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I haven’t ever stored private keys in a password manager, and whenever I see the section in 1Password I shudder a little. 

I store my private keys in a waterproof notebook in a fireproof safe. Really. And I write them using a cypher I’ve memorized—again, really—so that even if someone read what they found it wouldn’t do anything. 

I do all this, despite having never held more than $50k in my wallets and usually holding only a few thousand. 

Am I way overkill with my approach? Or just following best practices that I can grow into if I ever hold more?

What’s your approach and why do you feel it’s good or bad?

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i also store my keys on a waterproof notebook in a fireproof safe 🤣 noice

i like coffee, crypto, animals, plants, drones, 3D printing, midjourney, and stickers

multisig safes with multiple hardware wallets as signers, and you can then use social recovery with a long delay - good way to go, like social recovery too, feels comfortable

When I got my ledger I bought a metal case to store the seed in (encrypted still), as my ledger is the holder of my thumbsup.eth ens which is probably my most prized possession. It felt a bit like overkill. Still undecided if I’ll buy more of them. Maybe if I get a big enough win. Honestly long term I see myself moving to social recovery.