This is what I always suspected made Bitcoin rise so much with every halving.

In the end, if you take a step back and look at the entire frame, we can't move on without miners and miners cannot move on without our help with the price growth if the hashrate is on a constant rise. It's a continuous mutual support. On the other hand, there'll always be miners out there doing their job even if price isn't on a continuous growth (see 2015). Not all miners sell their coins instantly.

Well, most Bitcoin forks are just "unpopular opinions" of Bitcoin. I don't think a battle between these forks and Bitcoin itself will ever be realistic, because in the end the original coin has the features most people want and need.

If making use and taking of the victim's lack of knowledge is deceiving/scamming, then that is literally what casinos do. There are too many people who still fall for the typical trap of gambling businesses by thinking that casinos are out there to make you rich, and not to take your money.

Even this forum is filled up with "strategies" for different gambling games and that shows you just how easy a gambling business deceives you by making you think (i.e. Gambler's fallacy, credits to o_e_l_e_o for teaching me about it) a different session setup or seed would give you an advantage. If that's what deceiving is, then spike420211 has used the proper words.

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INTRODUCTION

Radiations are everywhere around us. They cannot be completely avoided unless you turn your house/room into a Faraday cage, but have you ever bothered lowering down the amount of radiation in your house? Or, at least.. in your bedroom?

I have, and it's safe to say it's an interesting journey to go for. Learning new stuff is fun, and if what you learn is even helpful.. why not?! Let's begin by enumerating some of the typical electronic stuff a modern room/house might have nowadays:

- Computer/laptop
--- Keyboard & mouse
--- Wi-Fi/Bluetooth adapter
- Wi-Fi router
--- Wi-Fi repeater
- Smartphone(s)
--- Wireless headsets
--- Smartwatches/Smartbands
- TV
--- Wireless soundbars
- Microwave
- Gaming consoles

Some houses are even placed close to cell antennas. A lot of people ignore the radiation coming from their devices because we're usually told a WiFi or Bluetooth device doesn't throw radiation at you enough to be considered hazardous.

Wireless is fun and convenient. You don't have to wire around your entire house and drill holes in walls or have an annoying headset cable dangling around while you do some sport.

But have you ever wondered what happens if you combine the radiation coming from a smartphone, a computer & bluetooth peripherals, a Wi-Fi router & repeaters, a smartwatch, a TV with wireless speakers, a gaming console and a wireless headset all powered on and in use at the same time? What if you have kids and the amount of devices multiplies?

This is the scary part. I personally love wireless stuff, but if I can avoid potentially hazardous amounts of radiation, I will prefer to do so.

Let's take the list above, each row .. one by one:

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1.0 COMPUTER/LAPTOP

Most laptop and computer radiation exposure comes from either Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or other wireless services (such as NFC). Therefore, the best ways you can limit the radiation exposure is:

• If you want to connect to the internet, do so using Ethernet cables. Don't have enough cables? You can always get an Ethernet Switch, which is cheap and very useful.
• To better avoid the exposure, you can do a manual teardown of your laptop or computer and remove Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or other wireless modules.
• When you need to connect to your phone or a headset, do so using the old wired method: use a cable!
• Avoid putting laptops on your lap. Especially if they're connected to Wi-Fi.
• Try to stay as far away from the display as possible while you can still comfortably read the contents of it. This also helps with the eye strain issues from prolonged use of computers.

1.1 KEYBOARD & MOUSE

Keyboards and mouses are obviously needed for computers and laptops, as long as it's not a touchscreen tablet. Anyways, if you want to avoid EMF exposure, there are two options:

• Try avoiding wireless ones. Wireless is also a potential privacy/security compromise, so it's even better if you're both trying to limit your exposure to radiations and improving your privacy and security.
• If you want to go to the extremes (wired keyboards and mouses emit very low, insignificant amounts of EMF), there are lower emitting peripherals you can buy. For example, mechanical keyboards or those that do not contain any other "extra" features such as backlights.

