What would be the best way to get through customs at an airport with your Btc?

[LoyceV]

Sure, unless you were dim-witted enough to not password-protect your wallet and write down your seed when you were creating your wallet, you probably have an offline copy somewhere, but even if you do manage to transfer the coins out later, they are going to place your destination address on a list for sure.

They'll only know your addresses if they have (watch-only) access to your wallet. If you're trying to hide the fact that you own Bitcoin, you've failed at this point

[NotATether]

They'll only know your addresses if they have (watch-only) access to your wallet.

That would depend on the wallet software itself and whether it leaves around master public keys and addresses encrypted or if they encrypt everything.

I think Bitcoin Core for example encrypts just the private keys (but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong), and leaves the public keys alone. I don't exactly remember the columns its using but I do know there are a lot of key-related fields.

[LoyceV]

I think Bitcoin Core for example encrypts just the private keys (but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong), and leaves the public keys alone. I don't exactly remember the columns its using but I do know there are a lot of key-related fields.

We're talking about the scenario of hiding the fact that you own Bitcoin. Disk encryption will prevent your wallet from being found. You could even use a hidden encrypted partition. There are countless ways of doing this.

[Lucius]

I think that regardless of the fact that there are a lot of fancy methods that could work at customs, it might be best to temporarily store the seed in your memory, especially if we will do a wallet recovery relatively soon after leaving the airport. If someone has a problem remembering 12 words, maybe he could try to remember only 6 of them, and save the other half on a piece of paper that can look like a list of things to buy or something similar.

What I would never do is carry a hardware wallet with you, or have wallets installed on your smartphone or computer, especially if you are traveling to countries like the US, Canada or Australia that have very aggressive security in their airports when it comes to customs, especially if you come from countries that are on their suspicious lists.

[shield132]

I think that regardless of the fact that there are a lot of fancy methods that could work at customs, it might be best to temporarily store the seed in your memory, especially if we will do a wallet recovery relatively soon after leaving the airport. If someone has a problem remembering 12 words, maybe he could try to remember only 6 of them, and save the other half on a piece of paper that can look like a list of things to buy or something similar.

It's very individual. For those who have ADHD or are inattentive, it won't be a reliable solution but those who believe in their mental abilities, they can do it. Btw I have read many times on Bitcointalk that it's not recommended to make yourself dependent on your memory in this case.

What I would never do is carry a hardware wallet with you, or have wallets installed on your smartphone or computer, especially if you are traveling to countries like the US, Canada or Australia that have very aggressive security in their airports when it comes to customs, especially if you come from countries that are on their suspicious lists.

I think that OP will be safe if he travels with his computer. If I remember correctly, he wants to move in Europe. I've traveled in EU a couple of times but their customs were always great in my case. I can't imagine any custom asking you to open your PC, then force you to type password and then do a deep scan of your computer files. As far as I know, their priority are guns and drugs, besides that they don't care
A friend of mine has migraines and when I visit him in Europe, he asks me to bring one particular NSAID to him. This NSAID I'm talking about is legal and without prescription in my country but illegal in his country (it's an NSAID that's very harsh on the liver) but I never ever had a problem with customs about moving with this medicine.

Btw Australia is the harshest place to travel regarding customs checks, but if you don't tell anyone about your Bitcoin holdings, no one will know about it.

[Lucius]

It's very individual. For those who have ADHD or are inattentive, it won't be a reliable solution but those who believe in their mental abilities, they can do it. Btw I have read many times on Bitcointalk that it's not recommended to make yourself dependent on your memory in this case.
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Of course, you should never trust your own memory when it comes to such sensitive information, but if it is something that should be remembered only in the short term, I don't see that it should be a problem for most. However, it is the decision of each individual and everyone should take the risk on themselves when it comes to their digital assets.

[Synchronice]

From what I see from several answers, I may not have explained myself well. Going on vacation and carrying less than the legal minimum is not a problem. I was thinking more of moving to another country, and taking the holdings you normally manage with your Hardware Wallet on your laptop or PC.

I mean, carrying 0.01 BTC on your mobile is not a problem but if we are talking about 0.5 BTC that you manage with the HW....

Although I see that this is pretty hypothetical, according to the answers.

