Re: What if someone forgot the key to their bitcoin wallet ?

What are the measures to keep your private key safe and in memory ?

Print your private keys to any form of paper that you can keep for safety. Don't trust your memory even you are the champion in memory verse challenges, it isn't enough to keep your funds.

You can also create a file on a notepad and save it to a flash drive and don't use that drive to any computer that you don't own. Don't use it to public places.

Quote from: BTC.Turtle on June 19, 2018, 01:16:52 PM

Are there any alternatives to retrieve the key back ?

If you lost it, that's lost forever.

Apart from that , I will suggest you to take the periodic backup of your wallet.dat file and store in some other storage/device (other than the system where wallet is installed). It is also considered as a good practice.

Its not the problem of bitcoin wallet to deal with. But as an individual you can print it and put the hard copy somewhere safe or maybe put the code in your phone something like memo or notes. If you have laptop you can also save it there. Therebare different ways in order to save or remember your key, but you need to be careful. And something such important thing is not a thing that you want to loose so hold it tight.