1.2 WI-FI/BLUETOOTH ADAPTER

There are some very understandable reasons you might often use a wireless adapter for your device. For example, you have removed Wi-Fi or Bluetooth modules and need to connect to a Starbucks local Wi-Fi.

But if you can use Ethernet (and USB for Bluetooth replacement) cables instead of these adapters, you will lower your exposure to the EMF emitted by wireless antennas.

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2.0 WI-FI ROUTER

In most households, Wi-Fi routers are kept powered on literally 24/7. It's possible that you wake up at 4 o' clock needing to check new TikToks in the middle of the night. But having a Wi-Fi router powered on constantly means EMFs being emitted constantly.

Therefore, there are a few ways you can solve this issue:

• Buy a Wi-Fi Router Guard. This blocks a significant part of the EMFs coming from your router without blocking the Wi-Fi signals. That means you can lower down your exposure while also having the possibility to connect to the router!
• Replace the router with wired connections and only activate mobile data connections for your phone when you need them.

2.1 WI-FI REPEATER

Using Wi-Fi repeaters is similar to having a router (or more) in your home. To replace these, the best thing you can do is:

• Purchase one that can be placed inside a Wi-Fi Router Guard or buy instead a router that could act as a Wi-Fi extender
• Replace repeaters/extenders with wired connections.

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3.0 SMARTPHONE(S)

Years ago, when someone told me how good of a sleep you get with a phone powered off, I laughed. Months ago however, I used to receive a ton of messages at night that annoyed me so I thought turning off my phone would be the best way to stop this while I sleep.

I used to sleep 9-12 hours a night and always woke up very tired, sometimes with headaches too. However, after 6 hours, I had like the best sleep in years with my phone off.

I initially did not notice this, but after a few nights with my phone off I returned to my old habit: sleeping with the phone next to me, turned on. That's when I found out that it's the phone that made me so tired after half a day of sleep. Therefore, this is how you can stop the exposure to EMFs coming from phones:

• When you don't want any EMF to be emitted by the phone at all, if possible, just remove the case and take the battery out. This might reset the date & time however.
• Very cheap method of blocking all EMFs: wrap your phone in a few layers of tinfoil. Try calling it from another number to check whether you wrapped it correctly (make sure you leave no holes when you wrap the phone).
• Buy a Faraday Phone Pouch/Bag. It doesn't look bad at all and has two pockets: the front one if you'd like to protect your phone from damage while also receiving calls & texts and the fabric pocket, which blocks any signal the phone receives/emits. This includes Wi-Fi, texts, calls, Bluetooth etc.

3.1 WIRELESS HEADSETS

This one is simple: wireless is great and all, but if you want to limit EMF exposure, use wired headsets like most of us used to years ago. Wires may be annoying, but remember one thing: they're called wireless headsets for a reason, so any EMF is emitted/received very close to your skull!

3.2 SMARTWATCHES/SMARTBANDS

To be honest, besides receiving BitcoinTalk notification messages, I have always considered these quite useless. A combination of a smartwatch/smartband and a wireless headset may help as you could text and call from your wrist, but it defeats the purpose of this thread.

Moreover, having a smartwatch at your wrist all the time means having a microphone (possibly even a camera) constantly there for any hacker to make use of. Because it doesn't sit in your pocket like your phone does, it gets even worse - the sounds are clear at almost any time of the day!

Well, these watches and bands do emit radiation as well - they're connected to your phone constantly through NFC or Bluetooth, right? Replacing them with the good ol' Casio (or Rolex, if you afford one!) is the best thing you can do.

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4.0 TV

TVs. Lately, Smart TVs became the norm. Little do people know that these are privacy concerns. It's been found that these Smart TVs could let some third parties know what you like to watch on YouTube, what kind of stuff you have on USB disks you insert and so on!

Moreover, most Smart TVs are Wi-Fi capable. Some of them are even Bluetooth capable as well! Both of these equal radiations. Well, how can you fix this?

• Buy a non-smart TV and a Blu-Ray Player with apps you like that doesn't have wireless functions. That means you could turn your TV into a smart one only when you choose to that only connects to the internet when that Ethernet cable is plugged in!

