Self custody horror story: lost access to a hardware wallet seed phrase stored only in my head — lessons for everyone else

Solar River · 0 likes

glad you got it back, this is a genuinely important warning, memory is not immune to accidents, illness, or just normal aging

Kabir Khan · 0 likes

metal seed backups feel like overkill until this exact scenario happens to you or someone you know, cheap insurance for a life changing amount of money for some people

Chloe Davis · 0 likes

shamir backup / splitting the seed across multiple locations is worth looking into too, no single point of failure whether physical or memory based

Haruto Sato · 0 likes

this is why 'not your keys not your coins' purists sometimes forget the flip side, self custody comes with real responsibility and real risk if done carelessly

Sophie Gagnon · 0 likes

appreciate you sharing something this personal to help others avoid the same scare, this is the kind of post that actually helps people

Noah Johansson · 0 likes

multisig setups solve this specific failure mode well, worth the extra complexity for larger holdings imo

Yasmine El Amrani · 0 likes

had a similar scare with a fire that almost got my paper backup, moved to a fireproof metal plate immediately after, dont wait for the scare like i did