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Hi. We all have too many passwords, private keys, adresses, registration informations. I want to askt how you keep them. I dont ask you to explain where you put your ledger wallet  ;D  For example, I keep my passwords and private keys on a simple document which I created on my laptop. This means that if I lose my computer or someone stoles it, I may lose too many things. What are your solutions? Is there any safe option? I have to get precautions before it is too late.

Have a copy to your flashdrive or any kind of storage you have. Ajd off course dont use it for everyday need just put to place think secure even you drawer. Incase you lost your laptop there will be no problem. And when online dont be careless clicking any link.comes from unknown person or email

I have a portable hard drive, I copied my information into it but I carry it in laptop case. So, loss of computer means loss of partable device as well. I need to buy one more device to use for crypto informations. At first I was thinking to keep a copy into my email account but it one of the most dangerous way I think.

Thanks for your advice my friend. Can you please describe more how you do it with telegram? For example, what must I do to keep my info in Telegram? Facebook and Twitter is not a secure solutiıon I think but if you have a good explanation about this, I would be happy.

I use hardware wallet so i'm alright for some of my coins because the key is stored in the wallet itself, but for the one that isn't supported by nano ledger, i save the key in a document which then i save in flashdrive so it's save from hacker. Hope in the future that they will support all kind of crypto assets so it's become more important to have hardware wallet.

It's simply hiding all your private informations like private key and account address, without showing to someone untrusted person.You should also provide a personal gadgets and don't let anybody used your personal gadgets. And be sure to have a duplicate on your wallet key and account address.

Backing up your wallet is very important.  After doing so, keep the back up devices in different physical locations.  It's no good if you keep them all in your house and it get's burned down. 

have a copy on your external memory like flashdrives that is the best that you can do or else you can make a dummy account on facebook messenger for you to send all those infos to that acct, you can access that anywhere even you forgot your external memory.

Wallet copies on a heavily protected NAS with additional copies on flash drives stored in a fireproof safe.  All passwords, private/public keys, code words, etc also printed out and stored in the safe.




Wow, @christian07, you seriously trust Telegram, Yahoo Mail, Twitter and Facebook with your passwords and private keys.  Good luck with that!!!

LMAO
why u asking about it.
u know how to make ur sensitive document safe .
if u thing put on your computer is safe , that enough.
i keep my info on my google drive.
of course my google account have a full securities.
i just scared if i put on my laptop,about crashed or etc.

if i, better put all the data in google drive, so we must properly maintain email address and password. can also backup the data on an external hard drive. so as you say i save my data different from laptop

I'm keeping all my wallet and crypto passwords in my own personal usb flash drive. Before, I'm keeping all of these information in my computer's hard drive until I realize that it can easily be penetrated by hackers. I'm not using any internet security program because it slows down my computer.

As a matter of fact, I save everything on cloud using Apple ICloud. I believe in saving on air, for the fact that I can get it anywhere, anytime as far as I need it. I use google drive as alternative, of which my google account is absolutely secured up to an extent I trust too

I bought a hardware wallet, which would protect my digital assets.
Because the hardware wallet doesn't need networking, it won't be stolen.

Well, all of my Crypto information like usernames, passwords and private keys are stored in my trusted email account in which the username and password is stored in my memory. This is to able for me to access anytime and anywhere the market to trade. I have also the copy of my Crypto information to USB in which the USB was hidden in the secret place in my house in which even in case of fire still it will be retrieve intact.

I use keepass software wish encrypted database and it keeps all my crypto stuf and notes secured

Aside from all of your steps,i am very secured in terms of my passwords wallets thats why im written all of those in a paper and keep it in all my physical documents..in this way i know that all of them a accounted and secured,and in times of emergency or in death my love ones may have a full access about all my assets here in crypto.this may be time consuming but atleast more secured

I think you should use PC’s with up to date antivirus and firewalls for your cryptocurrency transactions. In my opinion, this way is very effective in protecting you from hackers' attack.

You might  consider installing a very secure operating system such as Qubes, Unix or Linux. These are about the most secure operating systems on the planet. They are often less prone to hack attacks and have configurations that makes them less vulnerable

If your computer ever gets compromised or damaged, your private keys would be in jeopardy. You could write your private keys on a piece of paper and store it in a home safe or safety deposit box at a bank.

I suggest you to save it to a private separated rmail. Make a back up of all your accounts. Or you can put it in your external drive and have a folder on it, use folder locker applications to secure your belongins. Goodluck.

I saved it as usual, in my wallet account. and important data from crypto, account and all that is related to crypto, I store it on my laptop. but with one note, this is my personal laptop, and no one else saw it.

It so simple, just write in paper or book so you will always has the physical backup data. Cryptocurrency users should responsible with any data to open access to their funds, since most of cryptocurrency maximum amount is limited then all users should take care of their coin.

Merge all in one note then copy it , and create some back up through safe place which is no one know and also incase of some causes dont just make one copy,  create more copies about your private information to ensure even what happens you can still recover you important account.  

I dont know much about Qubos, Unix and Linux but I have heard about Linux and used it for a week. In fact, I couldnt get used to use Linux although it is secure than Windows. Thanks for you advice. I am going to search it .

If you have more encryption assets, it is recommended that you use hardware cold purse, which is the safest. I only use online wallet for a while, because I often do transactions. Some passwords will also be recorded in paper, copied in notebooks, which is not easy to forget.

I store a lot of things only on paper, I understand that it's stupid and uncomfortable, but it's better than lose everything in a couple of minutes. They hack you and steal it all away

In my house is an old computer, which I turn on once a year, that it stores all my passwords and stuff. I think that you should buy a flash drive, and write down your personal data on it and store it where it will not be stolen and you will not lose.