4.1 WIRELESS SOUNDBARS

I don't think there's much to say here. Wireless? EMFs. Just replace those with super cool wired speakers!

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5.0 MICROWAVE

There may be some cases where microwaves are irreplaceable. Well, whenever you get the opportunity to, cook or warm up your food using older methods such as ovens and stoves! Microwaves do not only emit a scary amount of EMFs but could also be killing some of the nutrients from your food.

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6.0 GAMING CONSOLES

Gaming consoles such as PS4 and Xbox One do emit EMFs too. As far as you probably know, the controllers are wireless on both of them. How can we fix that? (note: the following two tutorials will void your console's warranty)

• Xbox One: Remove the Wi-Fi module which also includes the wireless components for connecting your controllers to the console. This can be easily done by following the iFixit tutorial for replacing the Wi-Fi Board. Takes around 15-20 minutes.
  Note: after removing the Wi-Fi Board, you will have to connect your controllers using a microUSB cable and internet connections will still be available through Ethernet.
• PlayStation 4 (NOTE: I have not tried this with PS4!! Do this at your own risk!): Just like with the Xbox One, you could remove the Wi-Fi Antenna using iFixit's tutorial.

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BONUS: 7.0 ALEXA

A little monster that some people place inside every single room of their house. Again, they may be convenient for a lot of stuff, but the fact that they're permanently listening to what happens around really does scare me. Whether it does or does not communicate what it hears to Jeff's servers, I don't care. But besides being a privacy concern, it also does emit EMFs as it uses Wi-Fi.

Replacements? Echo? No! Just throw 'em monsters in the trash!

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If you liked this thread, please let me know and I'll think of some other similar threads to write. If I missed something or there's anything I said wrong, don't hesitate to write a reply below. I am not a doctor or an expert in this kind of stuff, but I have learned all of this on my own along the way so I thought it'd be nice to share it with you all.

Come on, this is not like a cult or something, there are a lot of members who support the deserving newbies. Growing an account on here was a very easy thing years ago before the Merit system, but now it's much harder to rank up without at least a little bit of effort.

Many posts coming from newbies do not get support because they're posted just to fill up threads without much of a substance if any at all. When a new user comes in and posts something valuable, there are times when they get enough merit to rank up not only once but twice. The thing is, many expect to get merits from writing their own opinions no matter they're right or wrong, relevant or irrelevant to the topic etc.

Take your time, be patient. If one wants to hurry a rankup, the only reason I see they'd do it is if they wanted to desperately join a signature campaign. When the time comes, you will be able to be part of one too if that's what you will, although if you're only here for sig campaigns and bounties then I'm not sure you'll last too long in one. Remember that many of us were like you at one point.

Accusing with enough evidence is fine but doxxing really is a completely different thing, especially as there is some VERY personal information this guy (or these guys) have published. If one has enough information to accuse somebody of specific crimes, let them do so but legally, and surely not by posting the personal data on a public forum visited by hundreds of thousands of members.

The entire subject is way too long for me to be able to read it all, but I do also support your request for your personal data to be removed from that post. If I was in your place, I'd want the same.

But I'm not entirely sure whether this or Meta is the better board to have this thread in. I believe Meta is visited by more people who may be able to help you out with the matter, especially as this is a problem related to some info available on the forum.

Bitcoin adoption will not be Bitcoin adoption anymore if this is what we want. I'm personally very good without PayPal or a bank that allows me to use crypto anywhere. It's just a bait that does no good to Bitcoin in the end.

Cheering for a centralized platform, service or corporation to add Bitcoin and make it widely used through their centralized thing is just wrong. You're cheering for the initial Bitcoin's death and the rise of a controlled currency.

It's way, way better to cheer for Bitcoin to be accepted directly at a lot of stores rather than having it accepted through PayPal. If one wants to accept it, there are already a lot of options that don't even put you under the risk of "having the value drop radically after the customer pays". But they don't, and we should let that happen naturally. You could get a VISA card with Bitcoin on it, right? There are n options around, and they are centralized enough.

