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- Distributing these QR codes geographically—perhaps with trusted family members, lawyers, or safe deposit services—to create a dispersed security network.
This method essentially acts as a multi-signature style security, where multiple QR codes stored at diverse locations are needed to reconstruct the recovery phrase, vastly reducing the chances of total theft or loss.
The Technical Mechanics
The encryption process involves:
Using an air-gapped computer (completely offline) with a hardware USB, such as a stripped-down Linux distribution, to generate the QR codes.
Printing these QR codes with a wired printer to eliminate wireless interception.