Again, How secure is your Seed phrase?

[Faisal2202]

To invest is hard but it seems securing the investment is much more harder. Do we have zoologist in the house? Is there any chance of recovering the seed phrases either by killing the animal or any other way?

12$ million worth of BNB! That's a huge amount, your friend must be a whale! Well, it is so unfortunate that his seedphrase got eaten by his own pet cat, which is really frustrating too because 12 million dollars is not a tiny amount, and not there is no way to recover the paper eaten by the cat as we all know (don't have to be zoologists) that anything that goes into the stomach ends up in small pieces.

So there is no way to reverse this, all gone, except the person could perform hypnotic therapy on himself from professionals so somehow they perform some hypnotic thing on him/her and he comes to remember the same words. This can work, as it has already been tried by many people who lost their funds due to some unfortunate events.

[AmaGold70]

This story may not be true but if it is then this is pure carelessness, how did the cat get to find the paper? Why is within the reach of any living thing? Losing $12 million worth of BNB because your cat ate the paper that contains your seed phase, what happened to having a backup of your seed phase in case you lost the other one, and why is the paper not in a safe container locked away from second or third parties. This story never happened, maybe it was made up just for some headlines or to tell people to be careful not to keep any written information about their seed phase on the table when there's a cat in the house.

[Peanutswar]

Even though you created a seed phrase offline its better to have a multiple copies of it its the responsibility of the holder of the wallet of course to make sure the safety of their accounts, for me id recommend to at least a three copies of your seed phrase into your house of course the places you are the one who knows where it is not just on a common places every one can see and if someones knew related to the crypto possible they stole your funds. Recently banks now offering a safe place storage I didn't know what it called but of its the same like you are renting a small place that is only for your important files including the seed phrase.

[Taskford]

This story may not be true but if it is then this is pure carelessness, how did the cat get to find the paper? Why is within the reach of any living thing? Losing $12 million worth of BNB because your cat ate the paper that contains your seed phase, what happened to having a backup of your seed phase in case you lost the other one, and why is the paper not in a safe container locked away from second or third parties. This story never happened, maybe it was made up just for some headlines or to tell people to be careful not to keep any written information about their seed phase on the table when there's a cat in the house.

I also have some doubts about this story since if a person have such huge amount stored on his wallet for sure he would have multiple back ups to make everything safe. There's so many unimaginable things to read from that story.

If he have $12m in his account for sure he have multiple backups to make sure that his funds is safe. Also that person is not newbie because he can afford to spend lots of money for crypto. That's why same as you I kinda not buying this story. Unless if there's proof of legitimacy of that claims.


But check this guys it seems this is the reason why they create that fake story.



Because they want to hype a shitcoin.

[Dailyscript]

This is sad. it seems having pet is of no use anymore. However, the person in mention lost his fund because he relied on one way of storing his asset. The cat is not to be blamed in any way. If he had hidden the writing seed phrase it will be of no reach to the cat also his entire storing of his seed phrase was only in written form. It is expected that we store our seed phrase in several methods so that in case one becomes compromised another we be there to back us up.

[Outhue]

I am sorry to say but is the cat worth $12M? You know what I am saying g right? I will do the needful to retrieve the seed phrase, I love animal though but this amount is just too much for me to ignore, unless the seed phrase is written on a paper, which won't matter because after the cat swallowed the paper it would be too late already, but if the seed phrase is on a bracelet or plate I will have to retrieve it in a gruesome way, I am sorry.

[Nothingtodo]

These are basically baseless and fabricated stories that are spread to attract people's attention. Not all news in the media is trustworthy. There are some news stories that are shared in the media primarily to increase views and clicks. An investor who might have $12 million in BNB wouldn't put their Seeds where a cat could get to them and ruin them. He will keep his device or documents in a place where no one can easily access them. Therefore, one should never believe such sensational news that has no truth or basis.

[AirtelBuzz]

Although we do not know the truth of this story because I first heard in life that a cat could eat paper. However, the person who has happened to such an incident may be completely foolish because he has not been careful about his seed phrase at all. It is extremely true that the seeds of a wallet need to be stored in different ways to keep the phrase safe, that is, one or more ways should be considered. Maybe the animal shouldn't be blamed for this incident at all, because we all know that animals are helpless.

Is there any chance of recovering the seed phrases either by killing the animal or any other way?

There is no guarantee that the person will be able to access the wallet if they kill the creature, so their next step should be to properly secure the wallet.