I had also thought of taking the seeds written in a book or notebook on several pages, but with invisible ink, so that no way that it will occur to customs agents to search through a book of 300 pages.

If you live in EU and move within EU, then you won't have problem with customs because the only thing they care about are guns, drugs come the next thing.

By the way, I like the idea of writing down seed phrases on paper with invisible ink but I wouldn't carry invisible ink with me, I'd only carry a notebook. You can also write things down on supermarket bill and carry that with you in the bag or in the pocket. T-shirt method also doesn't sound bad. I think you have to try many safe methods. If I were you, I would do both, invisible ink and t-shirt method but on top of that, I would also try to memorize 12 words seed phrase. Now you have 3 backups, that would give me a piece of mind in this case.
Memorizing isn't hard, especially of 12 words seed phrase but don't do it the day before you fly, do it weeks before your flight. Exercise every day, repeat those 12 words every day for multiple times, for hours and it will be sealed in your mind. Read this 12 seed phrase like it's a song and it will be like a muscle-memory.

[Cricktor]

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Using at least two different methods isn't a bad idea and usually easily possible. Having piece of mind and staying relaxed gives confidence and makes you less suspicious when crossing "potentially problematic" customs borders.

I agree that memorizing isn't actually difficult, even for a 24 mnemonic recovery words backup. You just need more time to properly learn it and find a technique of learning that suits you personally best.

If you want to memorize it as an additional fallback backup, do it indeed weeks or even months ahead. No time pressure!

Once you learned it, it's important to constantly and regularly check you remember it correctly. Do not omit this step, it's what keeps it engraved in your wet brain.


Whatever fancy methods you choose, verify that each method yields a successful recovery BEFORE you actually relocate and cross borders! Needless to say, do this only in safe environments and understand what you're doing!

[larry_vw_1955]

Memorizing isn't hard, especially of 12 words seed phrase but don't do it the day before you fly, do it weeks before your flight. Exercise every day, repeat those 12 words every day for multiple times, for hours and it will be sealed in your mind. Read this 12 seed phrase like it's a song and it will be like a muscle-memory.

memorizing is out of the question. it's harder than memorizing a brainwallet. no amount of practice is going to allow to remember it for longer than a few hours if that.

[Lucius]

Memorizing isn't hard, especially of 12 words seed phrase but don't do it the day before you fly, do it weeks before your flight. Exercise every day, repeat those 12 words every day for multiple times, for hours and it will be sealed in your mind. Read this 12 seed phrase like it's a song and it will be like a muscle-memory.

memorizing is out of the question. it's harder than memorizing a brainwallet. no amount of practice is going to allow to remember it for longer than a few hours if that.

If you have problems remembering 12 words for more than a few hours, it does not mean that this is the case with others. People remember whole pages of text, although they may be talented individuals, but it is far from impossible to remember only 12 words if someone wants to. The thing is that you don't learn all the words at once, you learn them in sequences of, say, 3 words that you then connect into wholes after each sequence you remember.

[philipma1957]

Memorizing isn't hard, especially of 12 words seed phrase but don't do it the day before you fly, do it weeks before your flight. Exercise every day, repeat those 12 words every day for multiple times, for hours and it will be sealed in your mind. Read this 12 seed phrase like it's a song and it will be like a muscle-memory.

memorizing is out of the question. it's harder than memorizing a brainwallet. no amount of practice is going to allow to remember it for longer than a few hours if that.

If you have problems remembering 12 words for more than a few hours, it does not mean that this is the case with others. People remember whole pages of text, although they may be talented individuals, but it is far from impossible to remember only 12 words if someone wants to. The thing is that you don't learn all the words at once, you learn them in sequences of, say, 3 words that you then connect into wholes after each sequence you remember.

yeah and know that if you forget them you lose over 10,000 Euros in btc.

frankly I like my ebbed ebay idea better or look at the list I made a few pages ago.

