Topic: MY NEW WALLET SEED: How can I use this to backup my Bitcoins ???? (Read 324 times)

Have you tried making a bitcoin wallet in the form of a hard drive like that and you access your wallet online but without a hard drive ?

I just checked and all my BitCoins are still in my account.   Storing everything on a disconnected memory device like a USB drive is the best and safest solution for me.   So many people use their phones for everything, they do not even think about better, offline storage options for BitCoin.  I have been reading about some of the losses that people have posted here that are preventable.  I think online storage is why so many BitCoins are hacked or stolen. 

You must be getting your kicks out of repeating the same fallacy, in a veil attempt, and likely under false pretence, to give the impression that you are not aware of it. Reiteration is not providing enough entertainment, so let n=n+1 and let’s reiterate (you) and wait for someone to take the bait (me) for the sake of fun.

The side effect of this is that, the number of potential readers misled are greater than the m responses to your n reiterations (where m > n) on this likely false naivety, creating an aura of untrustworthiness around you profile which may well end-up where we know.

This is wrong. All wallets are the same, the difference is where its being used from (a remote server vs your own pc). Online wallets often do NOT give you the privkey (seed words). When they do, they are being very nice and transparent but this is seldom the case (Some DEX do).

The money is not in the wallet. It NEVER is. The money is always in the "cloud", so called blockchain (this is also the reason Bitcoin isn't in any specific country but in all). The wallet is the key that allows its owner to move them. If you have the seed words you can recreate this key anywhere at anytime. Therefore these seed words need to be protected the most, and preferably should not see an electronic (hot) device ever. That is the point of writing it in a piece of paper with your own hands vs an usb thumb that needs to be plugged at some point (copy paste, printing, screen shooting and taking picture should be also avoided).

Truly the word wallet is a bit of a misnomer, maybe something like keyring would be more accurate, but i guess its easier for the masses.

You can create and recreate a wallet in a secure computer not connected to the internet, that loses its memory once turned off (a live iso such as Linux Tails OS), and manually broadcast generated transactions from a connected computer. A paper with words is truly "unhackable" as long as its kept (physically) safe. Preferably you would manually hand-write copy this into another paper and store it securely at a different physical location, in case something happens to the first one.

With the seed words you can recreate the wallet even if you lose it. The password is not used, but its important to keep the wallet encrypted while "hot" (in use).

The seed words could be theoretically saved in an encrypted text file in an usb thumb, but you'd better not lose the password... And remember that handling that is the most risky part, certainly don't use a windows computer connected to the internet...

writing on paper is better than storing in soft form. ( files on the computer, mobile ) or better still remember in the brain but that is not possible because most people forget their nature.

Thank you for the advice, but I never use Paper, that is something my grandfather would have used   I do make my BitCoins secure and unhackable by keeping them offline in a USB stick.

Seed is very important thing you have to secure before setting up your wallet. Never disclose this seed to anyone and always write this on paper. Never store this on your computer. I have many times lost access to my standalone wallet installation and every time this seed helped me in getting my coins back.

If you are not trolling, then I'd like to tell you that the seeds are enough for anyone to export your wallet to any compatible wallets. The seed is everything that you have in terms of access to your funds.

Generating the wallet offline doesn't mean all your Bitcoin is stored in your usb, so anyone with that seed can access and take control of your wallet.

I hope that you do (and if not, that you will) understand that you can create an address or a wallet seed offline, but that won't mean they are inaccessible online for someone else. The system is able to generate a unique public and private key offline, but if you share it with someone, for instance leave your offline device unattended and someone comes into the room and takes a picture with a phone, they can go to their house, turn on their PC and gain access to that address. You don't have to be online for that!

So does this let me do anything, or is this absolutely useless for Bitcoins stored on a Non Networked USB device   If so, how does this work

https://imgur.com/A7YIext

I do appreciate the warnings, BUT:

What you guys do not understand, is that my bitcoins are located on a USB drive, and not connected to any network.  There is no way anyone can take my Bitcoins from a non connected USB drive no matter what Seed Information they have.

I would never store my Bitcoins on a phone, or website, Coinbase service, or any networked device that they could be hacked or stolen.  

Hard Facts

Clearly, that is for sure, if this happened way back when there are no merits included for us to rank up, I would straight to the point assume that OP posted this post just to raise his post count for his activity to rank up fast, but since we have merit system right now, looks like OP trying to pull a joke on us trying to find out how much of us here knows about Wallet Seed and who will give shitty advice that makes his own story about Wallet seeds.

Not only 14 people but trying to look on thread views which is already 90 persons do saw such seed.
I don't know if this is just trolling or what because op asked out about security of seed but he do post up image showing the
entire phrases? Sounds dumb.
People do say about not exposing the seed but im pretty sure that some already tried to access it out.lol

How can you assure yourself that they will not take advantage of you? you have given them the opportunity to get the benefits they wanted from you, do you really think that your funds are still safe and secured? it's better if you listen to them because you might just end up feeling remorse if ever because you don't know the mindsets of other people particularly when it comes to something that can be beneficial to them.

You just made a fatal mistake, you shouldn't show that SEED to the public.
I post this, your picture that contains SEED has been seen as many as 14 people.
it could be that one of them has successfully used your SEED.

If he trolls us he does it well. I know we all get the same feeling when open that image, the feeling about:


Sensitive information like a seed or private keys never has to be shared in any way. And less in an image to be posted in a public forum. 

Those guys just do not like my Bitcoin price predictions, so calling me a troll makes them feel better.   I think price is going much lower, but it is volatile and there is a lot of money to be made on Bitcoins price swings.

I have no malware or viruses, How do I use these seed words to get back Bitcoins that were on a USB drive ?? How in the world would anyone or anything know how many bitcoins I had on a non connected memory device ???

Aight I'm just going to answer this assuming you're really serious, even though o_e_l_e_o has said that you're pretty much a known troll.

Exchanges, at least the centralized ones, aren't going to give you 12 word seeds. Mostly only non-custodial[1] wallets do.

Also, your bitcoin being "unhackable" even if it's only on a USB drive completely depends on how you set it up in the first place. You might have done the backup on a malware/virus-infected computer, and your seed might have been exposed.

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[1] https://cryptosec.info/cryptocurrency-wallets/#noncustodial

Can a BitCoin expert please confirm this:

This is for Online exchanges ONLY  ???   I assume nothing can ever hack my bitcoins I have on a USB drive not connected to any network ???