_Happy on August 02, 2014, 10:10:10 PM

finally memorized my private key
"We have ways of making you talk." Cheesy

Kind of ironic that all this effort could be compromised by hitting him on the head with a 5$ wrench isn't it?

memorize a decoy private key

slaveforanunnak1

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Quote from: tmbp on August 02, 2014, 10:31:50 PM

Quote from: Bit_Happy on August 02, 2014, 10:10:10 PM

finally memorized my private key
"We have ways of making you talk." Cheesy

Kind of ironic that all this effort could be compromised by hitting him on the head with a 5$ wrench isn't it?

Ironic?? Not sure about that!
It is kinda funny though.

tmbp

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Quote from: Bit_Happy on August 02, 2014, 10:10:10 PM

finally memorized my private key
"We have ways of making you talk." Cheesy

Kind of ironic that all this effort could be compromised by hitting him on the head with a 5$ wrench isn't it?

slaveforanunnak1

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Quote from: Bit_Happy on August 02, 2014, 10:10:10 PM

finally memorized my private key
"We have ways of making you talk." Cheesy

MULTISIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG

nkocevar

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Quote from: Bit_Happy on August 02, 2014, 10:10:10 PM

finally memorized my private key
"We have ways of making you talk." Cheesy

If you are talking about torture, it may be best not to even know a few digits of it. But then again with my idea they could just force you to open the safe deposit boxes.

lemfuture

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genius.

nkocevar

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If you are just keeping them in cold storage, best thing to do is have 2 paper copies of your private key and then out them both in separate safe deposit boxes. At least that's my opinion Wink

Bit_Happy

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finally memorized my private key
"We have ways of making you talk." Cheesy

grahvity

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twist… his private key is 'correct horse battery staple'

http://xkcd.com/936/

Watoshi-Dimobuto

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Yes!

I think memorizing private key is not that hard. Currently my brain phonebook has currently 22 phone numbers its in on my brain for 2 years now. I will try to memorize mine, but how to find the private key where to look?

jonald_fyookball

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Quote from: tmbp on August 02, 2014, 09:18:30 PM

Why not memorize hashing functions plus entropy instead? For example SHA256("I like to post on bitcointalk and remember easy entropy.") this way if you get hit on the head your private key will not be lost.

as long as your phrase has enough entropy.

best is something like electrum. human chosen phrases are dangerous unless you really know what you're doing.

tmbp

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Why not memorize hashing functions plus entropy instead? For example SHA256("I like to post on bitcointalk and remember easy entropy.") this way if you get hit on the head your private key will not be lost.

Yakamoto

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Memorizing a private key?

Yeah, I'm out.

No way I would be able to memorize an entire private key. It's pretty hard, even with all the patterns in it...

Congrats, though. That's probably the best security you can possibly get.

jonald_fyookball

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I could memorize a private key in probably 20 minutes.

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