Where do you store your seed?

[Crptomagma]

The recovery phrase isn’t good enough just be in my my gadgets, there are cases when the device used to save the recovery details might be corrupt and all details in it lost so I choose writing it in paper and keeping it in two different locations knowing the odds of of misplacing both documents is very low. It’s always in a laminated document to be on a safer side.

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[Eureka_07]

The recovery phrase isn’t good enough just be in my my gadgets, there are cases when the device used to save the recovery details might be corrupt and all details in it lost <snip>

Not just a possible corrupted file, other concern is the security. The thing is, there is a higher possibility that your stored seed will be accessed by other people who aren't authorized to do so. If your device has been hacked, and someone was able to spy and see everything that you are doing through the device.

[doctor877]

With utmost carefulness I can suggest you write it on paper and leave out some words that you can remember and then keep the paper save in different places where you are likely to come across it incase you have an emergency. What I do is to remember first two words and last two words and I write the rest on a paper and save it where I can come across it at least once a week.

[vaultman]

It is enough to store it in a notepad in a folder on your hard drive, and also have a backup copy on a USB flash drive. More serious and secure storage options only make sense when large amounts of money are stored in the accounts in the form of cryptocurrencies. But in my opinion, it is better not to keep a large amount of funds on accounts, but to withdraw them and use them at your discretion.

[LittleBitFunny]

I've changed my seeds into a symbolic language, then typed those symbolic writings on a paper and made three photocopies. I always keep one copy with me, one at home and the other one at my office. Multiple copies will protect my seeds from being lost, and symbolic writing will protect me from being hacked.

[ReiMomo]

I've changed my seeds into a symbolic language, then typed those symbolic writings on a paper and made three photocopies. I always keep one copy with me, one at home and the other one at my office. Multiple copies will protect my seeds from being lost, and symbolic writing will protect me from being hacked.

Is the symbolic language did not make you forget what it is?

Having multiple copies of your seed is must adviseable upon keeping the seed, you should be responsible for keeping them if you threat your bitcoin as a valuable asset for you. But keeping your seed on light materials like a sheet of paper will I guess may also vulnerable to having disasters. I guess using metal where your seed stored is also considered as safe method of keeping your private seed.

[milewilda]

I've changed my seeds into a symbolic language, then typed those symbolic writings on a paper and made three photocopies. I always keep one copy with me, one at home and the other one at my office. Multiple copies will protect my seeds from being lost, and symbolic writing will protect me from being hacked.

Is the symbolic language did not make you forget what it is?

Having multiple copies of your seed is must adviseable upon keeping the seed, you should be responsible for keeping them if you threat your bitcoin as a valuable asset for you. But keeping your seed on light materials like a sheet of paper will I guess may also vulnerable to having disasters. I guess using metal where your seed stored is also considered as safe method of keeping your private seed.

When it comes on storing your keys on a sheet of paper then it would really be that risky to do so even having in multiple ones yet as said when it comes to disasters then these
papers will be potentially be lost or damage. Having a metal sheet plate with seeds embosed or been put in it will be much on the safer side.When handling out your keys
then its just normal for us to be responsible on storing it on a safe place which is far away on peoples awareness because tendency on getting stolen would be always there.
Some do even store up on cloud storages which isnt really that suggested or even on a simple USB.There are various of ways.

[yohananaomi]

Initially, I store my wallet's seeds on notepads on my Desktop or phone. But I always remove them as soon as I already wrote it on a piece of paper.
The best place to store these kind of authentications is on things that doesn't use internet which is prone to hackers.

It can be said that the best place you say is that is not connected to the internet, what you say can be true, but it can also be wrong, this kind of perception.

true, if hackers can take our data because they are negligent and do not guard it properly. mostly because opening a gift link or something that makes you tempted even though it's a scam.

wrong, because we store it on a laptop / desktop it will still be safe if we don't take actions that are detrimental. use the original anti virus, don't open any files that we don't recognize, especially from email. and keep your secret files at yahoo.com email address and link with your iPhone cellphone, when someone will open your email it will not be possible because there must be authorization from your HP Iphone.

[ichi]

It is sufficient to store it in a scratchpad in an envelope on your hard drive, and furthermore, have a reinforcement duplicate on a USB streak drive. More genuine and secure stockpiling choices possibly make sense when a lot of cash is put away in the records as cryptographic forms of money. However, as I would see it, it is better not to keep an enormous number of assets on records, yet to pull out them and use them at your watchfulness.

[aoluain]

My process for storing seeds for Trezor and Nano wallets is as follows.

1. write the seed down in sequence on paper
2. transfer to an encrypted USB in various formats, Word & JPEG. But only save directly to the USB and not the computer.
3. USB gets backed up by a second encrypted USB and stored in a fireproof mini safe.
4. The seed then gets stamped into a 5mm thick stainless steel plate and screwed to something secure in my house/garage like rafters in the roof.
5. Initial piece of paper containing seed is then burned

[jerry0]

Okay so it seems like the options are



Write seed on paper and leave it in apartment/house.  But do people even break it in pieces? 