If you have money to buy a hardware wallet that is best.I don't have one.So I bought 2 cheap flash drives($10/each).I have the copy of everything on my computer and 2 flash drives.One of them I keep it by myself.which everything in a locked zip and one flash drive on my family locker.That is simple.That's my idea.And one more thing don't keep it secret tell everything you have to one of your family member cause no one knows what gonna happen next moment and your crypto may value mln dollars (at least 5 digits).Thanks.

you should write it on a paper, if you want to make all your data safe not in a leptop or computer
keep an important info in a leptop or computers is risky now  ;)

Previously, it was uploaded to the local storage, but with the increase in the volume it became problematic and began to use 50/50 wallets, which made my business easier.

I think that it is very important to keep everything separated. For example I will not keep any codes and passwords together.

Carefull when used your info on internet! Used new address for new payment! Do not share public key! Uesd VPN technology if you can!

I usually keep my files, my private keys and everything related to my purse in a USB drive. its always with me and synced online to he able to open the wallet when i have no usd with me.I cant say that its easy to get my wallet because its even encrypted with FaucetKING® Encryption lol, i use my brain to dencrypt and open the purces.. no one will be to get that..

Apart from storing vital information like my private key, passwords and other details on my PC, i also make use of a diary, in order to be on a safer side. It is always good to write most of these things down and keep in a very safe place. Peradventure you do not like writing, you can print some of this info out and keep in a safe place.

One of the option is to save it in the extra real drive and other one is to write down and save it in the locker . Thus in case if you need to handover or create a backup for yourself you can let them know about it and securely it will be safe as well .

Buy some encryption,i sadw it in ledger or in trezor website which offers undestructable key encryption that is why i am going to buy those incase theres some fire,or my computer will be stolen or anything my keys are safe or atleast those recovery seed of my wallet,because that is what we need to protect with our lives or else.

if you have a recovery phrase you could hide it in a dictionary(file format), as long as you have some type of pattern.
say you have 1,000 words in a file, 10 per line.

Pick some type of format, say number: 2 8 (you could make it as long as you want, just for simplicity I pick 2):
then maybe pick a number(or a number format), like every fifth line.

on line 1, the 2nd word is your first recovery word.
on line 5, the 8th word is your second word.
on line 10, the 2nd word is your third.. etc

obviously you can make it as advanced as you want.
this way you can upload it everywhere, aslong as only you know the numbers.

of course you could also just encrypt a file containing your key, using a password instead..  :-X

I am trying very hard to keep all my information secure, because if something happen this would be disaster for me. For example, all my codes are transformed by another code and stored on paper.

Buy some crypto steel it is the recommend tool to secure your keys,even fire and floods wont destroy it,not unless you didnt protect it with yourself,or you did gave it to someone,you should be using metamask extension anti virus and anti malware software,and most importantly hardwallet for your keys to be protected as ever!

Your crypto details are very sensitive details as they hold your investments and all your hard work, keeping them safe should be your priority. thy are better off stored in paper wallets and safely locked away, or in an external harddisk that only you have

I'm securing my crypto information by si.ply not letting anyone knows it even my family. Aside from that, I'm enabling two factor authentication on my every accounts just in case someone will know my password. I'm also using a ledger to keep some of my coins if ever some exchange sites will be hacked.

The best method is to write that information in two separated papers and hide these papers in safe places. You can keep one paper inside a book and the other on your nightstand.

A recovery seed is your best friend when you lose your paper, hardware, or mobile wallet, as it’s the only way you can recover your funds and wallet. So, to prevent total bitcoin and cryptocurrency loss, it’s crucial to record your recovery seed somewhere safe. It is highly recommended you back up your crypto wallets recovery phrase if you have not done so already.

I believe the safest way is to keep it all on a separate hard drive away from the computer or device you use to make transactions or investments, and also keeping a hard wallet for making the actual transactions.

The most important factor is your access to the internet. NEVER LOGIN TO YOUR CRYPTOCURRENCY ACCOUNT USING A PUBLIC WI-FI.

Store on your personal computer very well. But it is better to make several copies on different media. So it will be more reliable and if you lose some of them, you will know that you have several more left.

Whether you choose a hardware, software or paper wallet to manage your passwords and private keys, there are a handful of things you can do to keep your stash safer. These include:
- Be super careful with any online service -- any device connected to the internet is vulnerable
- Encrypt your wallet with a strong password
- Make regular backups and store them in multiple locations
- Use multisignature security, which helps maintain control of your coins even if one of your devices is compromised
- Generate, write down and hide your wallet's mnemonic seed - a group of words you can use to restore your wallet in the event of a hardware failure

Use only PC’s with up to date antivirus and firewalls for your cryptocurrency transactions. Never assume your computer’s security is up to date. It only takes just one security vulnerability to have your computer hacked. You might also want to consider installing a very secure operating system such as Qubes, Unix or Linux. These are about the most secure operating systems on the planet. They are often less prone to hack attacks and have configurations that makes them less vulnerable.

Regarding my registration information, the password is same on all the exchanges I use. I know this is risky but I cannot remember multiple passwords and recovering it every time is a headache.

I made two copies to keep my encrypted money. First, make a form to use a portable hard drive to store all my stuff. Second, print it out in paper and save it separately.

I usually do not store anything online. I make sure that whatever happens, I would keep them somewhere safe like putting them all on a single txt file and transfer it to a flash drive. As for IMToken, I should write those mnemonic words on a piece of paper, then copy the words in order in the txt file and save it somewhere safe. Don’t ever trust any online service out there, because they have the control to shut down the database and may lose all of your private important information. Just my two satoshis.

