Doing a bit of research on my favorite kind of steel backup. The humble steel washer stack of course.
I've tried different sized washers and have found 10mm x 24mm to be the sweet spot.
What's your preferred steel backup washer size?
21 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 3 Nov 2023
please try to "hack" this
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 3 Nov 2023
Sick. I wish steganography was used a lot more in bitcoin. It's amazing tech.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Epi54 4 Nov 2023
I prefer washers for M3 screws with 1mm letters, as they are small and easy to hide. Here is the jig for these:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6023492
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT OP 4 Nov 2023
They look smaller than usual.
Have you ever had trouble fitting a longer word in it?
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Epi54 4 Nov 2023
The jig features 12 positions. I numbered all washers with two digits to ensure the right order, so words with 10 letters do fit. Keep in mind that you just have to record the first 4 letters of each seed word to create a valid backup. Full words of course do look nicer.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT OP 4 Nov 2023
Right, it looks nice & compact.
I'm surprised how small they are!
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bitman 4 Nov 2023
Wouldn't this also depend on the size of a person's letter punches?
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT OP 4 Nov 2023
It might. I haven't seen much variation in the letter punches.
BIP39 words are no more that 8 letters so at most you'd be using 10 characters on a washer.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bitman 4 Nov 2023
Do you use a 3D printed holder for when punching?
I've found that when having to punch the same letter more than once, the end result gets rather messy.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT OP 4 Nov 2023
I haven't so far, but I think it would make it easier & neater too.
I have an old iron shoe horn as a base. With the hammer I go one light hit, then one heavy. So far so good.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Zepasta 3 Nov 2023
Just print a bunch of SeedQRs, add passphases or multisig, you dont need fancy steel backups, its so unnecessary and Expensive...
Stack sats
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT OP 4 Nov 2023
Steel washers are not expensive or fancy.
But go ahead
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @okpj 4 Nov 2023
I mean, it’s just a steel washer, @Onions. What could it cost? $10?
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