[satscraper]

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Is there any chance of recovering the seed phrases either by killing the animal or any other way?

This innocent cat has suffered enough while digesting SEED phrase trying to lay its paws upon the stash , thus, please, have a heart to animal. ^{I don't see any way of recovering the seed phrase digested by cat.}

Kidding apart, that was a real Hacker Cat!

P.S. Those who are really concerned with the security of their SEED phrases may adopt this method which will guarantee the seed safe-blanket for any case one could imagine.

[michellee]

If you save your seed phrase in paper, you should not just use that way but back up using other materials or ways so you don't have to worry if you loss one. It is about how we secure our seed phrases from something bad that may happen. I don't read the story but it is important to have back up of the seed phrase because we don't know what will happen later. If we learn the details how to secure the seed phrase, we will think what we can do and how we will do that.

[pawanjain]

A friend shared this story with me and I think it's worthy of discussion here to further open our eyes to safeguard our private/seed phrase like our life depend on it. Our life actually depends on it because the purpose of investment is to make things easier for us in the future when we don't longer have strength to do hard work.

It was reported that a man lost about $12m worth of BNB because a cat eats a paper containing his seed phrases.
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I don't know how genuine the story is but let assume it actually happens, what will be your reaction if you happen to be the one?

I still believe many people here have their seed phrase written on a paper which is not entirely wrong but how safe and secure is the paper? We've raised concerns about paper decay, burning etc but least we expect this scenario of animals eating the paper.

To invest is hard but it seems securing the investment is much more harder. Do we have zoologist in the house? Is there any chance of recovering the seed phrases either by killing the animal or any other way?

That sounds rubbish because if a person is holding $12M in BNB then why would he have the seed on a paper ?
I get it that paper wallets are safe but wouldn't anyone secure it in a hard metal or something.
It's not that someone would just keep that paper lying around like some random piece of paper.
So I personally think it's a cooked up story and the person would definitely have a backup of the seed.

[Justbillywitt]

This story is really funny and I am really trying to wrap my head on how such a thing can be possible. Well if the seed phrase was stored where the cat can find it and eat it, then there's every possibility that someone else might have even seen the seed phrase. It simply means that the seed phrase even though it was written on a paper, was not properly stored in a secured place. I can't see a cat opening a safe box that's properly locked. It's really funny seriously, maybe that's not an ordinary cat. It could be a spiritual cat that was just sent on a mission to find the seed phrase and destroy it. Although I still find this story very difficult to believe, but it is a reminder that, our seed phrase should be stored in a multiple safe places.

[Ricardo11]

It is really disappointing for that investor, $12M !!! Which is a huge amount. But I think the fault here is actually that investor, can animals understand right or wrong? The cat has eaten whatever it finds in front of it, is it the cat's fault here? Why would that investor put his Seed phrase in such an easy place? Which without his knowledge, his pet cat has taken the Seed phrase and eaten it. I will never put the Seed phrase of a $12M wallet in a place that anyone can easily take. I have written the Seed phrases of my wallet in a diary and kept it in my locker, which I have kept the key to open only with me. And I have put the key in a place, that no one can find unless I take it out.

[Zanab247]

I will not discourage people not to write down their seeds phrase on a paper base on this incident that happened for cat to eat someone seeds phrase. Don't write your seeds phrase on one paper when you know you have animals and children in your house, you know what will happen when your children or animals play to that direction were your seeds phrase paper is, which is not advisable for crypto users to expose the seeds phrase paper to were children and animals live.

We all know how risk it is, when we lost our seeds phrase because there is no how you can have access to your coins again when you lost the wallets and the seeds phrase, because you can only recover your coins through your seeds phrase.

[Ishicryptic]

This story may not be true but if it is then this is pure carelessness, how did the cat get to find the paper? Why is within the reach of any living thing? Losing $12 million worth of BNB because your cat ate the paper that contains your seed phase, what happened to having a backup of your seed phase in case you lost the other one, and why is the paper not in a safe container locked away from second or third parties. This story never happened, maybe it was made up just for some headlines or to tell people to be careful not to keep any written information about their seed phase on the table when there's a cat in the house.