That's just impossible to be accurate. The eyes are literally as accurate as a Minecraft head transformed into a real dude would be:



The very pixelated guy might have Asian or Hispanic characteristics and you'd have absolutely no idea. Hell, he might even be wearing a beanie and you'd mistake that for his hair. You can't make any kind of accurate face out of that, probably not even a face shape.

For less blurrier images of faces? Much higher chances for this to work. But with the first 2 media files RT gave, no way. The blurry pics from the third (last) media is a much more reaslistic scenario of accurate AI generation.

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Yeah. That is the happy scenario. But there are enough resources out there to find out that these kind of tools are permanently used against us for surveillance/control, whether we are criminals or not.

This is how upside down the world is and how much of an arse hole this guy is: you create something amazing and a decade later people try claiming ownership and legitimate use of your invention as if it was always theirs.

But at the end of the day, all you have is a claim you can laugh at people with while, at the same time, you can't do much at all with it. If one such attempt ever gets to claim ownership over Bitcoin's name for all cases & domains, good luck claiming ownership over everything that has Bitcoin in it without becoming the enemy for literally millions of people.

@HeRetiK agreed. Dumb move.

Haha, I really do know that feeling. A little heads up from me, you can do it!

I usually followed these types of threads up to the point where they simply poofed as if they never existed, hopefully this is not the case for you. And if it is, you know how it's said.. three time's a charm, right?

Is there any flaw if you were to put a laminated seed inside a bottle and then buried the bottle in the backyard or inside a large pot?

Unless you sell your lot completely forgetting the fact that you have buried a seed under the ground or you tell your friends where the "secret bottle" is located, I don't know what else could really go wrong: a house fire would not affect it if you bury it in the right place, no scanner or metal detector will ever find it and a thief won't start digging your garden whatsoever.

Might be the oldest way of hiding some valuable things, but I have a feeling it's giving the least headache overall.

This plus a few more requirements such as account age and time spent per day on the forum might avoid a larger part of the abuse.

But the way theymos has merit sources under control at the moment is way better imo than also having a faucet for multiple users. Would become a hard job for theymos to control who deserves a faucet and who doesn't.

I often find myself running out of sMerits too but having some out of nowhere might actually turn into unnecessary generosity for smaller ranks and in consequence easier rankup for undeserving members. I feel like when you have sMerits that you earned yourself, you choose wiser where to spend them.

Thanks God I still have my 1999-2010 cellphones somewhere in the house - and the older smartphones that allowed manual battery removal without having to open up the phone.

For now, you can still do the "trick" of installing a custom ROM without Google on it on Android. That saves you from those crappy, mandatory, sneaky updates.

But bad news: 2G and 3G networks are most likely gonna down at some point with the "nobody uses them anymore!" excuse, making older phones just useless. And there goes my smartphone straight into the trash can. Same thing will happen with physical fiat.

"Don't use banknotes, you're spreading the virus!"
"We recommend paying with credit card only to protect yourself from the virus"
"We have removed cash payments from our shop to help with COVID-19"
blah blah blah ==> "We decided to remove physical money as the circulation of it has gone down magically within the last year"

It's too obvious it'll happen at one point. The strategy US cops used to surround protesters & arrest them, but it's used virtually. Our options shrinked down to the point where you can't do anything but comply to the new shit.

I hate it when someone asks me to move on to another platform specifically for this reason. Moving around from one app/platform to another should be considered suspicious from the start imo. Might be more convenient to quickly write messages on a WhatsApp-like UI, but in the end even e-mail communication would be much more convenient if you want to have proof after the deal.

When and if you are moved from BTCTalk to another app by the other person you're dealing with, ask them to sign a message from an older address used here (or from the staked ones). It's very, very likely that a trusted member had posted at least once an address here they could sign from.

Sending/receiving a PM with an address in it doesn't prove much besides the fact that you are under control of the said account. That doesn't necessarily prove you are the owner of it.

