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Board Wallet software
Re: You should write two copies of your seed phrase.
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o_e_l_e_o
on 02/04/2023, 10:17:27 UTC
Is the increasingly powerful computer technology related to Quantum Computers?
Could be. A sufficiently powerful quantum computer running Grover's algorithm can perform a brute force search in O(√n) functions, rather than O(n) functions as a standard computer would. This means that a 2128 string could be brute forced in only 264 iterations. This is all dependent on very powerful quantum computers though, which are a long way off.

Or use a "Timer Capsule" which will protect any document well, is fire and water-resistant, and can withstand any condition.
I think people get too hung up on metal seed phrase storage, and it can actually lead to poor practices. Because of the expense of such devices, many people will just buy a single device and that will be their only back up. Only having one back up is a very risky situation, especially if that one back up is stored at home alongside the device(s) your wallet(s) are installed on. Two pieces of paper in separate geographical locations is safer (not to mention cheaper and easier) than a single metal back up.