06-17-2020, 05:25 AM
Budget long term cold storage
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>After going down a rabbit hole of reviewing my general security (more security of myself forgetting my seeds etc rather than being hacked) I was wondering if anyone had any tips for long term cold backups?</p> <p>I've seen steel solutions that can get pretty pricey - how likely is it for a USB drive to fail over a 5 year period, or are SD cards less prone to failure?</p> <p>Looking at backup up various seeds (I've had a few over the years I want to keep track of - I've just been stung losing an old 12 word that still had funds!) so wanting a long term solution that can keep more than one seed phrase.</p> <p>Possibly backing up seeds on 2 or 3 USD drives, 2 offsite - 1 with me.</p> <p>Is it best to have seeds/private keys on say, a .txt?</p> <p>Then would you encrypt this - and if it is encrypted can you <em>always</em> decrypt even if the software used to encrypt is no longer supported?</p> <p>I use a hardware wallet with a second offsite day to day - just looking at protecting myself in a worst case (like if I lose the first <em>and</em> somebody managed to wipe the offsite)</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>After going down a rabbit hole of reviewing my general security (more security of myself forgetting my seeds etc rather than being hacked) I was wondering if anyone had any tips for long term cold backups?</p> <p>I've seen steel solutions that can get pretty pricey - how likely is it for a USB drive to fail over a 5 year period, or are SD cards less prone to failure?</p> <p>Looking at backup up various seeds (I've had a few over the years I want to keep track of - I've just been stung losing an old 12 word that still had funds!) so wanting a long term solution that can keep more than one seed phrase.</p> <p>Possibly backing up seeds on 2 or 3 USD drives, 2 offsite - 1 with me.</p> <p>Is it best to have seeds/private keys on say, a .txt?</p> <p>Then would you encrypt this - and if it is encrypted can you <em>always</em> decrypt even if the software used to encrypt is no longer supported?</p> <p>I use a hardware wallet with a second offsite day to day - just looking at protecting myself in a worst case (like if I lose the first <em>and</em> somebody managed to wipe the offsite)</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> Kind Regards R