Put it in document and encrypt it and store it on usb stick


Put it in document and encrypt it and store it in the cloud


Type it in password manager like lastpass or keepass and put it in the usb stick


Type it in password manager like lastpass or keepass and put it in the cloud


Write it and put it in a safe at home


Put it in multiple safe deposit boxes at different banks


Break the seed into like three parts and leave it with different people




But most still agree don't leave it on the cloud even if you encrypt it and use password manager?  Obviously taking picture of it and putting it on your phone or just writing it on wordpad and emailing it to yourself is bad idea.  But encryption... as long as you dont get malware/keylogger on your laptop... you are safe right?  But of course you can't always be sure your laptop/computer is malware/virus/keylogger free even as careful as one can be right?

[malikg18]

I store my seeds of wallets in different Note books.Storing seeds in online places is very risky and unsafe. Few weeks back  My friend got hacked his wallet because he stored seeds in google drive and lost  his all tokens.

[sumant]

Every time when I made wallet with 12 or 24 seed word first time I take a picture from another mobile so can I read it genuinely for long time but putting this type of photo in devices always scared me, so I write it on notebook twice and take a printout of photos I taken. I done this ways to my seeds.

[Xinarae*]

I use notebooks to store seeds because it seems much safer to me there is no fear of being scammed and it is easy to use both online and offline. Hackers often hack with access to everything to keep their wallet's personal information online notebook safe place to keep passwords safe it is difficult to get information if you do not share it with anyone. If you keep it safe on the mobile device the risk will be much higher if the mobile is lost which site to place it will depend on the individual but be careful.

[nicecrypto]

The recovery phrase isn’t good enough just be in my my gadgets, there are cases when the device used to save the recovery details might be corrupt and all details in it lost so I choose writing it in paper and keeping it in two different locations knowing the odds of of misplacing both documents is very low. It’s always in a laminated document to be on a safer side.

Like you I do the same. I have two different Diaries for this. All seeds, passwords, mnemonic phrase and things like that are all written down and nothing is ever saved online, not Goggle Docs/Drive. I have copies in some external HD too for easy plug in and access when I dont want to type everything in one after the other when in need. 

[Alisha-k]

Now if you write the seed in a notebook with a ton of stuff there, well that would be hard for someone to find.  Imagine like you have a notebook where you have the seed there but also in the first few pages write down like nursery school rhyme or children books and lot of stuff like that, well obviously it won't look like its important.



Also i hear ppl say break your seed into two or three parts.  That makes sense but do you leave all the parts in the same house/apartment?  You hear about how you give one half to someone else you trust, you keep other half.  Well what if you no longer see the other person anymore or something happens, then what?  Obviously you would need to immediately send your coins to a temporary wallet in the meantime.

How about doing a systematic write-up on a local diary let's say a write up with memes sceptical formats. assuming your seed phrase were to be

Code:

Long.      wise
Brief.       Hat
Since.      Cat
Beer.         Fast
Hit.             Sink

Then make it look like a meme with some sort of crazy write up. Let's say

Long for the Wise, who made us Breif our Hat, Since our Cat took Beer it ran Fast but ended up to Hit a Sink

This should look crazy and difficult to decode

[jerry0]

I store my seeds of wallets in different Note books.Storing seeds in online places is very risky and unsafe. Few weeks back  My friend got hacked his wallet because he stored seeds in google drive and lost  his all tokens.

How did your friend store his seed in google drive?  Was it like he wrote it on wordpad or something and didn't encrypt it and just saved the file there?  Or did he encrypt the document?  Did he use password manager like lastpass/keepass?

[acener]

Well it would be on piece of paper and my USB flash drive.
Sometimes I also write it down on note pad of my computer but after writing it down to a paper or saving it on my flash drive sometimes I would just delete it.
I like to save it offline I just feel it is much safer than saving it online where hackers could easily infiltrate.

[iram3130]

I wrote the seed in a paper, laminated it and put it in a capsule and the capsule has been stored in my fireproof vault. I guess it's one of the better ways to keep your seed. Might not be the safest but it's an ok plan.

By reading the messages here, I can say that people have done some splendid things to save their seeds, learnt some new ways..

[Fredomago]

I wrote the seed in a paper, laminated it and put it in a capsule and the capsule has been stored in my fireproof vault. I guess it's one of the better ways to keep your seed. Might not be the safest but it's an ok plan.

By reading the messages here, I can say that people have done some splendid things to save their seeds, learnt some new ways..

We all knew how important our seed was, everything that you invested are inside this iformation, keeping it distance from possible hackers are very important.

By reading here, there are many ideas on how to keep your seed, you can do more combination it addded more securities to your wallet.

Make sure to have backups and someone you really trust in case whatever happened to you, there's someone who can still unlock your wallet.