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1075. main
1076. major
1077. make
1078. mammal
1079. man
1080. manage
1081. mandate
1082. mango
1083. mansion
1084. manual
1085. maple
1086. marble
1087. march
1088. margin
1089. marine
1090. market
1091. marriage
1092. mask
1093. mass
1094. master
1095. match
1096. material
1097. math
1098. matrix
1099. matter
1100. maximum
1101. maze
1102. meadow
1103. mean
1104. measure
1105. meat
1106. mechanic
1107. medal
1108. media
1109. melody
1110. melt
1111. member
1112. memory
1113. mention
1114. menu
1115. mercy
1116. merge
1117. merit
1118. merry
1119. mesh
1120. message
1121. metal
1122. method
1123. middle
1124. midnight
1125. milk
1126. million
1127. mimic
1128. mind
1129. minimum
1130. minor
1131. minute
1132. miracle
1133. mirror
1134. misery
1135. miss
1136. mistake
1137. mix
1138. mixed
1139. mixture
1140. mobile
1141. model
1142. modify
1143. mom
1144. moment
1145. monitor
1146. monkey
1147. monster
1148. month
1149. moon
1150. moral
1151. more
1152. morning
1153. mosquito
1154. mother
1155. motion
1156. motor
1157. mountain
1158. mouse
1159. move
1160. movie
1161. much
1162. muffin
1163. mule
1164. multiply
1165. muscle
1166. museum
1167. mushroom
1168. music
1169. must
1170. mutual
1171. myself
1172. mystery
1173. myth
1174. naive
1175. name
1176. napkin
1177. narrow
1178. nasty
1179. nation
1180. nature
1181. near
1182. neck
1183. need
1184. negative
1185. neglect
1186. neither
1187. nephew
1188. nerve
1189. nest
1190. net
1191. network
1192. neutral
1193. never
1194. news
1195. next
1196. nice
1197. night
1198. noble
1199. noise
1200. nominee
1201. noodle
1202. normal
1203. north
1204. nose
1205. notable
1206. note
1207. nothing
1208. notice
1209. novel
1210. now
1211. nuclear
1212. number
1213. nurse
1214. nut
1215. oak
1216. obey
1217. object
1218. oblige
1219. obscure
1220. observe
1221. obtain
1222. obvious
1223. occur
1224. ocean
1225. october
1226. odor
1227. off
1228. offer
1229. office
1230. often
1231. oil
1232. okay
1233. old
1234. olive
1235. olympic
1236. omit
1237. once
1238. one
1239. onion
1240. online
1241. only
1242. open
1243. opera
1244. opinion
1245. oppose
1246. option
1247. orange
1248. orbit
1249. orchard
1250. order
1251. ordinary
1252. organ
1253. orient
1254. original
1255. orphan
1256. ostrich
1257. other
1258. outdoor
1259. outer
1260. output
1261. outside
1262. oval
1263. oven
1264. over
1265. own
1266. owner
1267. oxygen
1268. oyster
1269. ozone
1270. pact
1271. paddle
1272. page
1273. pair
1274. palace
1275. palm
1276. panda
1277. panel
1278. panic
1279. panther
1280. paper
1281. parade
1282. parent
1283. park
1284. parrot
1285. party
1286. pass
1287. patch
1288. path
1289. patient
1290. patrol
1291. pattern
1292. pause
1293. pave
1294. payment
1295. peace
1296. peanut
1297. pear
1298. peasant
1299. pelican
1300. pen
1301. penalty
1302. pencil
1303. people
1304. pepper
1305. perfect
1306. permit
1307. person
1308. pet
1309. phone
1310. photo
1311. phrase
1312. physical
1313. piano
1314. picnic
1315. picture
1316. piece
1317. pig
1318. pigeon
1319. pill
1320. pilot
1321. pink
1322. pioneer
1323. pipe
1324. pistol
1325. pitch
1326. pizza
1327. place
1328. planet
1329. plastic
1330. plate
1331. play
1332. please
1333. pledge
1334. pluck
1335. plug
1336. plunge
1337. poem
1338. poet
1339. point
1340. polar
1341. pole
1342. police
1343. pond
1344. pony
1345. pool
1346. popular
1347. portion
1348. position
1349. possible
1350. post
1351. potato
1352. pottery
1353. poverty
1354. powder
1355. power
1356. practice
1357. praise
1358. predict
1359. prefer
1360. prepare
1361. present
1362. pretty
1363. prevent
1364. price
1365. pride
1366. primary
1367. print
1368. priority
1369. prison
1370. private
1371. prize
1372. problem
1373. process
1374. produce
1375. profit
1376. program
1377. project
1378. promote
1379. proof
1380. property
1381. prosper
1382. protect
1383. proud
1384. provide
1385. public
1386. pudding
1387. pull
1388. pulp
1389. pulse
1390. pumpkin
1391. punch
1392. pupil
