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I have been thinking about this problem. The 30 year problem. Long term key storage, something that can never be forgotten. Hard drives can be stolen, damaged
by godmode2019 5y ago
I have been thinking about this problem. The 30 year problem.
Long term key storage, something that can never be forgotten. Hard drives can be stolen, damaged or lost ink on paper can fade away.
But if your key is protected by something timeless and unchanging as long as you remember the formula you can get it back.
A global constant that you can be sure will always be publicly known and unchanged.
Here are some simple examples that you should not use
.com register - two or more long random domains blended in a certain way.
Old letters from famous people
Passage from a Classical book, music ect.
For long term cold storage as soon as you have written it down you have lost it.
- sneak 5y agoLaser printed paper that is thermally laminated should last an entire human lifespan. There are also little metal punch tools that let you record a BIP32 seed phrase onto a fireproof metal card, which should last at least a couple centuries.
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y agoWhat if somebody steals it?
- sneak 5y agoThat is, of course, a different problem.
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y agoWhat if I forget which .com registers I picked?
- godmode2019 5y ago.com registers are the public domain. This database is easy to get a hold of, you just need to use a contact name that is searchable
- numpad0 5y agoSo what are the practical differences between key storage and key derivation key storage…
- godmode2019 5y agoRisky tolerance, if you physical hold your keys they can be taken
- bserge 5y agoWouldn't a safe deposit box in a bank work? Fwiw I never lost my birth certificates in decades because I can't do anything without them and getting copies from the government is a major pain.
- godmode2019 5y agoIts not able losing them its about someone else stealing them. If they are written down they can be taken. Imagine if your birth certificate was transferable if someone just used the code on the paper they would now own your identification. You would probably burn it
- iamtedd 5y agoI remember this article about deposit box safety was posted on HN a couple of years ago: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/business/safe-deposit-box-theft.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/business/safe-deposit-box... HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20545276 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20545276
- rvieira 5y agoI recommend reading "The Preserving Machine", by PKD :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Preserving_Machine_(short_story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Preserving_Machine_(short_...