3 September 2025
Families often ask whether they should photocopy their seed phrase into a recovery binder. Our answer is consistent: no.
A binder should tell someone where to look and what order to follow, not reproduce the secret itself. Useful contents include:
- Device model, serial number, and purchase date
- Photograph of the hardware exterior (not the screen during seed entry)
- Step-by-step unlock sequence with checkpoint boxes
- Contact details for co-signers, counsel, and our office
- Date of last witnessed verification and transaction hash
Dangerous contents include seed words, PIN codes, exchange passwords, or photographs of backup cards. These belong in separate sealed storage that only the wallet holder controls.
We provide a private appendix sleeve in every binder. You insert location hints — “safe deposit box 14, KEB branch, Itaewon” — without writing the combination on our pages.
The goal is legibility for your executor and uselessness for a burglar who finds the binder on a shelf.