1393. puppy
1394. purchase
1395. purity
1396. purpose
1397. purse
1398. push
1399. put
1400. puzzle
1401. pyramid
1402. quality
1403. quantum
1404. quarter
1405. question
1406. quick
1407. quit
1408. quiz
1409. quote
1410. rabbit
1411. raccoon
1412. race
1413. rack
1414. radar
1415. radio
1416. rail
1417. rain
1418. raise
1419. rally
1420. ramp
1421. ranch
1422. random
1423. range
1424. rapid
1425. rare
1426. rate
1427. rather
1428. raven
1429. raw
1430. razor
1431. ready
1432. real
1433. reason
1434. rebel
1435. rebuild
1436. recall
1437. receive
1438. recipe
1439. record
1440. recycle
1441. reduce
1442. reflect
1443. reform
1444. refuse
1445. region
1446. regret
1447. regular
1448. reject
1449. relax
1450. release
1451. relief
1452. rely
1453. remain
1454. remember
1455. remind
1456. remove
1457. render
1458. renew
1459. rent
1460. reopen
1461. repair
1462. repeat
1463. replace
1464. report
1465. require
1466. rescue
1467. resemble
1468. resist
1469. resource
1470. response
1471. result
1472. retire
1473. retreat
1474. return
1475. reunion
1476. reveal
1477. review
1478. reward
1479. rhythm
1480. rib
1481. ribbon
1482. rice
1483. rich
1484. ride
1485. ridge
1486. rifle
1487. right
1488. rigid
1489. ring
1490. riot
1491. ripple
1492. risk
1493. ritual
1494. rival
1495. river
1496. road
1497. roast
1498. robot
1499. robust
1500. rocket
1501. romance
1502. roof
1503. rookie
1504. room
1505. rose
1506. rotate
1507. rough
1508. round
1509. route
1510. royal
1511. rubber
1512. rude
1513. rug
1514. rule
1515. run
1516. runway
1517. rural
1518. sad
1519. saddle
1520. sadness
1521. safe
1522. sail
1523. salad
1524. salmon
1525. salon
1526. salt
1527. salute
1528. same
1529. sample
1530. sand
1531. satisfy
1532. satoshi
1533. sauce
1534. sausage
1535. save
1536. say
1537. scale
1538. scan
1539. scare
1540. scatter
1541. scene
1542. scheme
1543. school
1544. science
1545. scissors
1546. scorpion
1547. scout
1548. scrap
1549. screen
1550. script
1551. scrub
1552. sea
1553. search
1554. season
1555. seat
1556. second
1557. secret
1558. section
1559. security
1560. seed
1561. seek
1562. segment
1563. select
1564. sell
1565. seminar
1566. senior
1567. sense
1568. sentence
1569. series
1570. service
1571. session
1572. settle
1573. setup
1574. seven
1575. shadow
1576. shaft
1577. shallow
1578. share
1579. shed
1580. shell
1581. sheriff
1582. shield
1583. shift
1584. shine
1585. ship
1586. shiver
1587. shock
1588. shoe
1589. shoot
1590. shop
1591. short
1592. shoulder
1593. shove
1594. shrimp
1595. shrug
1596. shuffle
1597. shy
1598. sibling
1599. sick
1600. side
1601. siege
1602. sight
1603. sign
1604. silent
1605. silk
1606. silly
1607. silver
1608. similar
1609. simple
1610. since
1611. sing
1612. siren
1613. sister
1614. situate
1615. six
1616. size
1617. skate
1618. sketch
1619. ski
1620. skill
1621. skin
1622. skirt
1623. skull
1624. slab
1625. slam
1626. sleep
1627. slender
1628. slice
1629. slide
1630. slight
1631. slim
1632. slogan
1633. slot
1634. slow
1635. slush
1636. small
1637. smart
1638. smile
1639. smoke
1640. smooth
1641. snack
1642. snake
1643. snap
1644. sniff
1645. snow
1646. soap
1647. soccer
1648. social
1649. sock
1650. soda
1651. soft
1652. solar
1653. soldier
1654. solid
1655. solution
1656. solve
1657. someone
1658. song
1659. soon
1660. sorry
1661. sort
1662. soul
1663. sound
1664. soup
1665. source
1666. south
1667. space
1668. spare
1669. spatial
1670. spawn
1671. speak
1672. special
1673. speed
1674. spell
1675. spend
1676. sphere
1677. spice
1678. spider
1679. spike
1680. spin
1681. spirit
1682. split
1683. spoil
1684. sponsor
1685. spoon
1686. sport
1687. spot
1688. spray
1689. spread
1690. spring
1691. spy
1692. square
1693. squeeze
1694. squirrel
1695. stable
1696. stadium
1697. staff
1698. stage
1699. stairs
1700. stamp
1701. stand
1702. start
1703. state
1704. stay
1705. steak
1706. steel
1707. stem
1708. step
1709. stereo
1710. stick
1711. still
1712. sting
1713. stock
1714. stomach
1715. stone
1716. stool
1717. story
1718. stove
1719. strategy
