whats the most creative way of keeping bitcoins in cold storage

[TheGr33k]

Hide them in a painting or in a bunch of multi step riddles Da Vinci Code style:





Unless you have Robert Langdon, you ain't getting my private keys...

A couple posts about the multi step riddle and they are all interesting, I remember a art collector hid millions in paintings and has a riddle to solve them, would be really cool to se someone do this in bitcoins

[Newar]

A similar thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=820273.msg9167176#msg9167176

[Cray4Cryptz]

Paper burns, what is a super creative way of keeping cold storage?

Super creative? You can stick with paper, and just laminate it for added protection. Keep in a fire-safe place to avoid the laminated paper getting burned.

why look for complex way if you can do this

as long as its serves the purpose.

[TheGr33k]

Paper burns, what is a super creative way of keeping cold storage?

Super creative? You can stick with paper, and just laminate it for added protection. Keep in a fire-safe place to avoid the laminated paper getting burned.

why look for complex way if you can do this

as long as its serves the purpose.

Why not? Its fun to do new things with your bitcoin!

[kingama]

From the other thread, this seems pretty cool and durable, if a bit pricey. $150+$8 per foot of tape. Not sure what the works out to per bip38 encrypted private key.

This makes tags for really harsh environments like pipelines, so it should do for permanent code storage including cases like fire and flooding.  Not sure if they do lower case but if not just put a slash in front of the char that is going to be lower case.

I'm going to get one and try it out.

http://www.amazon.com/DYMO-Tapewriter-Metal-Embosser-101105/dp/B000FD7Z7I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1413480605&sr=8-3&keywords=tape+embosser

http://www.amazon.com/DYMO-Non-Adhesive-Stainless-Embossing-Cassette/dp/B000O78D94/ref=pd_sim_op_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0S9RH5Z6WBSQ2RMV22PY

[Snail2]

Carve it under the sculpture of Thomas Jefferson on Mount Rushmore .

Edit: ...in haiku format stanzas .

[Wendigo]

Embedded chip under the skin that can hold coins and record transactions? This way you know your precious bitcoins are always with you wherever you go

[Mitchell]

Extremely small font engraved onto tiny plate which is placed under your skin!

Embedded chip under the skin that can hold coins and record transactions? This way you know your precious bitcoins are always with you wherever you go

Mr. Bitcoin has a NFC chip implanted in his hand that holds his Bitcoin wallet. Hand-implanted NFC chips open this man's bitcoin wallet. He is a fascinating and amazing man.

[Possum577]

Use a combination of first letters in each line on a page and page numbers from a random book at your local library, one that's widely known...like it could be purchased or found at any library.

[PolarPoint]

Have your key engraved in stone, bury it in your garden and plant a tree over it. That's creative.

[Mitchell]

Aren't NFC thieves on the rise? Seems like a less secure method then he thought.

He doesn't store the private keys directly on the NFC. They are encrypted with BIP38, so that only he can use them. Yes, thieves could steal them if they got near his hands, but they would be useless to them as they don't know the secret passphrase that encrypted the private keys.

[TheGr33k]

Have your key engraved in stone, bury it in your garden and plant a tree over it. That's creative.

That pkays a risky game, erosion and tree roots will hit ya

[Beliathon]

Write a poem.
Use the poem to create a brainwallet.

[johnyj]

Nothing beats backup, back up the key in different geographical locations remove the need to protect a single point of failure, and keeping several copies at your relatives might give them chance to retrieve it once you were caught by an incident

[cshelswell]

Nothing beats backup, back up the key in different geographical locations remove the need to protect a single point of failure, and keeping several copies at your relatives might give them chance to retrieve it once you were caught by an incident

I back everything up in 2 locations and 3 different drives. Backup is the best way to preserve something I used to love watching people at uni who stored all their assignments on a thumb drive only for it to fail. I'd ask if they'd backed it up... They learnt to do so quickly

[digitalgrow]

Make a ring engraved with a private key forged in the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor

The Key only becomes visible when the ring is heated in fire

[Possum577]

On your old no internet access phone, stored in your freezer (of course).

[Possum577]

Nothing beats backup, back up the key in different geographical locations remove the need to protect a single point of failure, and keeping several copies at your relatives might give them chance to retrieve it once you were caught by an incident

I back everything up in 2 locations and 3 different drives. Backup is the best way to preserve something I used to love watching people at uni who stored all their assignments on a thumb drive only for it to fail. I'd ask if they'd backed it up... They learnt to do so quickly

What's "uni"?

[lyth0s]

Make a ring engraved with a private key forged in the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor

The Key only becomes visible when the ring is heated in fire

I think Charlie Shrem did this already...... 


How about storing them in plane sight??? Make a bunch of new addresses in a wallet each with 1 satoshi. Then pay all those satoshis back to one of your primary well-known wallet address that you can recognize. Use the 2nd number/letter of each address as the passphrase for a brain wallet which then give you a private key/public key. HIDDEN IN PLAIN SITE and won't go away unless bitcoin is dead.

--Now that this method is said it is not safe (and not really random either), DO NOT ACTUALLY DO THIS!!! lol

[lyth0s]

Nothing beats backup, back up the key in different geographical locations remove the need to protect a single point of failure, and keeping several copies at your relatives might give them chance to retrieve it once you were caught by an incident

I back everything up in 2 locations and 3 different drives. Backup is the best way to preserve something I used to love watching people at uni who stored all their assignments on a thumb drive only for it to fail. I'd ask if they'd backed it up... They learnt to do so quickly

What's "uni"?

Uni = University.

Even worse I meant an older women at my previous University who kept her Thesis on a freaking 3.5'' floppy drive, no backups, and it FAILED. Poof, years of work....GONE.