Hiding stops the glance. It does nothing against the person who knows where to look, and that is who takes seed phrases. Read it What steganography cannot do
Tag: Passphrase
Why a public cipher hides your seed but doesn't encrypt it
The ciphers hide your words from a casual look. Anyone who suspects the list can test all 9,132 of them in minutes. Read it Why a public cipher hides your seed but doesn't encrypt it
The 25th word: a BIP-39 passphrase turns the numbers into nothing
The passphrase is the lock. Choose it, store it apart from the numbers, and test it before you fund the wallet. Read it The 25th word: a BIP-39 passphrase turns the numbers into nothing
Disguises that survive a second look
Receipts, part numbers, trip logs, production logs and sports scores, worked through with the public example, and the tells that break them. Read it Disguises that survive a second look
One-time pad vs. a public book cipher
What a real one-time pad on a seed would take, and why this site publishes its ciphers instead. Read it One-time pad vs. a public book cipher
Numbers in your head: memorising a numeric seed
Words or numbers in your head, the peg system and the memory palace worked on the public example, and why memory is never the only copy. Read it Numbers in your head: memorising a numeric seed
The five-dollar wrench
Nobody breaks the cryptography; they threaten the person. Duress, decoy wallets, time-locks, and why the goal is to have nothing you can hand over today. Read it The five-dollar wrench