1720. street
1721. strike
1722. strong
1723. struggle
1724. student
1725. stuff
1726. stumble
1727. style
1728. subject
1729. submit
1730. subway
1731. success
1732. such
1733. sudden
1734. suffer
1735. sugar
1736. suggest
1737. suit
1738. summer
1739. sun
1740. sunny
1741. sunset
1742. super
1743. supply
1744. supreme
1745. sure
1746. surface
1747. surge
1748. surprise
1749. surround
1750. survey
1751. suspect
1752. sustain
1753. swallow
1754. swamp
1755. swap
1756. swarm
1757. swear
1758. sweet
1759. swift
1760. swim
1761. swing
1762. switch
1763. sword
1764. symbol
1765. symptom
1766. syrup
1767. system
1768. table
1769. tackle
1770. tag
1771. tail
1772. talent
1773. talk
1774. tank
1775. tape
1776. target
1777. task
1778. taste
1779. tattoo
1780. taxi
1781. teach
1782. team
1783. tell
1784. ten
1785. tenant
1786. tennis
1787. tent
1788. term
1789. test
1790. text
1791. thank
1792. that
1793. theme
1794. then
1795. theory
1796. there
1797. they
1798. thing
1799. this
1800. thought
1801. three
1802. thrive
1803. throw
1804. thumb
1805. thunder
1806. ticket
1807. tide
1808. tiger
1809. tilt
1810. timber
1811. time
1812. tiny
1813. tip
1814. tired
1815. tissue
1816. title
1817. toast
1818. tobacco
1819. today
1820. toddler
1821. toe
1822. together
1823. toilet
1824. token
1825. tomato
1826. tomorrow
1827. tone
1828. tongue
1829. tonight
1830. tool
1831. tooth
1832. top
1833. topic
1834. topple
1835. torch
1836. tornado
1837. tortoise
1838. toss
1839. total
1840. tourist
1841. toward
1842. tower
1843. town
1844. toy
1845. track
1846. trade
1847. traffic
1848. tragic
1849. train
1850. transfer
1851. trap
1852. trash
1853. travel
1854. tray
1855. treat
1856. tree
1857. trend
1858. trial
1859. tribe
1860. trick
1861. trigger
1862. trim
1863. trip
1864. trophy
1865. trouble
1866. truck
1867. true
1868. truly
1869. trumpet
1870. trust
1871. truth
1872. try
1873. tube
1874. tuition
1875. tumble
1876. tuna
1877. tunnel
1878. turkey
1879. turn
1880. turtle
1881. twelve
1882. twenty
1883. twice
1884. twin
1885. twist
1886. two
1887. type
1888. typical
1889. ugly
1890. umbrella
1891. unable
1892. unaware
1893. uncle
1894. uncover
1895. under
1896. undo
1897. unfair
1898. unfold
1899. unhappy
1900. uniform
1901. unique
1902. unit
1903. universe
1904. unknown
1905. unlock
1906. until
1907. unusual
1908. unveil
1909. update
1910. upgrade
1911. uphold
1912. upon
1913. upper
1914. upset
1915. urban
1916. urge
1917. usage
1918. use
1919. used
1920. useful
1921. useless
1922. usual
1923. utility
1924. vacant
1925. vacuum
1926. vague
1927. valid
1928. valley
1929. valve
1930. van
1931. vanish
1932. vapor
1933. various
1934. vast
1935. vault
1936. vehicle
1937. velvet
1938. vendor
1939. venture
1940. venue
1941. verb
1942. verify
1943. version
1944. very
1945. vessel
1946. veteran
1947. viable
1948. vibrant
1949. vicious
1950. victory
1951. video
1952. view
1953. village
1954. vintage
1955. violin
1956. virtual
1957. virus
1958. visa
1959. visit
1960. visual
1961. vital
1962. vivid
1963. vocal
1964. voice
1965. void
1966. volcano
1967. volume
1968. vote
1969. voyage
1970. wage
1971. wagon
1972. wait
1973. walk
1974. wall
1975. walnut
1976. want
1977. warfare
1978. warm
1979. warrior
1980. wash
1981. wasp
1982. waste
1983. water
1984. wave
1985. way
1986. wealth
1987. weapon
1988. wear
1989. weasel
1990. weather
1991. web
1992. wedding
1993. weekend
1994. weird
1995. welcome
1996. west
1997. wet
1998. whale
1999. what
2000. wheat
2001. wheel
2002. when
2003. where
2004. whip
2005. whisper
2006. wide
2007. width
2008. wife
2009. wild
2010. will
2011. win
2012. window
2013. wine
2014. wing
2015. wink
2016. winner
2017. winter
2018. wire
2019. wisdom
2020. wise
2021. wish
2022. witness
2023. wolf
2024. woman
2025. wonder
2026. wood
2027. wool
2028. word
2029. work
2030. world
2031. worry
2032. worth
2033. wrap
2034. wreck
2035. wrestle
2036. wrist
2037. write
2038. wrong
2039. yard
2040. year
2041. yellow
2042. you
2043. young
2044. youth
2045. zebra
2046. zero
2047. zone
2048. zoo

