craigers on Nostr: Need some help on a seed storage idea. I was inspired by a post on reddit by user ...
Need some help on a seed storage idea. I was inspired by a post on reddit by user u/pskindlefire where he stamped letters into an electrical box cover and thought I would try it myself. Way harder than it seems to get deep letters stamped in and wanted to try to combine it with the ease of NVK (npub1az9…m8y8) seedplate idea with a center punch to etch letters but in braille. It is made out of galvanized steel and not stainless so I may need lopp (npub17u5…t4tp) to do some tests. The reddit user mention above did a basic test and it looks solid so far even with the fire burning off the zinc coating and corrosion after 2 years looks good. Below is just a rough example showing spacing. Could easily give it more room for legibility and a separate plate for passphrase could have some very long unique words. Yes this is more complex but stamping letters deep enough is not easy. Some words I put in the photo below are not actual words.
Pros - cost (1k sats per plate) is great for multi plate backups like SeedXOR, seed splitting, separate plates for
24word seed and passphrases etc.
-works great for passphrases with non standard 39 words (most seedplates only work for 4 letters)
-24 words can easily fit on side of plate
-can be purchased anywhere
-probably a good idea to keep a paper copy with written words with each plate. Ideally the plate is only
necessary incase of fire or flood.
-really easy to overwrite if seed needs to be destroyed
- can be hidden in plain site and used as an electrical box cover. Not Recommended by me.
Cons - need braille alphabet to recover. easy to find online
- numbers might not work as they match the first 9 letters (numbering 1-24 or for the passphrase)
-not as easy to translate as NVK's seedplate or u/pskindlefire method
- might be too confusing for next of kin
-probably more but I would love some input
- could be translated upside down accidentally but the error would be noticed when the words make no sense
Pros - cost (1k sats per plate) is great for multi plate backups like SeedXOR, seed splitting, separate plates for
24word seed and passphrases etc.
-works great for passphrases with non standard 39 words (most seedplates only work for 4 letters)
-24 words can easily fit on side of plate
-can be purchased anywhere
-probably a good idea to keep a paper copy with written words with each plate. Ideally the plate is only
necessary incase of fire or flood.
-really easy to overwrite if seed needs to be destroyed
- can be hidden in plain site and used as an electrical box cover. Not Recommended by me.
Cons - need braille alphabet to recover. easy to find online
- numbers might not work as they match the first 9 letters (numbering 1-24 or for the passphrase)
-not as easy to translate as NVK's seedplate or u/pskindlefire method
- might be too confusing for next of kin
-probably more but I would love some input
- could be translated upside down accidentally but the error would be noticed when the words make no sense