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Sometimes it is: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cold_storage https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cold_storage

• heavenlyblue 6y ago
  You could just save it on a flash drive and hide it in safe. How does printing it on a piece of paper make it any safer?
  • doc_gunthrop 6y ago
    Did you even bother viewing the linked page? > The advantage is that any security issues of USB interfaces or cameras are completely avoided. There's also the section that enumerates all the downsides for each medium of storage: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cold_storage#Private_key_backup_storage https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cold_storage#Private_key_backup_s...
  • lmm 6y ago
    With paper you can be confident that you will still be able to read it in decades. How true is that of a flash drive?