I back up all my files to an online storage in case I lose my files. I also keep a copy in my device for easier access. But in everything I do, I ensure that I keep my computer secure. I've suffered some malware attacks recently, but I knew about it on time before it got out of hand.

I downloaded a application that I can store all my Information about crypto, the passwords and everything so I will not forget those Important things, and so that I will not confuse what did I use with all of my accounts and some sites that I been part of. It help me as well to become organize with my stuff. And of course I also saved that to my flash-drive  so that I have a multiple copy of those important things. :)

For private keys, i write it and in a piece of paper and save it safely in my rooms.
And address, i think address is not really need to secure since you need it to share when you want people sent you some bitcoin.

I am old fashioned, storing my passwords offline on a piece of paper, but I still you can be always ripped.

I use Keepass to store all my passwords and keys. I've been using this program for 7 years already and it's really the best utility for storing passwords. The database file can be stored separately on a flash drive, so you always sure that your data is safe.

I keep my information secure by putting all private information like different password private keys for the wallets and others by using include account or by enabling the 2fa.

I think keeping it away from net is much applicable, I agree with you mate all crypto confidential information must be back up by separate portable device like external drive or even traditional hard copies and stored in a secured place.

I am keeping my passwords on my laptop in the document with the password. I know its not the best way, but I am thinking about additional small trick I can do. There is one way how to “encrypt” your passwords. Lets say you write down the password, but when you use it you use it without last letter. For example you write down: PASSWORD, but your real password is actually: PASSWOR. You just skip last letter, or first for example. There are many ways how to “encrypt”. You can change all “a” to “@” as another example. So in your records the password will be “ PASSWORD” when in fact it’s “P@SSWORD”. This way you can be still safe even if somebody get access to you files

Cryptocurrency has so many risk of scams, so you need to be very cautious regarding your wallet, bitcoins, and recovery seed in order to keep your recovery seed as safe and secure as possible.

A key step to protecting your cryptocurrency is to store anything of significant value in a hardware wallet—a physical device, like a USB drive, that stores your private keys and currency locally, and isn’t connected to the internet.

Don’t wait too long to record your recovery seed. Instead, when you are presented with it, write it down and store it away somewhere safe immediately. Paper is one of the most secure ways to handle and store critical data.

You might want to consider is having a device that’s solely dedicated to cryptocurrency activities. This means just one PC or mobile device used for only buying and selling cryptos. For instance, hackers are becoming smart at stealthily dropping keyloggers –apps that track the keys you type as well as the sites you visit- on to your device. So, when you type in your password, these keyloggers send the information back to the hacker who then uses it to get into your account and transfer your assets.

Save on laptop and copy the data you have on your flash drive if at any time it happens something. If you still feel secure yet also then save on the google drive so that if all the stuff you are missing then it still has savings data.

It should be understood that it is not recommended to store large amounts of bitcoins on any exchange, as the risk of loss or hacking is always present. So, instead of keeping your bitcoins on an exchange, consider setting up a safe wallet which you own the private keys to.

The best option is old school. Make a document, print it and put in a safe place.

You might want to consider is having a device that’s solely dedicated to cryptocurrency activities. This means just one PC or mobile device used for only buying and selling cryptos. For instance, hackers are becoming smart at stealthily dropping keyloggers –apps that track the keys you type as well as the sites you visit- on to your device. So, when you type in your password, these keyloggers send the information back to the hacker who then uses it to get into your account and transfer your assets.

I too keeping my information on my laptop and on my cellphone with a password that I am the only one can open it.

I suggest you have a device that’s solely dedicated to cryptocurrency activities. This means just one PC or mobile device used for only buying and selling cryptos.

Never login to your cryptocurrency account using a public wi-fi. Read that three times and let that sink in for a moment. Not only is it easy for people to snoop on and interrupt data packets sent on public Wi-Fi connections, they can actually setup a Wi-Fi router and collect all the information that passes through their routers.

Honestly, you can use extra strong passwords with a minimum of fifteen characters, including upper and lower cases, numbers, alphabets and other characters. Also, avoid using names, words that can be found in the dictionary or anywhere for that matter, as there are hacking tools with these dictionaries embedded in them. Bottom line, make your password indecipherable by making it as incomprehensible as possible. The best passwords often look like gibberish.

Im very particular in this area since this were our funds rely to keep secure and safe and for sure just a few here doing something like mine..

I am writing my passwods in literally way,as in writing in physical papers..so i will be the only one who'll have access on my funds

I'm using an online wallet . All data from this wallet I keep only on the flash drive ... when you need to go in the purse I connect a USB flash drive

If I were you, I would setup a two-factor authentication (2FA) system. This essentially means double layer protection on top of your passwords. So, if someone for instance, were to hack your account and wants to change your password, you would be notified via email, text messages and even an automated call.

If you insist on using a windows based PC, you can use VeraCrypt. People using MAC can use FileCrypt. These software will help keep your hard drives encrypted and impossible to hack in the event of a stolen device.

If your cryptocurrency investment strategy involves buying and holding, you should first go with a core wallet. Whatever the case, never hold cryptocurrencies in exchanges if you aren’t actively trading. If you do this, your wallet is at risk of being hacked whenever hackers target specific exchange networks.

You should not carry around too much cryptocurrency in your mobile wallet. Mobile wallets are great for daily usage and carrying around some spending money. But they can be dangerous too if you ever get ambushed and are forced to relinquish whatever is in your wallet. Worse still, your phone could get stolen, and you lose access to all that “cash”.

