Multiple backups in different locations (countries) are better than 1

[Ucy]

Depends on where and how you backup. For someone who is unsure about the future, or dwells in uncertainty, it's important to backup your Bitcoin seeds in/on tough materials that are hard to destroy, create copies of the backup and store in multi locations especially places that are safe, you know really well, that are possibly closer to you and will likely remain untouched by people. The main reason for this kind of backup is to keep the seeds safe from disasters or getting lost. If the copy you have is lost or destroyed you can always access the others. My preferred method of backup is to write on rust/weather resistant materials, cover them in water proof materials and bury underground in multiple safe locations. If disaster occurs, they should be safe from it, and you can always go back to dig up the backups.

If you wish to give the backup to people, institutions, etc, be careful giving the whole copy of the seeds. Better to give a part, more like how multisig accounts handle Bitcoin keys.

If you wish to back up in foreign countries/locations, just make sure they are familiar and safe places otherwise just use local locations and gradually create new backups as you travel out far from your previous backup locations

[Miles2006]

The common logic here is every investor should separate the seed phrase and other important documents afar, these personal documents (seed phrase) can be separated either in many pattern not just locations for example storing with metal, written note etc. Backups across countries is also the best idea basically I came across a video concerning flood disaster in Philippines Cebu precisely, if anyone experienced such kind of pain I’m sure they’ll not think about bitcoin or seed yet rather a means to save life first, in times like this alternatives are the best and op mentioned really nice points although few will say a nearby city meanwhile nearby city also get affected badly during war etc.

[m2017]

It seems to me that you are a bit too obsessed with securing your crypto. Are you a crypto millionaire or a billionaire?

Firstly, no matter how insignificant a sum of money may be to others, savings are always important and valuable to their owner.

Secondly, what's worth pennies now may become a significant sum in the future.

Sending my wallet seed to different countries seems more like a way for the seed to get leaked. Why different countries?

Not sending, but transporting it with you. Of course, I'm not suggesting leaving seed-phrase in the first country\house you come across. In my opinion, it should be a country that's "like home" to you (some people have multiple citizenships and live freely in two or three countries, and may even own property in these different countries) and have a place where you can store seed-phrase. Why? Risk diversification: by not physically transporting your seed-phrase or wallet, you'll be able to access it from different locations.

Your electronic devices storing seed-phrase can be stolen or confiscated when moving to other countries, or they can be destroyed, for example, by fire - during an emergency evacuation from an airplane, carry-on baggage is prohibited (how will you "save" your wallets in this case?).

We live in a digital world. Location doesn't matter that much.

Ok. Are you ready to entrust seed-phrase to cloud storage? Go ahead and sing do it.

While this method certainly allows for mobility and access from anywhere, the price is the loss of control over the seed-phrase (not your keys...Well, you get it, right?).

Sending several hardware wallets, that have crypto to different countries also doesn't work for me.
Where are you going to keep those hardware wallets? Do you plan to buy several houses in various countries just for the sake of keeping hardware wallets there? What if the houses get robbed? Do you plan to keep the hardware wallets in various banks? This defeats the whole purpose of being your own bank.

You made that up yourself. My post was about seed-phrases. That negates the entire point of further discussion.

By the way, houses\real estate can be owned by friends and relatives (trusted people).

[Cryptmuster]

The common logic here is every investor should separate the seed phrase and other important documents afar, these personal documents (seed phrase) can be separated either in many pattern not just locations for example storing with metal, written note etc. Backups across countries is also the best idea basically I came across a video concerning flood disaster in Philippines Cebu precisely, if anyone experienced such kind of pain I’m sure they’ll not think about bitcoin or seed yet rather a means to save life first, in times like this alternatives are the best and op mentioned really nice points although few will say a nearby city meanwhile nearby city also get affected badly during war etc.

I'm not sure how safe it is to store your seed phrase in different countries, but if you want to do this, you need to be sure no one can find your stash and use it. I didn't think this was possible in the civilized world, but it turns out you can be banned from leaving the country. This happened in my country, where men of military age are banned from leaving the country. At first, I thought war was impossible in this day and age, but it turns out anything can happen, so it's better to have several stashes with your seed phrases, though I'm not sure about other countries.

[satscraper]

It's no secret that it's essential to back up your seeds, and in different places (either within a given location). I'd like to develop this idea a bit further. In my opinion, it's not enough to simply save a few seeds in different locations; you need to save several different seeds in completely different locations (preferably across countries). This is what will give you that very “financial freedom”.

For example, you have seed №1 with you, entered on hardware wallet. You duplicate this seed №1 and save 2 or 3 backup copies in different locations. At the same time, you create seed №2 and seed №3, which you place in other locations (preferably in other countries).

Important note: You keep the addresses (preferably several) of the wallets in seed №2 and seed №3 (or use them to conduct small transactions to save them in your transaction history).

Now, if a threat arises (stealing, confiscation, robbery, or difficulties with transportation hardware wallet across the border) when you have a hardware wallet (seed №1), you send the wallet contents to address seed №2 or seed №3. Once you reach location seed №2 or seed №3, you gain access to your savings.

You’re totally right ^{but honestly, this is the trivial point}. What is not trivial is the method used to create such backups, so that relevant clones in different geographic locations can be stored openly, while at the same time keeping their contents safe from any prying eyes. It looks like I’ve found such method. Now I keep my SEED backups in three geographic locations. I store them with my relatives, who live far from me and from each other ^{about 500 to 1000 miles apart}. Pros: when they visit me, I ask them to bring the relevant media so I can check it; and when I travel to them I do  verification on the spot.