I always keep on many devices. such as PC, handphone or virtual device. If one of the device error I still have such backups and do not need to worry.
Additionally, I normally create a private key folder file and I save it in a virtual drive whose link is only I know. And until now remains safe and unproblematic
Topic: How i keep my private keys safe without hardware wallet - page 4. (Read 1172 times)
1. give to your girlfriend tell her,if u give that Private key to someone, we will be finished. ( never do that btw.)
2. create a secondary email with no linked with anything, both exchanges account or airdrop/bounty. and put your PK on that email.(always works for me)
3. just saveit in your PC and make it clear, no one can touch it.
2. create a secondary email with no linked with anything, both exchanges account or airdrop/bounty. and put your PK on that email.(always works for me)
3. just saveit in your PC and make it clear, no one can touch it.
Just to see it that nobody knows about where you've stored your wallet keys. Not also advisable to keep it your PC/laptop but rather to save it into USB. But, we all know that using online services still prone to hacking and might to say that all our transactions can be traced. Therefore, though how much we care about our key but not a guarantee nor to get 100% assurance that we are totally safe.
Careful is all that we need. Think first before we proceed into the next step.
Careful is all that we need. Think first before we proceed into the next step.
I believe that the safest way to store your savings is with a hardware wallet. To save your coins, do not store your passwords and keys on your desktop, back up your keys on a USB device, don’t follow suspicious links and don’t believe in instant money.
Where ever you keep your private keys, it is fine, just don't keep it on online storage like email or cloud or something.
Keep your private keys stored offline, and encrypt it with password. With this way, even if there is someone steal your files contains private keys,
they will need time to brute force the encrypted files.
Keep your private keys stored offline, and encrypt it with password. With this way, even if there is someone steal your files contains private keys,
they will need time to brute force the encrypted files.
2.My Recording book
I have a long hard shelled book that i use for keeping records of all the airdrops and bounties i promoted because sometimes i used to forget easily so i write down my recovery seeds in this book as well
3. Flash Drive
I have a good 8gig flash drive as well that i use to copy software and files from one pc to another so i format this flash drive and copy my private keys and recovery seeds in it.
You can also use google drive to store private keys, and the list of the projects you become part with, it is safe because you can enable 2FA to secure your drive.
thanks for the advice yes, I also do not do to open a strange site, I keep my private keys in email and so far safe because I installed a second security like2fa.
sometimes I get emails about you getting airdrops but the amount doesn't make sense, so I ignore it.
try all your accounts, be it exchange or other accounts using double security, if the feature is available on the site.
Don't trust too much of storing it online specially if it's very sensitive. Second security like 2fa can still be acessed by hackers in a lot of ways. Although it seems impossible, yes they can. That's why storing all of your information offline is the best way since hackers have no acess on it, only robbers. sometimes I get emails about you getting airdrops but the amount doesn't make sense, so I ignore it.
try all your accounts, be it exchange or other accounts using double security, if the feature is available on the site.
Many ways.
steel wallet for private keys:
many choices,like cryptosteel:https://cryptosteel.com bithd:https://bithd.com
This is the most secure way to store your keys unless you lost it.
Another way:
use offline phone to store:
Many wallet support offline signature,so you can use online phone for submit transactions,and offline phone for sign transaction.
bither.net token.im both support offline sign.
3rd way:
use solid USB storage for private keys,this is also workable.
steel wallet for private keys:
many choices,like cryptosteel:https://cryptosteel.com bithd:https://bithd.com
This is the most secure way to store your keys unless you lost it.
Another way:
use offline phone to store:
Many wallet support offline signature,so you can use online phone for submit transactions,and offline phone for sign transaction.
bither.net token.im both support offline sign.
3rd way:
use solid USB storage for private keys,this is also workable.
thanks for the advice yes, I also do not do to open a strange site, I keep my private keys in email and so far safe because I installed a second security like2fa.
sometimes I get emails about you getting airdrops but the amount doesn't make sense, so I ignore it.
try all your accounts, be it exchange or other accounts using double security, if the feature is available on the site.
sometimes I get emails about you getting airdrops but the amount doesn't make sense, so I ignore it.
try all your accounts, be it exchange or other accounts using double security, if the feature is available on the site.