Thread tradus din Engleza; OP-ul thread-ului original este @GreatArkansas.
Cine este interesat de subiectul intimitate/anonimitate/siguranta online poate sa arunce o privire si peste topic-ul #DeGoogle - Luati-va inapoi controlul asupra intimitatii.

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Fiecare website pe care il vizitam, in special cele care cer parole pentru exchange-urile crypto, conturile pentru forumuri, conturile social media etc. ne cer sa ne facem parola sigura. I-ati ascultat? Sau ati alcatuit o parola care e prea scurta? O parola obisnuita? Ei bine, acesta este un obicei prost. Folosind o parola sigura, ajuti la siguranta conturilor tale fata de hackerii de pe internet.

In primul rand, avem nevoie de niste exemple de parole pe care nu se recomanda sa le folositi sau care sunt foarte obisnuite.

A. Toate aceste parole sunt foarte obisnuite si nu ar trebuii sa le folositi!

• 123456
• abcdefg
• abc12345
• parola
• parola123
• Mai multe parole obisuite.

B. Nu folositi niciodata parole care includ informatii personale precum:

• Nume
• Data de nastere
• Locul de nastere
• Adresa ta

Motivul pentru care sa nu folositi date personale in parole este faptul ca va reprezenta un avantaj pentru hackeri: daca stiu cateva date personale ale voastre, ar putea sa va ghiceasca mai usor parolele folosindu-se de acestea.

C. Nu folositi niciodata substituirea obisnuita:
Exemple:

• B1tc01n
• W33k3nd
• 1m1Pl@cC@1n11

Folosirea acestor tipuri de parole este foarte evidenta. Spre exemplu, W33k3nd - doar ai inlocuit e cu 3. Este simplu sa ataci o parola de genul prin metoda bruteforce, folosind substituenti obisnuiti ai caracterelor.

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Alcatuirea parolelor sigure
Din moment ce deja stim ce tipuri de parole nu trebuie utilizate, acum putem continua prin alcatuirea unei parole sigure.

• Asigura-te ca parola ta este lunga,
  amesteca litere mici si mari din alfabetul A-Z,
  cifre de la 0-9,
  caractere speciale precum &^$#
  De exemplu, S5#A$B1dpqzM^UMk , dar aceasta parola este foarte greu de retinut.
  Cum puteti retine parolele de acest gen? :
   
  
• Metoda propozitiilor:
  Ideea acestei metode este ca parola va fi alcatuita dintr-o propozitie oarecare sau o propozitie alcatuita de voi.
  Exemplu:
  Veti lua primele 2 caractere ale fiecarui cuvant din propozitia: "Am Fost Nascut La 2:35pm In Germania"
  Rezultat:  AmFoNaLa2:InGe
  
  
• Folosindu-te de cateva cuvinte
  Parola va contine cateva cuvinte. Faptul ca impreuna aceste cuvinte nu au o logica va face ca parola sa fie sigura.
  Exemplu:
  "Caine in intuneric" -  Sunt cuvinte care au sens impreuna, fiind ordonate corect d.p.d.v. gramatical.
  "hulk atinge suspenda omega" - Fraza care nu are niciun sens si nu este ordonata corect d.p.d.v. gramatical.
  Poti sa folosesti aceasta parola cu litera mare la a doua litera a fiecarui cuvant, adaugand un caracter special intre ele.
  Like hUlk&aTinge$sUspenda@oMega -
  Poti sa folosesti Metoda Propozitiilor aici, spre exemplu, luand primele doua litere ale fiecarui cuvant, punand a doua litera mare la fiecare cuvant si adaugand un caracter special intre cuvinte.
  "hUlk aTinge sUspenda oMega".
  Rezultat :  hU#aT!sU*oM$
  
  
• Folosind un generator aleatoriu de parole,
  
  Quote from: whotookmycrypto on April 16, 2019, 07:40:58 AM
  De asemenea, nu m-as simtii confortabil folosind o unealta online precum Avast pentru a genera parole. Mult mai sigur este sa folosesti o unealta offline pentru a genera parolele precum un manager de parole. De exemplu, https://keepass.info/. Cu KeyPass, poti genera o parola sigura in 2 pasi simpli.
  