I advise you to use virtual private networks (VPNs). A VPN creates a private tunnel over the open internet. The idea is that everything you send is encapsulated in this private communications channel and encrypted so -- even if your packets are intercepted -- they can't be deciphered. VPNs are very powerful and important tools to protect yourself and your data

I think you can use third party crypto security entities. If you don’t want to worry about the safety of these or you misplacing them, simply have these companies take care of them for you by getting their hardware wallets and storing all your data on there. Companies like Trezor, NanoLedger and LedgerHQ are pioneering the safe keeping of wallets and encryption keys.

I have backup on my flash drive and i keep in in the safe deposit box, i think it is necessary to have a backup somewhere except on the internet because hacker can find a way to steal it. Also be careful when you are using a public connection to open your wallet, get a strong password and always be careful. If you have hardware wallet it's even better because the private key never leave the wallet.

hello my friend
create print-outs such as private keys, phases in printed form. Then, to be safe, the mold is better stored in the safety box.
the safety box put in a safe place

I think you just need to save your private key. Don't store your private key on your computer or mobile phone. I think it is easy to be stolen. Then you can record your private key to yours. Above the notebook, or remember it in your brain.

For me i keep mostly all my crypto information in a small notebook because its easy to keep in a safe storage and i prefer to use hard copy. all of us have a different way of storing our information it is up to us how we safely keep our information, it is our responsibility how we keep our records safe  and secure.it is ok asking other how they keep their own information so that we have other options base on other opinion.

There are a number of important safety and security practices that can help to protect your private keys and therefore protect your funds.

 1.  Secure Your Wallets
First, it is wise to find a wallet with security measures beyond the normal wallet providers. Some wallets are now using encryption to protect the private keys. Companies like Corion have created a code package that encrypts the key data and protects it from insider hacking.
2. Separate Your Funds, Use Cold Storage
3. Wi-fi Wisdom
 Be careful about where you go online when you’re using a device that has a wallet on it. Dangerous websites and risky wi-fi networks put your wallet at risk. At the same time, do not leave your device unattended, or lend it to anyone.
4. Service Safety
  If your device holding your wallet needs service, be sure to move the funds from the wallet before having service done. Further, it is wise to change wallets every few months in order to not allow the wallet security to grow thin over time.
5. Gone Phishing – Email and Web
Phishing scams are becoming more and more elaborate, make sure email received from wallet companies have their domain spelled correctly and never look for their web address clicking on Google ads. Once you send a phishing website your private key you can say goodbye to your funds.

This is one of the very basics of crypto: how to store your assets.

Absolutely do not listen to anyone else that tells you web, pc, or smartphone based wallets are ok.

The only two options are cold storage and hardware wallets.

A quick google will give you thousands of people with experiences where they got hacked and lost their crypto.
Now, try to find any that have had their stuff stolen when they had properly stored it using a physical solution (cold storage or hardware wallet).

The most hardcore of people will actually put their keys in a safe or a vault.
I haven't gone that far but I use a combination of cold storage and ledger nano.
For my daily trades I use my ledger, for my coins I am holding long term I use cold storage.

And here is one benefit of cold storage, if you are a true holder, you really just want to lock it away and forget about it for 6 months or more.
Having it accessible and watching the price constantly is just too stressful.

I store my private key in a USB flash drive. I think this is a very safe method. Others cannot steal my wallet over the Internet, but you still need to be careful when trading, to prevent being cheated, not to trade casually.

You should avoid clicking links from unknown entities, only visit or enter sensitive information on secure "https" based websites, avoid surfing malicious websites and don’t download or execute any file whose source you’re not sure of.

I have everything on two computers, more important information lies on the additional hard disk and flash drives. I do not use cloud and similar services. The file names have been replaced so that they can not be found by hacking. ;D

I use a back up file, I save my wallet key and everything on my USB and hard drive, I backed up 3 files to make sure its really safe.

This is easy to do. You don't have to do so much to be safe. The internet and apps has made it easy for us. Simply allow your browser save them for you and use similar passwords for similar websites. For example I have same passwords for all my betting sites and for my crypto site investments I have same email and same passwords. So it's easy for me to easily recall what I used as my password than save it somewhere it can be seen by anyone.

A handwritten diary performs better for me. I never keep passwords in any digital formate. I write down every key and passwords manually. It's the safest option for me. Now, do you want to know where I keep my diary?

I hold the view that a key step to protecting your cryptocurrency is to store anything of significant value in a hardware wallet, like a USB drive, that stores your private keys and currency locally, and isn’t connected to the internet.

I suggest storing significant value in a hardware wallet, and just storing a small amount in a wallet app to facilitate low-value transactions. I think you should only keep an amount you would be willing to lose in the app, and never give anyone your private key.

some of my friend said,it would be best for you to keep your sensitive information on paper.
which mean it would be better to print it out other than keep it somewhere on internet,
i found a lot of people who got hacked because they kept it on their google drive.
so am i,i got hacked a while ago when i kept it on my google.

I suggest turning on Gmail's new Advanced Protection feature, or adding defenses like a PIN or password to your phone number to make it harder for attackers to grab control of your accounts by transferring your SIM to their own device.

Secure hardware wallets like Trezor or the Ledger Nano S cost about $100 or less and have a straightforward setup. You just choose a PIN number and a recovery "seed" (usually a set of words and numbers) in case you forget your PIN, or your wallet malfunctions. It's pretty robust security, so make sure you keep copies of your PIN and seed somewhere accessible to you, but not to home intruders.

It's important to remember that all the small things you're already doing to protect your general digital life help defend your cryptocurrency as well. Philip Martin, director of security at the cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase advised to use a password manager, use two-factor authentication, leverage enhanced security protocols for your email address.

I saved mine on laptop, hard drive, on computer, I have spend some time and wrote everything on paper and that's all :) . It will be very terrible to lose everything, all hard work and earned money could be gone if you lose your laptop. Print the document with all the information and put this piece of paper somewhere very safe.

