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Re: How can we expect "average Joe" to remember passphrases to his Bitcoins?
by
unamis76
on 01/05/2017, 20:34:40 UTC
How can we expect? Just like he remembers the password of his email account... Exactly the same.

So I would like to know what technological solutions could be proposed for this problem.

What problem? I don't see any problems or issues here. This isn't certainly a Bitcoin problem, at least... People still have to remember things and exercise their mind. We can't come up with tech solutions for each and every human error or fault. Creating such will only make matters worse.

This makes me remember when those cars with autosteer/autopilot functionality crash due to human error and since the system was on, human blames the machine because of "bugs". We cannot blame technology for our faults. If one forgets to make a backup of his wallet or his password, it's sad, but it was his fault for forgetting.

A weird idea
can we somehow use our fingerprints as a secret phrase? Any limitations for this?

This is generally considered to be a very weak "secret phrase" as you leave your fingerprint in many places. This has already been discussed a while back.

Simple solution:
- do not encrypt wallet.
- use all the letters in the alphabet as password or use your name in reverse as a password.

This is generally not recommended.

Simple solution:
- have password hints

This might be bad too.

There are many ways, just do what is comfortable for you. Do not let foolishness makes you lose bitcoin.

Good advice Smiley