Send emails to other emails.

You fucking clown don't kid me about this year.

0353 = clown
0979 = kid
1799 = this
2040 = year

[Synchronice]

Memorizing isn't hard, especially of 12 words seed phrase but don't do it the day before you fly, do it weeks before your flight. Exercise every day, repeat those 12 words every day for multiple times, for hours and it will be sealed in your mind. Read this 12 seed phrase like it's a song and it will be like a muscle-memory.

memorizing is out of the question. it's harder than memorizing a brainwallet. no amount of practice is going to allow to remember it for longer than a few hours if that.

Why is it out of the question? What's the hard part in memorizing 12 words seed phrase? It's only 12 words. Hell, even if you don't remember them in a correct order, you can still successfully gain access to your wallet within minutes with the help of GPU.
Seriously, there is nothing hard in memorizing. If you have never been in touch with educational materials, never learnt anything at school and do only repetitive tasks your whole life with the guidance of other people, you might fail but otherwise there shouldn't be a problem.

yeah and know that if you forget them you lose over 10,000 Euros in btc.

If you loss paper or anything where you wrote your seed phrases, you are also losing over 10,000 Euros in BTC. The difference?

[philipma1957]

Memorizing isn't hard, especially of 12 words seed phrase but don't do it the day before you fly, do it weeks before your flight. Exercise every day, repeat those 12 words every day for multiple times, for hours and it will be sealed in your mind. Read this 12 seed phrase like it's a song and it will be like a muscle-memory.

memorizing is out of the question. it's harder than memorizing a brainwallet. no amount of practice is going to allow to remember it for longer than a few hours if that.

Why is it out of the question? What's the hard part in memorizing 12 words seed phrase? It's only 12 words. Hell, even if you don't remember them in a correct order, you can still successfully gain access to your wallet within minutes with the help of GPU.
Seriously, there is nothing hard in memorizing. If you have never been in touch with educational materials, never learnt anything at school and do only repetitive tasks your whole life with the guidance of other people, you might fail but otherwise there shouldn't be a problem.

yeah and know that if you forget them you lose over 10,000 Euros in btc.