In my opinion, one of the most important steps to protecting your cryptocurrency is to store anything of significant value in a hardware wallet—a physical device, like a USB drive, that stores your private keys and currency locally, and isn’t connected to the internet.

You should turn on Gmail's new Advanced Protection feature, and/or adding defenses like a PIN or password to your phone number to make it harder for attackers to grab control of your accounts by transferring your SIM to their own device.

We have many wallet as an options to use and hardware is also good to use. Like nano ledger wallet and othe best to use. The very important is we have to keep secured our private keys no matter what because once lose we cannot recover.

I have a very good and unique memory, so I keep all the keys, accounts and passwords only in my mind. Those who have bad memory and who do not trust computers and flash drives,I recommend to record everything on plain paper in a locked safe.

from now so many people scamers.  depend to persons if you not yet known dont give about your password about transaction . also if there were better back up yet if you have usb or external hardrive if  laptop or computer are broke or missing. save you all important concerning about your work .

I save my private information like password and private keys in many different ways, I have copied it in different emails, telegram, facebook messenger, I even save it in my personal computer, laptop and even in my cell phone and flash drive. But all that private information is supported it with a small ledger.

Remember to consider your transactions carefully. There are tons of established, reliable institutions, but gimmicky new cryptocurrencies crop up all the time, as well as questionable Initial Coin Offerings that could have nothing behind them but scammers on the move.

My habit is to make a regular backup and save it in computer files. And I have a backup in my SD card. In this way, if the computer fails, I can also find my password.There are many phishing websites and scam links on the Internet now. Do not click on suspicious links that you don't know. This is very important.

I keep my crypto information securely by saving them on a storage device such as flash drive or hard drive. I even take time to save them on my mail and write them in my diary so when my laptop lost or crash, i can easily access the information with worries.

If you are spring your bitcoin in an exchange or online somewhere it can be stolen or hacked. So I would recommend using a Hardware Wallet like Nano Ledger S and create a paper wallet as well.

I just make sure that I do not keep any of my information including the emails, passwords and private keys involved with any of my wallets online. Your information is easier to steal if you keep it online which means your information is safer from hackers if you just keep it offline. I make it a point to write it down and make sure to keep it in a place where I am the only one that can get to it.

instead of keeping your bitcoins on an exchange, consider setting up a safe wallet which you own the private keys to.

Based on my personal experience. I am carefully read the emails that comes to me because there are some email that look really legit that asking your information for verification,
once you are in touch with them and give all information you have. All this things will be gone easily in your possession.

I save my works/password physically printed in a safe place.
I have also a encrypted folder on my laptop...... however best way to protect your cryptos is a Hardware wallet like Ledger Nano S or Trezor..

I feel the best thing to do in order to keep all your security details is to store them in two to three flash drives, then keep each in different locations. By doing this , you should not be afraid of loosing your security details. Except that you will need to keep them away from those you do not trust. By also doing this, you are also keeping your crypto asset safe for whoever you feel should inherit it.

Yes because of the importance of information in cryptocurrency  I attache importance to this by making sure I wrote down all my information in a "diary and also saving them in my email box" which is more secure and also accessible.

I have backup on my flash drive and i keep in in the safe deposit box, i think it is necessary to have a backup somewhere except on the internet because hacker can find a way to steal it. Also be careful when you are using a public connection to open your wallet, get a strong password and always be careful. If you have hardware wallet it's even better because the private key never leave the wallet. :) :) :)

I keep all my privat information on three flash cards, which are secured by password.
I think it is secure enough, and if one card will brake I have two more with the same information.

As for me. all my passwords I have them of my head, you will surprised and asked me how  ;D? Well I have a password pattern I use to create all my passwords so using the pattern, any site i visited, I already know the pattern i will use for my password. For private keys to my wallet, I store them on my email. but I use a pattern to alter the key. any time I want to use it, I will know how to re-arrange it to my original key. So even if a hacker gets access to my private key, it will useless to the person.

This is also a very important issue for me. For myself, unfortunately, I have not found an answer to it at the moment. Because everything I keep can be lost or stolen. Even if you store information in multiple places.

That's a good topic. Keeping an important credentials in my laptop is a complete no for me. I store my credentials in a black book that contains all the information of my cryptocurrency account and I safely store it in my safe. And as for my software copy backup, I use usb drive to backup my information and securely attached password encryption to ensure that I can only access the usb.

Yes we have many private keys, passwords and some website registration information that should always be safe. As we all are well aware of that many hackers always trying to penetrate in your computer so its not safe to store your important keys and password into the system. I saved all my details on papers and laminate it and have 2 copies in different different place. So that if bymistake I lost one paper I can use the second one and to be safer side one should always do safe browsing and I used to keep my valued coins in Trezor wallet.

In your head? And what if something happens to your memory? Hope, sure, everything will be good but it seems to me you should write all the passwords and the keys on the paper and keep it in a safe.

I also keep everything on my computer, but I made many different copies and placed them on different media for greater reliability and I think so I will save my passwords

I'm not doing anything special, I keep it on my computer in text documents.

Hello. In my current practice of security way for my wallet address, keys, passwords, etc. I put it in different devices first is in notes apps in my two phone. Secondly, I have soft copy in my hard drive and lastly I draft it in my google and yahoomail in case I lost my phones or hard drive. This all was my advice for you Sir and I hope it help you with this but the most important thing is take care of your devices to be lost that’s the best way.

I keep my crypto information secured by saving it to several flash drives. I never stored them in my computer hard drive because the may be a chance that hackers may invade them. It is easier for hackers to access files from a hard drive which is always connected to the internet.