The story doesn't sound real, it's most likely fabricated to teach a lesson or to gain traffic, nobody in there right frame of mind that has millions of BNB, who knows the implication of losing their seed phrase will keep it carelessly. A lot of questions arises like why keep it in the reach of children and domestic animals? Why have just one copy of your seed phrase and not hide it in a secured location? If the story is true, that means that the owner is both ignorant and careless, if he loses his coins he has only himself to blame, not the cat. For me the only valuable thing to learn in that story is that cats can eat paper, so it's a lesson for people that intends to keep cats as pets to be informed and keep valuable documents out of their pet's reach.

[mvdheuvel1983]

It is really disappointing for that investor, $12M !!! Which is a huge amount. But I think the fault here is actually that investor, can animals understand right or wrong? The cat has eaten whatever it finds in front of it, is it the cat's fault here? Why would that investor put his Seed phrase in such an easy place? Which without his knowledge, his pet cat has taken the Seed phrase and eaten it. I will never put the Seed phrase of a $12M wallet in a place that anyone can easily take. I have written the Seed phrases of my wallet in a diary and kept it in my locker, which I have kept the key to open only with me. And I have put the key in a place, that no one can find unless I take it out.

No one knows if the story is true or not but if actually the story is true then the investor must really be so careless to have kept such a valuable asset where his pet can lay hold on, let's not talk about the amount involved is the investor supposed to keep such important document in the reach of aanyone talk more of his pet he should have kept it in a hidden place where only he can have access to I believe it he did there's no way the pet would fly up to get the seed phrase where it was kept. The amount in the wallet don't have to be equal to what the op talked about before you can protect your seed phrase even though you have a little amount in your wallet protect your seed phrase because it is your personal property it should be made private.

[DPHOR]

To invest is hard but it seems securing the investment is much more harder. Do we have zoologist in the house? Is there any chance of recovering the seed phrases either by killing the animal or any other way?

Maybe doing simple operation could be more better by opening the intestine to restore back the seedphrase:
On a norm storing seedphrase on printed paper aren't that secured because water or any incident such as fire or file decaying could cause someone to lose their investment as such as how cat has eaten up the important part of the seedphrase. It's also important to store private keys or seedphrase on different places in case of any of this incident happens.

[Y3shot]

A friend shared this story with me and I think it's worthy of discussion here to further open our eyes to safeguard our private/seed phrase like our life depend on it. Our life actually depends on it because the purpose of investment is to make things easier for us in the future when we don't longer have strength to do hard work.

It was reported that a man lost about $12m worth of BNB because a cat eats a paper containing his seed phrases.

Even if we want to write seed phrase down on a paper , it is important for us to take note of the environment environment where the book with the seedphrase is been kept. Some people are very careless, they believe if a seed phrase is written in a book it is enough for the safety of the seedphrase.. when seed phrase is written in a book or paper,  the most important thing is to protect the book and keep it in safe place, the book now becomes very important because of what is inside.

[Ever-young]

Even if we want to write seed phrase down on a paper , it is important for us to take note of the environment environment where the book with the seedphrase is been kept. Some people are very careless, they believe if a seed phrase is written in a book it is enough for the safety of the seedphrase.. when seed phrase is written in a book or paper,  the most important thing is to protect the book and keep it in safe place, the book now becomes very important because of what is inside.

There’s absolutely no storage method that can actually guarantee 100% safety of your seed phrase, but that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t do your best to secure it, for those who choose to secure their phrase using the paper method, you’re right that it’s not enough to just write them down and drop it where it can be easily accessed. The thoughts of some people is that, even if someone randomly bumps into it, they’d probably not know what those set of words are, which is a very careless way to think because you might never know who might actually see it, it could be someone who knows exactly what it is, and if you’re unlucky, that careless mistake might just cost you your entire asset.

[Ndabagi01]

I still believe many people here have their seed phrase written on a paper which is not entirely wrong but how safe and secure is the paper? We've raised concerns about paper decay, burning etc but least we expect this scenario of animals eating the paper.

To invest is hard but it seems securing the investment is much more harder. Do we have zoologist in the house? Is there any chance of recovering the seed phrases either by killing the animal or any other way?

Having several backups is the best thing one should do now. Just having only one place to secure your seedphrase on is not a very good way to save bitcoin, anything can happen. Yes, securing your seedphrase phrase is harder than saving bitcoin in your wallet. This has nothing do do with the zoologist, there is no way those seedphrase can be recovered again after been chewed and swallowed by the cat. I will say this is a reckless behavior from the owner and should be blamed for this. In this age and time when technology is advanced, he should have had many sources to depend on to save his seedphrase.