A practical guide to Bitcoin self-custody for non-geeks: BIP39 seed words + passphrase, simple and safe.https://selfcustodyforhumans.com/https://selfcustodyforhumans.com/backup-wallet/https://selfcustodyforhumans.com/backup-wallet/How to back up your seed phrase — defend against theft, fire, water, loss and 'only one copy': multiple copies, multiple places, kept apart from the passphrase, handwritten, and rehearsed.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://selfcustodyforhumans.com/create-wallet/create-passphrase/https://selfcustodyforhumans.com/create-wallet/create-passphrase/A BIP39 passphrase (the 13th/25th word) goes through only 2048 PBKDF2 rounds — a weak one falls to brute force in minutes. How to design one that sits between "unguessable" and "unforgettable".Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://selfcustodyforhumans.com/create-wallet/create-seeds/https://selfcustodyforhumans.com/create-wallet/create-seeds/How to generate a BIP39 seed phrase with dice: 11 dice, 10 minutes, zero trust in any wallet's random number generator — a trust-minimized way to create a universe-grade 12/24-word mnemonic, using a binary-indexed BIP39 word list.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://selfcustodyforhumans.com/others/why-not-other-plan/https://selfcustodyforhumans.com/others/why-not-other-plan/Why the homepage keeps only the three default steps — complexity is more dangerous than hackers. This page keeps the original homepage overture, and explains why multisig, wallet.dat, Bitcoin Core and paper wallets should not be the default.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT