03-14-2021, 05:04 AM
TIL- The Winklevoss private keys are stored on 3 “shards”, which are spread acro
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>According to Ben Mezrich’s biographical novel “Bitcoin Millionaires”, which chronicles the Winklevoss twins story...</p> <p>The twins split their private key into 3 shards - referred to as “alpha”, “beta”, and “Charlie”. Which were then stored in fireproof / waterproof envelopes, and stashed in unassuming banks. </p> <p>To ensure that a natural disaster does not wipe-out one/more of the ‘shards’, they duplicated the process 4 times, in 4 separate time zones for redundancy.</p> <p>To all you hodl’ers, take lesson from 2 of the richest BTC investors in the world. <em>PROTECT YOUR KEYS!</em></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/BradlyL"> /u/BradlyL </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/m4gruo/til_the_winklevoss_private_keys_are_stored_on_3/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/m4gruo/til_the_winklevoss_private_keys_are_stored_on_3/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>According to Ben Mezrich’s biographical novel “Bitcoin Millionaires”, which chronicles the Winklevoss twins story...</p> <p>The twins split their private key into 3 shards - referred to as “alpha”, “beta”, and “Charlie”. Which were then stored in fireproof / waterproof envelopes, and stashed in unassuming banks. </p> <p>To ensure that a natural disaster does not wipe-out one/more of the ‘shards’, they duplicated the process 4 times, in 4 separate time zones for redundancy.</p> <p>To all you hodl’ers, take lesson from 2 of the richest BTC investors in the world. <em>PROTECT YOUR KEYS!</em></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/BradlyL"> /u/BradlyL </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/m4gruo/til_the_winklevoss_private_keys_are_stored_on_3/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/m4gruo/til_the_winklevoss_private_keys_are_stored_on_3/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R