Almost no one talks about Brainwallet these days, so it's not surprising you had such assumption. That thread you mentioned is helpful, although it's when you have time and resource to spare.


But how many people know and remember all of their right? Besides, we don't live in ideal world where some agent or guard act as if they above the law[1-2].

[1] https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/border-patrols-abusive-practice-of-taking-migrants-property-needs-to-end
[2] https://viewfromthewing.com/justice-department-stops-deas-airport-searches-after-3-2-billion-seized-from-passengers-without-charges/

Some people are taking the concept of self-custody too far. Ordinarily, having a secure wallet where only you control your private keys is enough. However, some individuals are so cautious that they are unwilling to pass on their self-custodied Bitcoins to even their heirs, regardless of whether they trust them or not, maybe going to the grave with the keys is enough. We must understand that there are certain things we cannot control, such as natural disasters and even death. For this reason, it is essential to educate ourselves on best practices and use secure tools too.

There are many practices we can adopt to secure our Bitcoins, whether it’s splitting our seed phrase and storing the pieces in different locations, placing it in a metal safe, or adopting partial custody. The key is to choose a method we are comfortable with and relax. After all, there are some things we simply cannot control

You have a point and I agree with what you used as an example but it is not the same situation.
I believe every Bitcoiner knows that the department in charge of passengers at the airport, or the seaport always seizes from passengers everything that has to do with cryptocurrency, and if I remember correctly about 2-3 years ago this issue was discussed in this forum.
This is why legal advice is always important in this type of situation.



That's a fact buddy. I also believe the best way to keep something safe is to go for the lesser-risk method and never use a single method. This is something I learned from my grandpa.
Even though keeping a safe wallet seed phrase can be problematic at some point, the old-fashioned method will always be the safety method.

Although you seem to have good knowledge regarding computers etc, I think you shouldn't suggest complicated solutions.

BIP38 is a very good way to protect your private keys using encryption.

It's not a good idea to over-complicate things.

Most people should try to eliminate single points of failure using multisig or singlesig+passphrase.

Just back up your seed phrase and your passphrase twice in separate locations and you will be good. Nobody will ever access your bitcoins if they gain unauthorized access to a backup and there is no chance that you will lose coins because of extreme complications. The only thing that you need to remember is where the backups are.

You can use many back up methods and your methods need to be secure and safe enough. It won't increase your risk of compromised and lose your bitcoin.

The point at the end is access your wallet and its inside private keys, not addresses. You won't get access to your bitcoin with public addresses, as you can easily import public addresses and create watch only wallets, that are unspendable.

Increase complexity of backup method is different than using multiple backup methods.
Complicated like seed splitting for example. Why is Seed Splitting a Bad Idea?

How to back up a seed phrase? It has many good warnings and advice for wallet backups.

Can we stop assuming that all our fear of losing our Bitcoin holdings will go away, I know how bad an incident of losing your coins feels so for that we can only try our best by applying the necessary safety measures to protect our assets, in the end, if we are meant to lose them no matter how careful and protective we are we still lose the coins.

For that reason, we need to make sure that we put every necessary security protection and procedure to secure our wallet and at the same time be personally carful while online, and giving our wallet seed phrase to one or two of our close love ones.

Yes, indeed the need for those you gave your wallet to try it while you are available to know whether or not they can gain access to the funds in them, instead of risking to wait until you are no more to recover the wallet for the first time.

Haha, I remember that (here is the link), with:

1. the different wooden plank sizes meaning 0 or 1 in binary format.
2. being securely stored as a background in a family photo for coverage.

I don't know if he was just messing around though. But most probably yes.

I think it's also a good idea to repeat this testing procedure, say recover your coins, at least once a year.

January 3rd is Proof of Keys Day, so I'm expecting that everyone here still has it fresh in their minds...

Another good thing to mention is that you should definitely have alternative ways of restoring your coins.

Everything looks great in your digital backed up keys until you mistakenly format that PC, wiping the forgotten backup.

And everything looks great at your paper seed (or platinum etched ones), until your house is hit with a natural disaster like a flood and your seeds are never to be seen again...

The best approach is to:

1. never have online backups.
2. always have two backups on physical media, in two different locations.

Just do that and you 'll be better than 90% of users who still keep money on exchanges. 

Sure, metal is better than paper for durability. As far as encryption goes, yes! but many times people end up forgetting their encryption passwords or their BIP38 passphrases.

To summarise it, I think this is one of the best articles I 've read, so I 'll let it speak instead of me.