  Step 1: Selecteaza casuta cu mai multe variante
  Step 2: Selecteaza siguranta necesara pentru parola ta
  Observatii: Poti sa personalizezi ce fel de caractere au/nu au voie sa existe in parolele tale cand le generezi, ceea ce este foarte la indemana.
  
  
  
  In ultimul rand, folosind manageri de parole va ajuta si cu dificultatea de a retine parolele.
  
  
  AM STERS Generatorul Aleator de Parole Avast, deoarece am observat ca unealta open-source si offline de mai sus este mult mai sigura.
  
  
• Manager de parole
  Folosind un manager de parole, va fi mai usor sa organizam diferitele parole de pe diferite website-uri. Sugerez sa folositi https://keepass.info/, este un proiect open-source si gratuit.
  
  Cum sa folositi managerul de parole KeePass:
  1st, Descarcati si instalati KeePass, puteti sa folositi versiunea portabila sau instalatorul.
  2nd, Odata ce instalarea este gata, o sa fiti intrebati pentru o parola generala si pentru locatia in care sa se salveze Fisierul KDBX KeePass (.kdbx), pe care il puteti folosii ca backup.
  3rd, Umpleti casutele.
  
  Puteti sa dati doar copy/paste parolei in fiecare casuta pe care vreti sa o umpleti, doar dati dublu-click pe casuta in care vi se cere parola. Aceasta se va copia automat iar datele copiate se vor sterge automat din clipboard dupa 12 secunde.
  *Asigurati-va ca baza voastra de date KeePass este salvata si retineti parola generala pentru baza de date*
  Multumiri lui whotookmycrypto si OmegaStarScream pentru asta.
  
  Versiunea Android:
  KeePassDroid
  Tocmai ce am gasit o versiune Android pentru managerul/generatorul de parole care este tot open-source si pe care il puteti utiliza offline.
  Partea buna de aici este ca puteti sa va importati fisierul cu baza de date de pe Windows. Sunt aproximativ la fel.
  
  Suport read/write pentru .kdb si KeePass 1.x.
  Suport read/write pentru .kdbx si KeePass 2.x.
  

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SFATURI

• Nu distribuiti nimanui parolele voastre.
  Aveti grija in legatura cu persoanele in care va incredeti, nu distribuiti parolele.
  
• Folositi o parola diferita pentru fiecare cont pe care il aveti
  La fel si pe exchange-urile crypto, nu folositi aceeasi parola pe toate exchange-urile.
  
• Alcatuiti intotdeauna parole lungi.
  Majoritatea recomanda parole de 8 sau 12 caractere.
  
• Nu va urcati parolele in stocare cloud.
  Evitati sa va urcati parolele online, de exemplu pe un serviciu de hostare fisiere.
  
• Folositi intotdeauna two-factor authentication(2FA) sau multi-factor authentication (MFA).
  Acest lucru va va ridica si mai mult siguranta conturilor, fiind coduri cerute inainte de intrarea in cont.
  
• Fiti foarte atenti la website-urile false.
  Chiar daca aveti o parola sigura, daca intrati pe un site fals o aveti degeaba.
  

Exista o discutie aici pe acest subiect (EN): Alcatuirea unei parole sigure..

Aveti alte idei legate de alcatuirea unei parole sigure si puternice sau aveti vreun sfat? simtiti-va liberi sa scrieti mai jos
Versiunea in Filipineza: Gabay sa Paggawa ng Malupit at Ligtas na Password
Versiunea in Engleza: [GUIDE] How to Create a Strong/Secure Password

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Surse:
How to create a strong password
How to Create a Strong Password (and Remember It)
How to Create a Secure Password
[must read]Tips on creating a secure password[important]

The fact that he stole money and kept a spreadsheet to return it made me run out of words for a bit, it's just amazing and so unusual. You can basically say he borrowed money from some of them.

