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Re: IMPORTANT! Always check your Seed twice.
by
LoyceV
on 05/01/2024, 09:45:35 UTC
⭐ Merited by BlackHatCoiner (4) ,Cricktor (1)
The way I do it is as soon as I write down the Seed, I close the Wallet, then re launch it and use the Restore option.  Enter the Seed from the paper I just wrote and go from there.
This isn't even enough: you should check if the seed creates the same address again.

I prefer to test the seed with a different application. So when I setup a hardware wallet, I import the seed into Ian Coleman's software (of course running offline, air-gapped, running a Live Linux DVD from RAM, with the curtains closed on a computer that I'll burn in holy fire afterwards), and see if I can reproduce the same address by different means. It's a lot of work, but being thorough gives peace of mind.

What I normally do whenever I create a new seed is to snap it with another phone
This turns a hot wallet into an even hotter wallet. You're basically doubling the malware risk.