Quote from: Crypt jnr on Today at 04:28:13 PM

In most part of Africa hardware wallets are not only difficult but expensive to get apart form using custodian wallets like trust wallet and metamask is there an alternative software that can help hodl Bitcoin in a flash drive. or otherwise

Notepad, Words, anything that enable you to write down your passphrase or private key and save it to a flash drive but do take not that it is not as safe as hardware wallets so you need to exercise extra precaution when saving your data in flash drive.

Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on Today at 08:08:44 PM

Quote from: stompix on Today at 07:58:11 PM

Well, it's OP who wanted a cheap portable wallet made out of a flash drive so most went along with his scenario.

He is just a newbie, who as far as I can tell isn't very much competent around crypto. Instead of guiding him best, and suggesting him the practices experts repeatedly put forward, we have OgNasty suggesting to store private key in text file. OP probably doesn't even know why a hardware wallet is considered secure, but established, decade-old user merely recommended him to back it up on a USB, and equate that with writing down on paper. Ridiculous.

True so we should remind him that such action as keeping the private key to the flash drive isn't as secure as keeping the BTC in hardware wallets. I think we can give him precautionary measures if ever he can't afford hardware wallets and chose to use a flash disk as an alternative.

This article gives a good alternative in storing BTC privatekey if ever the person don't have hardware wallet yet.

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3. Offline Flash drive
If you don’t have a hardware wallet, you can temporarily keep your private keys or seed in an offline flash drive or HDD. But these options are only safe as long as they aren’t in the hands of an attacker. One can also use offline drives that encrypt the data stored on them. This way you can add one more security layer for accessing your coins.

4. Cryptosteel
Another effective way to store your private keys is to record them over a Cryptosteel. Cryptosteel is stainless steel tool that allows you to store up to 96 characters worth of confidential information. And in this case, this confidential information can also be your private key which is always less than 96 characters. This is a very secure way to handle your private keys because Cryptosteel is fire and waterproof. But this level of security doesn’t come free. Cryptosteel costs about $100.

Though the article stated saving your private key in cryptoart, I will not suggest to use any online application in storing your privatekey for security reason.