I highly suggest that you keep it on a organizer. Write it in a paper if you want to make sure that your private key is safe but make sure that you have to keep it safe or else you will lost everything you have. Buying a portable harddrive with encryption/password is also a good choice or buy a USB drive that has an encryption installed.

I keep my cryptocurrency securely by providing a better barrier that no one can’t let it down to know what are the information they needed,
I always check if I’m still safe to not lose an investment because of the scammer and hacker in this business

This is also a very important issue for me. For myself, unfortunately, I have not found an answer to it at the moment. Because everything I keep can be lost or stolen. Even if you store information in multiple places.

Cryptocurrency has a lot of fraud risks in the Online world, so there are many things we must do to secure and we must be very careful to keep our Wallet at our disposal. Instead we do one of the safest ways to handle and store important data on a Wallet which we have ...

Perform encryption of information and make a backup copy of private keys. In case of reinstallation of the PC or occurrence of force majeure situations, this will help to quickly restore access to the wallet.

What about putting it in the google drive? Is it secure? I do this thing to back up my important data.
Besides saving the data on my external hard disk. Sometimes, I feel also scared of losing those data.

You can keep your files in several ways. For instance, I chose to keep my records on whatsapp. I created a group to store all my information. As you know you can create a group with one person on whatsapp and later remove that person to remain only you in the group. Also, I do a daily backup to Google drive incase I lost my smartphone, I can easily retrieve it from there.

Dear friend,
I think you should make bakup and save it at many places periodly, such as: email, another pc, cloud,... 

For those seeking the safest form of storage, a cold wallet is the right way to open it.

Although this is not a complete solution, the risk can be minimized by following instructions and taking into account any possible situation.

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I always have the backup of the data both offline and online. It is actually important to always a double saving system for the data, not only the data of cryptocurrency and bitcointalk. I have so many data regarding the site, username, password and many more. Gdrive is my first choice and now I'm planning for the certain private website to store my data. Overall, never trust anyone to save our data.

Are you prying with my privacy? Is the very first question that comes in my mind when I read your query. Well explained anyway.  Everyone do have a problem on how to secure crypto informations securely especially if you have various wallets. I prefer to have a hard copy and a soft copy.

Save on laptop and back up important files into Flash. If you are still a shortcoming and losing Flash then keep on google drive which of course can be accessed at any time. However, it certainly must remember email and password. but hopefully, the existing data and goods surrounding us remain safe from all kinds of theft of any kind.

By keeping them offline. Keeping your information offline is the best way for you to protect your cryptos information from getting into the wrong hands. Don't write out your private key to be stored on somewhere that can be connected to the internet. Good old fashioned pen and paper should become your best friends. Write your information down and store them in a place that you are the only one who can get to them

I have them all written down on paper and hidden lol. Also have copies on usb sticks. I'd literally cry if I lost my keys.

It is quite simple as long as you dont have millions on your account. If your money will always be in movement, it would be easier

I save it with notepad only, no tools or special hardware or special software, the most important is your laptop must be installed antivirus, to avoid the trojan

I think you can have a lot of methods. I suggest that you keep a record in your notebook and record a copy on your computer. This is safer. Of course, you can save your private key separately. You just need to know it on your own!

To be honest i don't have any privacy settings and i simply store my data on my laptop. Since I was hacked and my key was stolen, I am going to level up my security, so better think about your privacy twice

After the frequent cases of hacking wallets ether I decided to buy a hardware wallet Ledger and I am very happy with this thing because it is very convenient and now I do not worry that they are someone will steal

You make a private documents. label it based on your account. then put all your passwords and username in organized manner so that you will not be confuse when you forgot some of your password. You can also have a separated copy of that document because if it is better to have a plan b. maybe you can write it down on a diary or somewhere else.

I think that the solution to this problem is quite simple. Keep the document you need on several media. Of course, copies of documents must be not only in your computer, but also on flash drives. I think that in this case, the loss of information is excluded.

You should need to consider is having a gadget that is exclusively devoted to digital currency exercises. This implies only one PC or cell phone utilized for just purchasing and offering cryptos. For example, programmers are getting to be keen at stealthily dropping keyloggers – applications that track the keys you write and also the locales you visit-on to your gadget. Thus, when you compose in your secret word, these keyloggers send the data back to the programmer who at that point utilizes it to get into your record and exchange your advantages.

I got my laptop secured with password and cannot be used to anything, exclusive for cryptocurrency only.

i note all the private keys and password and save it on the computer that is hard to find.

backed up to USD and external HDD also.

for my wife's copy, i wrote it in a notebook which she hides in a secure place.

All my encrypted information (such as username, password, and private key) is stored in my trusted email account, as well as my handwritten backup. In my opinion, this is the safest.

I have also saved most of my crypto informations on my phones and laptop, I think that is the best thing to do. But in case you are worried as to what will happen if your devices crash or get lost, then you might want to consider also saving them in your flash drives or other storage devices. Just be sure that it is safe wherever you keep it.

There are many options that can be taken to secure passwords. store in a laptop and Flash. It would be quite helpful when a lost laptop because there is still data. but when too a shortcoming and lost both of them then save it in the online spreadsheet. It is the most effective way in that kind of condition.

I use for this purposes 2 USB harddrives with passwords
Connect them only to my personal PC.
That is al what I do for security :)

Get some crypto steel it is the prescribe instrument to anchor your keys,even fire and surges wont obliterate it,not except if you didnt secure it with yourself,or you did offered it to someone,you ought to utilize metamask expansion hostile to infection and against malware software,and above all hardwallet for your keys to be ensured as ever!

Sometimes, the information might be overwhelming, from passwords, to private keys, to emails, and other addresses. It might really be tasky, having to remember where these are. This is why I have them saved in a file on my phone and laptop. Here, it is safe and easily accessible. I welcome to recieving better ideas though.