If you loss paper or anything where you wrote your seed phrases, you are also losing over 10,000 Euros in BTC. The difference?

as I said use the list and write 4 emails with proper words encoding.

It is basically only for 12-24 hours time


I have a dozen email accounts it is easy to send emails on them


embedding 3 words per email.

It is more secure than your brain is.


now the flaw with my idea is you may not realize that a word is on the list

I first said

You fucking clown  don't kid me about this year.
when I checked I missed.

You fucking clown  don't kid me about this year

worse yet checking again I see I missed

You fucking clown  don't kid me about this year

Still if you check the 3 or 4  emails with the key word sentence ten times over.

you should be good.

more likely you can do that then remember 12 words with a ton of coins on the line.


BTW you could do both. Send 1 email with a sentence with 5 words and only have to memorize 7 words.

[Synchronice]

as I said use the list and write 4 emails with proper words encoding.

It is basically only for 12-24 hours time


I have a dozen email accounts it is easy to send emails on them


embedding 3 words per email.

It is more secure than your brain is.

For example, take these randomly picked words: acoustic bulb coconut door feed gold man naive pencil repair they wife

Remember four of them: Acoustic bulb coconut door. Repeat these words for hours every day, for a week.

Now remember these five (five because I find it personally easy to remember pencil with naive): feed gold man naive pencil

Now these three: repair they wife

Once you remember them, then repeat these 12 words for hours every day for a few weeks. By repeating so many times, it will be sealed in your brain so hard that you'll find it impossible to forget it.

I still remember lyrics that I learnt decades ago when I first started English.

By the way, another creative idea for bilinguals is to convert these words in their native language. This idea is especially good if your language isn't widely spoken.

[philipma1957]

a blend of memorization and email may be best of both worlds

[LoyceV]

yeah and know that if you forget them you lose over 10,000 Euros in btc.

That's why you have a backup somewhere in a safe location

Send emails to other emails.

You fucking clown don't kid me about this year.

0353 = clown
0979 = kid
1799 = this
2040 = year

0004 = about

as I said use the list and write 4 emails with proper words encoding.

Someone can figure it out, or you can forget it. This is not how you handle seed phrases securely.

[aliveNFT]

Funny question, I haven't read all the previous posts, just some.
take your favorite phrase and compose a short poem and remember it)) Done.

Just a set of random words will fly out of your head at any given time, but if it's some kind of meaningful verse or mini-prose, then I think it can be remembered for the rest of your life without any problems.

But if in fact, then there are a ton of options, they can be invented on the go and there will be no wrong answer anywhere, it is most likely individual, someone is good in literature, someone in mathematics, let him remember how convenient it is for him.

If you have a family, make them learn it too)) In case one of you forgets.
Or even better, just write it on paper.
You can even show it to other people, no one will even understand that there is something more than just meaning in this poem.

[FatFork]

take your favorite phrase and compose a short poem and remember it)) Done.

We talked about this already. Human memory isn't the most reliable for preserving key information.  Even if it's a really awesome poem that sticks in your head at first, eventually you'll probably forget pieces of it.  It's much better to write it down and keep it safe. You should always have a backup plan.

[apogio]

Even if it's a really awesome poem that sticks in your head at first, eventually you'll probably forget pieces of it.  It's much better to write it down and keep it safe. You should always have a backup plan.

I totally agree.

If you have something inside your brain there are literally numerous ways to lose it.

1. Just forget it
2. Die
3. Severe brain damage
4. Dementia
5. Getting hit on the head
6. Car accident

Neve rely on memory!

[Agbe]

Using encrypted disk and other mobile storage device would have been better but if an traveling airport agent can check your mobile phone apps then they can equally check those devices in their computers to know the kind of softwares and files in your disk or memory cards. Therefore the best way from my opinion, it better you save the seed phrase in a zipfolder and save it in your googledrive or in your Gmail and when you have reached your destination then you extract it write it down and use it to open the Bitcoin wallet and delete it from the GDrive.