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Quote from: Sarthak on July 13, 2016, 09:25:41 AM

Quote from: Red-Apple on July 13, 2016, 09:15:47 AM

a bitcoin private key is a combination of random letters and numbers and worst of all is that they are case sensitive which means the lower case and upper case actually matters so it is impossible for normal human beings to memorize that. unless you have a photographic memory (or whatever it is called in english, like that beautiful mind movie)

I tried it once but couldn't do it after 10 characters Cheesy

However, I have memorized a password 30 characters long and it's still fresh in my memory Cheesy

Because Private keys are pure random while we create our passwords with something familiar to our self, I can create 50 character password long with my favorite music and I can remember that 50 character easily while the others might have a hard time figuring it out Wink

Quote from: Jeremycoin on July 13, 2016, 03:18:35 PM

I believe some people had ever do that, but I myself even want to try doing that. It would be pretty hard for me to do it tho, but I think I can do that with a lot of practice.

I don't think someone manage to remember his own private keys, But I do believe if someone says that he managed to remember his seed code for the wallet, that seed is much more easier to remember compared to private keys

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I believe some people had ever do that, but I myself even want to try doing that. It would be pretty hard for me to do it tho, but I think I can do that with a lot of practice.

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Quote from: From Above on July 13, 2016, 08:41:26 AM

Have u ever attempted to memorize one of ur Bitcoin private keys?

Do u think anyone has ever done this?

Just remembering one's own key to valuable funds.

With Brainwallet seeds I'm sure people have done this.

I love to memorize.

I'm capable of memorizing up to 32 digits by visualization.

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Well if you take some NZT its easy !! ^^
i think its freaking hard to memorize all this thing ! it is huge and it doesnt make any sense to keep it in order in your mind
iv managed to memorize just some random passwords with capital & numbers symbols but i learn them over time by typing them every day and it been near 10 years and still remember them ! Cheesy

i brainwashed my self eventually!

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Quote from: RawDog on July 13, 2016, 11:35:02 AM

Quote from: chaser15 on July 13, 2016, 11:22:45 AM

Quote from: RawDog on July 13, 2016, 10:51:59 AM

-dumb-

Why are you interfering in other's way? If they have their own view about memorizing then so be it.

Me too, I don't want to memorize it since I can listed it in multiple safe notes of mine.

Am I stupid then because I don't want to memorize it?

Don't say stupid to other people. That's their own view and you are out of it.

You are VERY fucking stupid. I didn't say they are stupid because they don't want to memorize it - I am saying they are stupid for saying the wrong things they said in the quotes.

You on the other hand are stupid for so many reasons I can't count that high. Especially stupid for thinking of that bullshit reason and suggesting that is why I said they are stupid.

You take the stupid cake for sure.

Apology for my stupid post that makes your head hot. Still..

..just because they are wrong to your eyes they are considered as stupid now. That's their own view.

Again, apology and please calm down. Otherwise I might considered your trust review.

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Quote from: tspacepilot on July 13, 2016, 12:43:24 PM

Quote from: SafeDice Support on July 13, 2016, 12:19:45 PM

Well, if you have a photographic memory and you are well trained to recover even the most minute details - then it would make sense - otherwise forget about it.

Lol, forget about it, I see what you did there.

Anyway, if the OP is just doing this with a small amount of bitcoin, there's also the possibility to use a relatively easy to remember private key. Remember that at the end of the day, a private key is just a large number and there are many ways to write down a number (binary, decimal, hex, ascii, base64, etc). For example, say you used base64 and the private key was actually a phrase which was relatively easy to remember. Then, to use the key, the OP would have to convert it into hex or WIF or whatever format his wallet software uses and generate the two addresses associated with it. As I said, if there's only a small amount of bitcoin there, it would be interesting to see if anyone takes it or if it sits there safely.

Nice one mate, you caught me

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Quote from: SafeDice Support on July 13, 2016, 12:19:45 PM

Well, if you have a photographic memory and you are well trained to recover even the most minute details - then it would make sense - otherwise forget about it.

Lol, forget about it, I see what you did there.

Anyway, if the OP is just doing this with a small amount of bitcoin, there's also the possibility to use a relatively easy to remember private key. Remember that at the end of the day, a private key is just a large number and there are many ways to write down a number (binary, decimal, hex, ascii, base64, etc). For example, say you used base64 and the private key was actually a phrase which was relatively easy to remember. Then, to use the key, the OP would have to convert it into hex or WIF or whatever format his wallet software uses and generate the two addresses associated with it. As I said, if there's only a small amount of bitcoin there, it would be interesting to see if anyone takes it or if it sits there safely.

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Well, if you have a photographic memory and you are well trained to recover even the most minute details - then it would make sense - otherwise forget about it.

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obviously it is people who can remember their private keys, many can more decimals of Pi.

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What would be the point? You only use it once when you swipe it to a useable address and most of us memorize things with repetition or repeated use. At my age, you start to forget more and more and

this would not be a very good idea. I too experimented with some brain games and strategies to improve the memory, but I got lazy over time. These days, I just write down the important things and

store them in a safe place. {Safety deposit box} Roll Eyes

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I can't even remember my own address, so i can't remember my private key unless there's some kind of combination that.
Most people can't remember something random/unstructured, but i think we can remember our seed/mnomenic for wallet recovery

Or just ~~ask 3rd party to memorizing/store your private key~~ backup your wallet/private key.

