My seed

[Abdussamad]

I just wrote in another thread about how electrum addresses are derived from my seed. Just wondering whether that is possible literally? I mean literally derived from my DNA? Maybe that is how future bitcoin wallets will work.

[Jaxkr]

This would be completely possible. Somehow obtain your raw DNA sequence (TAGATTGAT...) and use it as a seed for a deterministic wallet. BIP 0032 could be a possible method.

[Tachikoma]

That wouldn't be too smart though; if I got a hair of your body I could access all your coins.

[Abdussamad]

That wouldn't be too smart though; if I got a hair of your body I could access all your coins.

Hair, skin cells CSI style or even saliva from a utensil I used would be enough to steal from me. So yeah not a good idea.

[Jaxkr]

That wouldn't be too smart though; if I got a hair of your body I could access all your coins.

Hair, skin cells CSI style or even saliva from a utensil I used would be enough to steal from me. So yeah not a good idea.

It's still be cool though. How about DNA + passphrase?

[Abdussamad]

That wouldn't be too smart though; if I got a hair of your body I could access all your coins.

Hair, skin cells CSI style or even saliva from a utensil I used would be enough to steal from me. So yeah not a good idea.

It's still be cool though. How about DNA + passphrase?

It could be the "something you are" part of a multifactor authentication system:

http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs513/2005fa/nnlauthpeople.html

But as mentioned before we practically shed our DNA all over the place so it is useless to use it. Fingerprints or retinal scans are a better idea.