A Preliminary Concept for RNG- and Physical-Trace-Resistant Private Keys
This is an experimental security framework for private keys, designed to fundamentally address two chronic weaknesses in crypto asset protection: single-point trust and physical trace leakage.
It is not a simple “brain wallet” — instead, it combines decentralized entropy sources with a non-linear memory model to achieve unprecedented resilience.
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Layer 1: Eliminate All Physical Traces & Attack Surfaces
This is the cornerstone of the mechanism. The private key’s generation and storage leave no tangible footprint — no hardware, no paper, no digital file. All critical elements (anchors, non-linear rules) exist only in your memory.
As a result, no form of physical theft, scanning, duplication, or disaster can compromise your key. Physical attack vectors are cut off at the root.
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Layer 2: Decentralized Entropy Sources (Immune to RNG Attacks)
This framework completely abandons reliance on any random number generator (RNG), whether software-based or hardware-based.
Entropy comes from three unique, non-public real-world memory anchors — for example:
Tom’s full legal name
His partner’s full legal name
His neighbor’s daughter’s full legal name
These are combined under personal rules only you know. By shifting entropy from algorithmic RNGs to unverifiable human memory, the design eliminates the entire class of RNG backdoor or seed-prediction attacks.
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Layer 3: Non-Linear Memory Model (Immune to Social Engineering)
Even if an attacker somehow guesses all three anchors, they still can’t reconstruct the private key.
Why? The combination rule is non-linear — e.g., “first 32 bits of key A + last 32 bits of key B”.
One anchor has no correlation with the other two, and all known fragments are scrambled and reassembled into a key structure impossible to reverse-engineer through brute force permutations.
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Layer 4: Multi-Signature (Immune to Single Point Failure)
Each of the three individuals generates a base private key from their full name. Then:
Tom + partner = Key 1
Tom + neighbor’s daughter = Key 2
Partner + neighbor’s daughter = Key 3
These three keys (x, y, z) form a 3-of-3 multisig address, ensuring that no single party can act alone.
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Layer 5: Social-Engineering Immunity
The mechanism leverages private, inaccessible human memory as its defense wall.
Any attempt to deduce the key through public records, relationships, or surveillance is futile — the anchors and the rules live only in your mind, not in any external data source.
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Layer 6: Maximum Censorship Resistance
This is the endgame. Against state-level asset seizure or search warrants, the absence of physical evidence means the private key cannot be confiscated.
As long as your memory is intact, no external force can seize control of your assets. This is the ultimate form of personal financial sovereignty.
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Operational Safety: Air-Gapped Signing
To keep transaction-time security equal to key-generation security, the model includes:
Air-gapped devices for signing
Offline authorization workflows
Avoidance of risks from software/hardware vendors
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The Core Philosophy
> “If I exist, the key exists. If I am gone, the key disappears.”
True absolute private ownership of assets
This is a conceptual security model, not a guaranteed unbreakable method. Posting here for critique and threat modeling.
It is not a simple “brain wallet” — instead, it combines decentralized entropy sources with a non-linear memory model to achieve unprecedented resilience.
---
Layer 1: Eliminate All Physical Traces & Attack Surfaces
This is the cornerstone of the mechanism. The private key’s generation and storage leave no tangible footprint — no hardware, no paper, no digital file. All critical elements (anchors, non-linear rules) exist only in your memory.
As a result, no form of physical theft, scanning, duplication, or disaster can compromise your key. Physical attack vectors are cut off at the root.
---
Layer 2: Decentralized Entropy Sources (Immune to RNG Attacks)
This framework completely abandons reliance on any random number generator (RNG), whether software-based or hardware-based.
Entropy comes from three unique, non-public real-world memory anchors — for example:
Tom’s full legal name
His partner’s full legal name
His neighbor’s daughter’s full legal name
These are combined under personal rules only you know. By shifting entropy from algorithmic RNGs to unverifiable human memory, the design eliminates the entire class of RNG backdoor or seed-prediction attacks.
---
Layer 3: Non-Linear Memory Model (Immune to Social Engineering)
Even if an attacker somehow guesses all three anchors, they still can’t reconstruct the private key.
Why? The combination rule is non-linear — e.g., “first 32 bits of key A + last 32 bits of key B”.
One anchor has no correlation with the other two, and all known fragments are scrambled and reassembled into a key structure impossible to reverse-engineer through brute force permutations.
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Layer 4: Multi-Signature (Immune to Single Point Failure)
Each of the three individuals generates a base private key from their full name. Then:
Tom + partner = Key 1
Tom + neighbor’s daughter = Key 2
Partner + neighbor’s daughter = Key 3
These three keys (x, y, z) form a 3-of-3 multisig address, ensuring that no single party can act alone.
---
Layer 5: Social-Engineering Immunity
The mechanism leverages private, inaccessible human memory as its defense wall.
Any attempt to deduce the key through public records, relationships, or surveillance is futile — the anchors and the rules live only in your mind, not in any external data source.
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Layer 6: Maximum Censorship Resistance
This is the endgame. Against state-level asset seizure or search warrants, the absence of physical evidence means the private key cannot be confiscated.
As long as your memory is intact, no external force can seize control of your assets. This is the ultimate form of personal financial sovereignty.
---
Operational Safety: Air-Gapped Signing
To keep transaction-time security equal to key-generation security, the model includes:
Air-gapped devices for signing
Offline authorization workflows
Avoidance of risks from software/hardware vendors
---
The Core Philosophy
> “If I exist, the key exists. If I am gone, the key disappears.”
True absolute private ownership of assets
This is a conceptual security model, not a guaranteed unbreakable method. Posting here for critique and threat modeling.