Do your siblings have a habit of going through your stuff? If yes, then you could buy a small safe as those things ain't too expensive ( you can find basic models for ~$50). If no, then there must be a place in your room where you can safely store it.
Regarding your trying to remember few words from your seed phrase, I definitely wouldn't advise you to do that. It may seem easy at first but many things could happen to you that will make your forget them (concussions, stroke etc) and then you might end up getting screwed.
Topic: Writing down the words under same roof as my siblings - page 2. (Read 253 times)
Your backup can be damaged and your brain can get physical or memorial damage/ loss anytime. You can control your physical backups but you can not control what will happen with your brain. Wake up, get a heat stroke, whatever unexpected accident can find you anytime.
Use brain for backups is bad idea.
Do it simple, you will mess things up by complicated procedure for your backups and many when you need to use them, you forgot about how you set them up.
Advice from Antonopoulos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8jlnZuV1i4
Use brain for backups is bad idea.
Do it simple, you will mess things up by complicated procedure for your backups and many when you need to use them, you forgot about how you set them up.
Advice from Antonopoulos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8jlnZuV1i4
Don't ever rely on cramming your passphrase on your brain because you are not writing exams with it to reproduce it within few weeks of the exam, so total cramming of all the twelve passphrase or some of it is out of it, apart from loss of memory you may not have the capacity to reproduce it after a year even as a young person. Is unfortunate that you have younger siblings that you are not sure would keep your document safe if they see it but that is also what you have to do, to keep your security code offline. You can make a separate self higher than they can reach, moreover you don't keep your passphrase just in one spot. You need to duplicate it more than two places at least.
Sometimes life can present you with a surprise. Not from your brothers, who could accidentally stumble upon your seed phrase. This can be a random injury that will damage your memory. I would not rely on the brain; just read stories about how people lose their memory; no one is safe from this.
If your brothers are still small, save your seed in those places where children cannot reach. In the end, use a metal plate, as often advised. But I think that in any case, in the house of each person, there may be special places away from prying eyes. The seed phrase engraved on metal would be useful if you own great capital and are very paranoid.
If your brothers are still small, save your seed in those places where children cannot reach. In the end, use a metal plate, as often advised. But I think that in any case, in the house of each person, there may be special places away from prying eyes. The seed phrase engraved on metal would be useful if you own great capital and are very paranoid.
If you can afford it, but a cheap fireproof safe. Cram that piece of paper together with some important documents so the paper would look like a scrap of paper you accidentally bunched in with your documents.
Optional: passphrase
Optional: passphrase
I assume it is bitcoin seed phrase? You can use passphrase to extend the word. But know that if you lost the passhrase you will lose your coins just like if you lost the seed phrase. Do not backup the seed phrase and the passphrase in the same location, but instead in different locations. Only one backup is not advisable, at least you should have two or three backups.
I am still living with my siblings and ihave done some research about crypto wallets online, they said keeping your recovery words offline is the best way, now I plan to write down my recovery seed in my book, remember I said I live with my siblings, I can't guarantee myself that they won't get to where I write down the words, my brothers and sisters are still younger than me but I don't know if they knew anything about crypto and wallet, but I have an idea, if it's stupid do tell me.
I plan to write down only ten words out of the twelve and cram the two missing words in my brain, maybe the 5th word and the last word, is this a good way or you have a better way to go about this? Please tell me.
I plan to write down only ten words out of the twelve and cram the two missing words in my brain, maybe the 5th word and the last word, is this a good way or you have a better way to go about this? Please tell me.
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