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Key Cards vs Steel Plates: Seed-Phrase Backup Guide

Recovery key cards (NFC, cloud shards, USB clones) make restoring a wallet painless—but they melt or fail in the very disasters that destroy hardware wallets. Deep-scribed 316L steel plates survive 800 °C house fires and...
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Understanding the Passphrase: D'Cent vs Trezor vs Ledger

Discover how Trezor’s flexible passphrase, D'Cent’s custom 25th word, and Ledger’s hidden wallet feature enhance wallet safety by securing your 12-, 20-, or 24-word Bitcoin secret recovery phrase. With Black Seed Ink’s metal seed phrase...
DIY Seed Phrase Engraving Guide

DIY Seed Phrase Engraving Guide

Ever thought about engraving your recovery words onto metal? This guide shows you how to create a long-lasting backup that can withstand fire, water, and the unexpected.
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Recovering a Damaged Seed Phrase

Accidents happen—coffee spills, torn paper, faded ink. Get step-by-step instructions on piecing together partially lost seed phrases and tips for preventing future disasters.
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Secure Your Passphrase

  Crypto Passphrase Security In the world of cryptocurrency, security is paramount. One of the key elements in securing your digital assets is the passphrase, also known as the "25th word". A passphrase, distinct from a...
When Your Hardware Wallet Is Lost or Damaged

When Your Hardware Wallet Is Lost or Damaged

The Lifesaver: How Your Seed Phrase Rescues Your Cryptocurrency When Hardware Wallets Fail In the world of cryptocurrency, security is paramount. To safeguard your digital assets, you likely use a hardware wallet, a reliable and...
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Why Black Seed Ink? 7 Seed-Phrase Mistakes to Avoid

Paper burns, plastic melts, screws come loose. Here’s the hard-won lesson that pushed me to design Black Seed Ink: engrave once, store smart, sleep better.