I have reinforcement on my glimmer drive and I keep in the sheltered store box, I think it is important to have a reinforcement some place aside from on the web since programmer can figure out how to take it. Additionally be cautious when you are utilizing an open association with open your wallet, get a solid secret word and dependably be watchful. On the off chance that you have equipment wallet it's surprisingly better in light of the fact that the private key never leave the wallet.

My private key usually has computer backups and handwritten backups, and during the time I don't trade, I store my important coins in the "cold wallet"!

Personally, I make up a spreadsheet on where I keep most of my important informations. Passwords, private keys, wallet addresses, emails, anything thing you can think of that is important. It is easier to get access to them that way whenever I want them, and them I save the data on my flashdrive, and system.

i am keeping my information on multiple storing devices such as USB sticks or SD cards :) Better to have you info stored in multiple places that you and only you can access them. Keeping the files on the PC/laptop presents a risk i'm not willing to take.

By making sure that they are not stored online. All of the things that are stored online are prone to attacks and hackers could get to them so no matter how secure you might think that your information is online, it is never that safe. Make sure that these information are being stored offline in a place where you are the only one that can get to it, that is how I secure my information

The best way to store your personal key password, address and registration information is to record it on a paper. You can print it after you write it on the computer. After that, you can keep it in a safe place.

Many options to download to a flash card, create a copy of your storage, download all the information to the disk, but in my opinion to keep the keys on your computer or laptop is not worth it.

By making a hard copy to all my password. Hardcopy means I write in a piece of paper then put it in a small box and put in to my cabinet which I know it is safe place. I never put or write my information and private keys in my computer or cellphone because it can can be get by some hackers. so I suggest to all to do the same thing what I do but make sure you put it in a safe place.

This is a very informative post, but it is better to ask such questions to your friends or comrades in person, since it is better not to disclose such information to anyone and this will not be a secret.

I see this as a good or best way to secure ones password, private keys and tangible information cause there a lot happening on telegram and the social site owners are not worth trusting. How ever, I prefer printing my password or private keys and have it save in a safety deposit box.

seems to much exposure to the internet using that method, as you said it's better to just print down the privkey into something that can works offline not online, like printing it on paper or even better write it on steel that's not easily destroyed so that you can sure your private key is not going to magically gone.

Keeping your information that leads the key to your digital assets is not an easy task since cyber criminals are everywhere. My best counter measure to it is by keeping an encrypted copy of my crypto information and save it to external drives and keep the external drive to place where i only know. In other words, i am not saving my crypto information online or even in my laptop/pc's hard disk.

I personally store all my account addresses and private keys on the goggle drive.
guaranteed security and the way is very effective for me personally, just use the internet network all the data that we want can be seen.

"Guaranteed security"
Well I don't think a cloud storage that have authority to disable an account which in other words have access to your private file will guarantee you security or privacy. Just imagine having a password, you want it to be secure but giving it away to stranger that's offering password saving services and you dont know thing about what he'll do to your password because he can do anything anyway.

Maybe you can transfer your important assets to the same wallet and make sure your device is secure when you get the wallet's private key. You can manually copy the private key and mnemonic. You can try reading N times a day. One day, these ABC... will be recorded in your mind. This is the safest way to store.

in my opinion all the methods have their own weaknesses and consequences, you should make it with excel which is encrypted by storing flasdisk or hard drive that has been encrypted as well. it will increase the level of security that we have been doing so far

As per my view, you have to make a soft copy of all your personal data in a notebook and also save all information in a USB disk or hard drive. You can also add a copy of your data in google drive if you have protected your mail with an authenticator.

I keep my personal crypto information secure in many places.
For example, what will I do if your laptop gets deformed?
I had kept my personal information safe in my laptop.
In such a situation, I could have a huge loss.
Now whenever I gather new information, I keep this information safe in many places.
This information can be in many pieces. I can keep it in any pendrive , chip, hard disk, personal computer and many other places. Just keep in mind that your secret information does not get anyone, or else you know what your loss can be.

I feel that the best option to secure your data at 3 to 4 places so we have the option if we lose one option still we have the option to access the data we can store our data in Google drive, USB flash drive and make a soft copy.

There are following ways to keep your crypto information's securely are as:-

1.Secure Your Wallets.
2.Separate Your Funds, Use Cold Storage.
3.Service Safety.
4.Gone Phishing – Email and Web.
5.Turn off auto-updates.
6.One or Two Factor

IMO, good antivirus and firewall are essential in securing our computers from virus and malware attacks to steal our information. On top on security, I believe we have to be careful and not to be a victim of phishing websites and scams.

Well today we have a lots of way to keep of our data safe, Google drive, pen drive, File manager extra. Lots are these to safe without failure.

There are simple rules which wouldn't allow your special valuable data to be stolen. First of all, keep your passwords secure. Other options are also must to be used. I mean for example 2-factors authentification.

I keep all my passwords and private keys on a flash drive and on a piece of paper that is in the safe. And the passwords are written incorrectly, and with a secret. A secret to keep in mind

I do not think that's going to leave a computer account and do not always open a wallet anymore because hackers do not sleep so it's a victim of people so always be careful.

I use a cold wallet to divert my assets, there are several options such as Trezor, Ledger Nano S and others, using a cold wallet for your digital assets to make your private key safe. The most important thing is that your assets are safe from hackers. Use flasdish and you can print barcodes and your private key if you are worried about losing from your computer.

I have a very good and unique memory, so I keep all the keys, accounts and passwords only in my mind. Those who have bad memory and who do not trust computers and flash drives,I recommend to record everything on plain paper in a locked safe.