Keeping backups of your private keys is always the best especially when it is done offline. Personal diaries are always cool that is when you don't have people around who are likely invade your privacy. One important thing is to be careful with the people you share your personal information with it.
Thanks for your advice, its well noted and the fact is i don't have people around me, i leave far away from home and love ones so every thing about my life now is enough privacy, no one knows that i am into crypto and i don't intend to tell any one eitherIt's always better to keep your privkey encrypted rather than saving it on an unprotected book like diaries, maybe you think it will be fine but there will eventually comes a time where people just secretly look into your diaries. However if you encrypt it it will be fine I guess, still I would prefer saving it on an offline desktop.
2.My Recording book
I have a long hard shelled book that i use for keeping records of all the airdrops and bounties i promoted because sometimes i used to forget easily so i write down my recovery seeds in this book as well
3. Flash Drive
I have a good 8gig flash drive as well that i use to copy software and files from one pc to another so i format this flash drive and copy my private keys and recovery seeds in it.
Very Good I have also used and applied the same procedure for my coins/wallet private keys and i am sure this is safe way if you can not afford or you don't take interest in the hardware wallet like ledger etc.
Keeping backups of your private keys is always the best especially when it is done offline. Personal diaries are always cool that is when you don't have people around who are likely invade your privacy. One important thing is to be careful with the people you share your personal information with it.
Thanks for your advice, its well noted and the fact is i don't have people around me, i leave far away from home and love ones so every thing about my life now is enough privacy, no one knows that i am into crypto and i don't intend to tell any one either
Firstly I need to let you understand what private key is. Private key is a cryptographic key that can be obtained and utilized by anyone to encrypt messages intended for a particular recipient, such that the encrypted messages can be deciphered only by using a second key that is known only to the recipient (the private key). Private key are part of the essential things needed to be kept safe when it comes to cryptocurrency.
So I will suggest you keep your private key safe by writing them and printing them out or putting them down on your Flash drive and make sure you don't share your flash drive with anyone so as not to be compromise.
So I will suggest you keep your private key safe by writing them and printing them out or putting them down on your Flash drive and make sure you don't share your flash drive with anyone so as not to be compromise.
Either on hardisk, flash drive, or any devices wherever you want to put your backup, i recommend that you make a copy of your backup at least 1 of it.
We will never know if something bad happening to our devices like broken, lost, or stolen.
Copy the private key and save it on the disk, and copy on other place as well.
We will never know if something bad happening to our devices like broken, lost, or stolen.
Copy the private key and save it on the disk, and copy on other place as well.
You can just use some kind of folder with password and keep your keys there.
Furthermore you can use some kind of encryption program if you are afraid that simple folder with key is not enough.
Furthermore you can use some kind of encryption program if you are afraid that simple folder with key is not enough.
Frankly, I don’t like your methods. Writing private keys to a notebook in which you keep a lot of crypto records is already fraught with problems.
A virus program can download a USB flash drive immediately when it is connected to the system, therefore it is better to use an encryptor similar to a bitlocker, both for a USB flash drive and for your Windows 7.
A virus program can download a USB flash drive immediately when it is connected to the system, therefore it is better to use an encryptor similar to a bitlocker, both for a USB flash drive and for your Windows 7.
Keeping backups of your private keys is always the best especially when it is done offline. Personal diaries are always cool that is when you don't have people around who are likely invade your privacy. One important thing is to be careful with the people you share your personal information with it.
Flash Drive is my best way, it far from the computer and use it only when you need it, this my way.
Good practice but you should consider storing your private keys in the cloud for easy access and backup as well. I usually keep my private key on the flash drive and also create a backup on the cloud using my MEGA account. I use MEGA cloud to store all my documents and so on, including my private keys.
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