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and no encryption apparently too

• rufusroflpunch 4y ago
  This is baffling. It would be remarkably easy to memorize 12 words, then keep no active wallet anywhere. When you want to send coins, start up a desktop wallet, enter the 12 words, send some Bitcoin, then delete the wallet.
  • cesarb 4y ago
    If this was a really old Bitcoin wallet, it could be from before the "12 words" thing. IIRC, older wallets randomly generated each key, instead of deriving them from a seed passphrase (which also meant you had to be really careful with your backups, since an old backup of the wallet wouldn't have its newer keys).
    • rufusroflpunch 4y ago
      I am sure you’re right. But you could just send the funds to a new address in the new wallet. He could have done that at any point in the last 5+ years.
  • Scoundreller 4y ago
    Would he want to have all the funds in 1 wallet? (I understand these hardware wallets let you load up as many as you want.)
    • rufusroflpunch 4y ago
      He was more or less doing that already anyway. He could at least have used an even moderate amount of modern Bitcoin opsec.
  • 323 4y ago
    And one day you hit your head and can't remember the words anymore.
    • gardenhedge 4y ago
      maybe buy twelve items that represent the words and have them around the house
      • tedunangst 4y ago
        I saw that movie!
        • gardenhedge 4y ago
          What is the movie?