Gambling addiction is indeed a grave situation especially when it gets to the point where you're starting to sell your stuff or borrow money to continue the addiction. Worst part is, many of the addicts hide their bad habit in order to continue to be accepted in the society which only puts them in an even worse situation. When you start not being able to control yourself, it might be time to ask for external help before it gets too late.

This is the best case scenario, where you have the right password length & combination and where you store the proper thing the right way. We have some encrypted ".dat" files on the forum that you have most likely seen too around, which haven't been decrypted in a decade.

But the average Joe would think that the same password they've used on 100 other accounts, although long and complicated, is secure to use for a paper wallet encryption and post it on a forum too when you have password leaks happening every day so the long, very complex password might actually be a Google search away. I can't even recall how many times I thoroughly thought of a security process to make sure everything is as should be, but months later I found out a very little thing I forgot could've led to the compromise of the provided security all that time.

Hence, I'd rather take the encrypted key with me on a piece of paper and take just as much care of it as I would of my physical fiat wallet; I think it's the best suggestion one can give to the average person. Honestly, unless you are a very important/suspicious person as you said Snowden would be, I think the chances are almost non-existent that someone would check out what you wrote on a piece of paper. At least for now, because if Bitcoin ever becomes the norm, expect paper thieves to exist, lol.

I personally do not trust online backups of any sort, especially financial assets. Online means possibility of leaving fingerprints in a server you don't own and, if anyone is interested in running with their Bitcoins from someone/something, I guess it'd be even worse to leave traces.

EDIT: The "average Joe" part now makes even more sense after Tash's reply:

Amount doesn't matter. Having a paper wallet worth $5 stolen would annoy me just as much as one worth $100 would. Moreover, it'd even get me skeptical to a point where I wouldn't trust any of my own wallets as I'd know thefts have happened before so my storage method is clearly flawed.

If you think transferring a significant amount of BTC to an encrypted paper wallet and then posting it here is a good method just because it has a password on it, then good luck with that. I'd literally be on my toes and stressed out desperately checking my balance every minute to make sure the money is still there until I get to the other part of the world where I'm supposed to use it.


Read my last post again. I'm quite sure you don't write your accounts or credit card PIN on walls when you don't want to forget them.

Not sure if this is a troll post or not, but I don't think there's anything worse than posting your encrypted paper wallet on a forum or sending it through e-mail...

You can literally transfer $10,000,000,000 on a paper, fold it, put it in your pocket and go wherever you'd like without having even the best scanner in the world knowing you have that much money on you.. Compared to gold or other stuff they can find at the airport or that is large & heavy enough to be suspicious.

Unless you know what you're doing, the bolded lines may have even more & worse security holes than a paper/hardware wallet.

Why isn't a paper wallet suitable way of storing all savings? I mean, as soon as it's created and stored the right way, it's just as safe as all the other methods when created & stored properly.

There are so many possibilities of losing your wallets with every method that there's no perfect way to store them properly. You could easily lose your computer/USB/phone in a fire or if the disk inside the device fails without the possibility of recovery. Even our mind has flaws: you could simply have a bad memory loss after an accident and there goes everything you had.

I stored some of my BTC on paper wallets for many years without touching them and had zero issues when transferring them back into a hot wallet.


If you cannot properly store very important data on your own, then the worst thing you can do is give it to someone else to do it for you imo, lol. While you enjoy your life on a sunny beach, there may be a few guys trying to decrypt your wallets behind the scenes. Or the government itself, if they consider it's worth it.

I barely trust my own storage & encryption methods although most of the times I repeat all steps like 5 times in a row to make sure I still get the same results and did it all properly from the start. Knowing my wallets are in someone else's hands, even encrypted, would constantly stress me the hell out.

If you knew with BTC you'd earn $100 a day and with a shitcoin you'd earn $120, you'd move to the shitcoin yourself until you find something even better. Mining for a certain coin doesn't necessarily mean you support it. As long as you have the balance, you can immediately sell and this gives you the opportunity to mine even shitcoins and sell them almost in an instant so that any drop wouldn't affect you.