Researchers crack 11-year-old password, recover $3 million in bitcoin

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Researchers crack 11-year-old password, recover $3 million in bitcoin
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Honestly even lamination isn’t great. Won’t survive a fire.

Best options I’ve seen are engraving your seed into metal, and/or putting multiple copies in trusted locations like family houses or safety deposit boxes.

Last time I tried to engrave my seed on metal I got kicked out of the park.

In retrospect, the monkey bars were a poor choice for metal.

How come everyone is forgetting the best practices in Bitcoin backup?

You put the stuff in a container, put it in a hole in your yard, and put a birdbath on top of it.

The birdbath is a crucial security step! Standard practice! Been that way for years! I frankly can't believe a lot more people don't know about it.

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