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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: How to safely store big amounts of BTC?
by
Dondont
on 05/07/2019, 16:38:54 UTC
Hello,

Suppose I would expand my BTC portfolio to 10 or 15 BTC.....how would you store such a big amount of coins?

Ofcourse I would use a hardware wallet, but if I store them all on 1 wallet and I lose the wallet, or the house gets on fire and it burns, then I have lost those coins forever? Or are there still ways to get to the coins somehow in that case?

Would you advise to store let's say 15 BTC on 3 different hardware wallets (5BTC each), or would you spread it out even more? Ofcourse I'm not gonna buy more than max. 3 hardware wallets but in that case maybe 15 different laptop wallets (Electrum, Jaxx, Exodus etc.) with 1BTC each on it is safer?

I'm looking for the safest way to store a big amount of BTC and to minimize the risks of losing a big amount.

Of course not, I think hardware wallet is the safest device to store Bitcoin especially if you have such a large amount. Moreover, the system in the wallet hardware can also be accessed if you have a copy of the Private Key. So if you lose it you can still recover with another hardware wallet or with your computer