Simpliest way- get a pen and paper and handwrite everything, then hide said piece of paper somewhere in your home and hope your house does not burn down. other than that you can  risk it on comp storage,but never let it connect to the internet

Bro actually i really trust google. Because of that i change my emails password with 20 character password and i added my gmail 2fa.
So i am storing my passwords and private keys in my gmail account. Even i am entering my gmail hardly so i believe hackers will not reach my private informations.

Give it to your lawyer with a password. It will protect you from robbers as at home you will have no passwords, well and from the high emotionality.

Give it to your lawyer with a password. It will protect you from robbers as at home you will have no passwords, well and from the high emotionality.

Have a flash drive for the sole purpose of storing your crypto data and other important things, be sure to keep it in  safe place that only you know. I also create a note file in my laptop for me to easily access the data I need whenever I have transactions to do. You could also write or print your data on paper and store it safely.

I think you have the most effective option for securing your information in three to four places, even if we lose one option, we have the option of reaching it. So, we should store our data in Google Drive, USB flash drive, etc. and if possible, make a soft copy too.

You can always backup your wallet securely to cold wallet, don't share your informations and avoid storing your passwords in desktop where you randomly download files, your system might be vulnerable. Always be extra careful when dealing with dex site where you input your private keys opt to use metamask instead

The most important thing is to save "wallet.dat" file in a very secured (physically) place, I see that some users here have suggested to store in USB, but I would say in USBs, in multiple places because the USBs can be corrupted or lose the files that are stored there for unknown reason, also when the USB is not plugged in for a long time it can lost the information stored inside.
The passwords usually we remember them and try to memorize by heart, but also using the tools like LastPass applications which encrypt our passwords.

It seems to me that today I will be 100% safe. If someone is interested in your data, information or keys, it will do everything to get them. But in any case, our security depends on us.

This is very important, well the way I keep my info is quite unique I must say, because I keep my keys on an encrypted doc file and store on my drive, Google drive to be precise, so even if I loose me phone, I can still get access to all my files from cloud, and also user cannot get access to my files cus they are all encrypted. And I do have a working note I hand write most of my pk and 2fa codes on.

I keep this information on my computer or on the paper at home and the second way is the safest because nobody will hack you and stole your money throughout the computer. I trust to paper and it is the lowest type in risk. But to put info on computer is easier and comfortable thanks to the technology.

I recommend that you purchase a hardware wallet to store your cryptocurrency assets, or use a paper copy to record your password.

the point is that you must still make security on your PC especially for the health of various viruses, such as malicious, phishing and the like related to it. make a duplicate of your private key, and keep it in the safest place other than on your laptop. like a flasdist or something

I recommend to duplicate twice in written form (for myself and a close person for an accident) and in electronic form (on 2 different media)

I store my funds on a hardware wallet and the sensitive information on a separate device which I use only
for storing of crypto data to make sure it cannot be compromised.

I bought myself Ledger Nano S. just see how many people suffer from hacking their wallets, why take such a risk. It is better to give some money but sleep well

I secure my computer with an antivirus software and use a hardware wallet. For passwords, seeds and private keys, I write it down on a paper and keep in a secure place. I don’t really trust keeping these information in the computer.

because I very rarely or almost never trade so I don't have too many passwords and for that I just keep password in my mind and copy MEW private key that I've on disk

Why not store it on a cloud server wherein, you are the only one who has the access over it? and if you lost your laptop, still there's a chance that you can recover your accounts again.

I save everything in 1 folder. all the data that I have is like an exchange site, wallet, and others. and I save it in the cloud. if something happens with my laptop, everything will be fine.

make the safest Google account, you have to do a complete verification, especially the mobile number
after that, save all usernames, passwords and also anything you consider important, including the private key into a notepad
then you enter the file.txt from Notepad into the .rar archive and protect it with a password
upload on your google account or maybe on icloud if you have one

If you don't have a hardware wallet like Ledger or Trezor.
1. Encrypt the file that has your priv keys.
2. Store it in an encrypted USB like Sandisk. Use a different password.
3. Create a USB copy and store the other one in a safe location. Only 1 USB is used for daily access.

You should buy a flash drive dedicated only for storing sensitive information like your private keys and passwords. You need to back up your files in your laptop or smartphone every day as a precaution in case something unexpected happens.

everything like passwords, private keys, and keystore I store in a folder on my PC (the only one using pc is me), so I'm not worried that it will be opened by someone else. and so far it is safe and nothing happens.

Well, I advise not to put your very crypto information in your laptop, maybe reserve one flashdrive to it, whenever anyone might access your laptop, still you have securely put all your accounts in a flash drive that you are the only one should access.

Well i store them in a safe place where not anyone can easly access. that way i can't really share where i kept that.
just for safety reason that i kept it in secret.

Your Keys, Your Coin; Not your keys, not your coins.

In fact, today (Jan 3 2019), there's an exercise going on called the "Proof-of-Key day" exercise. Where for 1 day, every participant withdraws all their Bitcoins from every trading/custodial account into address(es) they personally hold.

You can read more about this on this well-written post on Medium (https://medium.com/@eljuangalt/proof-of-keys-intentional-crypto-bank-run-4-step-survival-guide-4422b7c0e0d8)

As with my private key and password, I store it in a document on my laptop. And to store this important data in documents that are not connected to the internet network. And until now I have never lost my tokens.

Same here.  Ive also done that but aside from laptop i also save another copy on my usb stick ( flashdrive ) and on my mobile phone as well . this is for extra security so that whatever happens to other devices , i wont worrry that much because i can still access my wallet  . 

it does not necesarily to turn off your internet because hackers cannot access our files pretty easy because of built in firewalls and anti malware installed on our devices  .