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For me very hard to memorize it but if you are doing it daily im sure you can be memorize it because i can memorize serial keys in xp os and other os just practising my daily habit to memorizing..
But to sure to dont forget it save it first in notepad and save it for safe place..

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Quote from: znickelbackz on July 13, 2016, 11:39:13 AM

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Read most of the posts on this forum. It would be very hard to 'underestimate human'.

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Quote from: Red-Apple on July 13, 2016, 09:15:47 AM

a bitcoin private key is a combination of random letters and numbers and worst of all is that they are case sensitive which means the lower case and upper case actually matters so it is impossible for normal human beings to memorize that. unless you have a photographic memory (or whatever it is called in english, like that beautiful mind movie)

normal human beings can train to memorize a combination of random symbols, there are many effective techniques to do that task. there are bunches of Guiness about memory. countless number of people have tried and success in memorizing Pi number 3.14... you don't need to be a genius with IQ above 150 to do it. don't underestimate human.

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Quote from: chaser15 on July 13, 2016, 11:22:45 AM

Quote from: RawDog on July 13, 2016, 10:51:59 AM

-dumb-

Why are you interfering in other's way? If they have their own view about memorizing then so be it.

Me too, I don't want to memorize it since I can listed it in multiple safe notes of mine.

Am I stupid then because I don't want to memorize it?

Don't say stupid to other people. That's their own view and you are out of it.

You are VERY fucking stupid. I didn't say they are stupid because they don't want to memorize it - I am saying they are stupid for saying the wrong things they said in the quotes.

You on the other hand are stupid for so many reasons I can't count that high. Especially stupid for thinking of that bullshit reason and suggesting that is why I said they are stupid.

You take the stupid cake for sure.

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Quote from: chaser15 on July 13, 2016, 11:22:45 AM

Why are you interfering in other's way? If they have their own view about memorizing then so be it.

Me too, I don't want to memorize it since I can listed it in multiple safe notes of mine.

Am I stupid then because I don't want to memorize it?

Don't say stupid to other people. That's their own view and you are out of it.

Right. Lets respect for others view in memorizing their private key. It can help them when it needed. But for me, I never memorize it. I'm poor in memorization, I hate it even in school.

There are people who are gifted that can memorize long string of words. Theres have technique using mnemonics.Others through singing

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wtf? lol why would you want to do that when you can easily write it down to a piece of paper? you know you shouldn't use your brain for
Such activities but you can count cards without anyone noticing and gamble to win big Cheesy

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I strongly believe on human brain (that it forgets too often). Especially when it comes to memorizing something related with financial credentials, I would never take such risk even if my IQ level would be as equal as Einstein. I like to memorize but not on the cost of huge risk associated with it. Those who can remember I appreciate them but that doesn't mean I should follow them.

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Quote from: RawDog on July 13, 2016, 10:51:59 AM

-dumb-

Why are you interfering in other's way? If they have their own view about memorizing then so be it.

Me too, I don't want to memorize it since I can listed it in multiple safe notes of mine.

Am I stupid then because I don't want to memorize it?

Don't say stupid to other people. That's their own view and you are out of it.

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I think you certainly could memorize a private key, but it would probably have to be a private key with low entropy. Consider, 0 is a private key, so is 64 'f's. But you really don't want to use either of those keys to generate your bitcoin addresses. As you said, brainwallet effectively let people memorize phrases that hashed to keys, but we've all learned that that actually doesn't provide enough entropy to be secure. You could probably make a private key out of 1-f, 19cafebabe5... but you'd have a low entropy key based on the fact that it was memorizable. I dunno, if you don't keep too much money there, it might be a fun experiment to see what happens.

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Quote from: RawDog on July 13, 2016, 10:51:59 AM

Boy are you guys so stupid!!!!

Quote from: harizen on July 13, 2016, 09:36:35 AM

But in general, it's not wrong for people if they want to memorize it. I just found it hassle in my case.

Hassle? Easy.

Quote from: pereira4 on July 13, 2016, 09:30:31 AM

Our brains are not designed to deal with such long string of characters.

Our brains can remember with no problem! (some combinations)

Quote from: franky1 on July 13, 2016, 09:27:51 AM

because once you spend it you then have to learn a new private key for the change address.

You can send the change back to the same address. Totally allowed.

This is a private key:

0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

This is also a private key:

0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001

This is one too!

0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000101010101010101010

Put your mom's birthday in there! Put anything you want in there.
1214890000000000000000000000000000000000000000101010101010101010
...is also a private key.

Therefore, you design your desired private key, which is easy to remember and then make the public key hash. The public key hash will so no signs whatever that your key highly organized.

The first two above kind of suck. But with just a few chunks of easy to remember information BAM!!! you've got a memory key!!!

Cool - eh?

Pretty good info except that the lowest value for a private key is 0x1 so
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Is not a private key.

Edit: that might have been a little ~~nit~~bit-picky Wink

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