alanbwt on Nostr: This isn’t for everyone. If it sounds intimidating, something like a Bitkey is a ...

This isn’t for everyone. If it sounds intimidating, something like a Bitkey is a fine solution. But for those who want maximum security and sovereignty that is still practical, This is The Way.

Multi-sig also sounds more intimidating than it is. Same with dice rolls. Same with passphrases. Op-sec is not a destination but a journey. Learn a bit each day and improve your standing.

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The more you learn about Bitcoin security, the more you become a SeedSigner (or more broadly a general-purpose air-gapped computer) maximalist: generate the seed entirely offline with dice or other analog entropy, and ideally never load it onto a device that remembers or stores it.

Even when you spend, use a stateless device so the seed only exists temporarily in RAM and is wiped on power-off. Add a strong dice-generated passphrase and/or a geographically distributed multi-sig quorum, and you have ironclad security for your stack.