[LINK] Xapo's Swiss mountain bitcoin vault in photos — Quartz

[Kim Holburn]

Seems like completely over the top security theatre to me.  

> On 2017/Oct/18, at 8:10 AM, Jan Whitaker <jwhit at janwhitaker.com> wrote:
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> This just feels strange....
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> https://qz.com/1103310/photos-the-secret-swiss-mountain-bunker-where-millionaires-stash-their-bitcoins/
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> I reckon this is real security:
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> "No one, not even the operator, enters the cold room. Its door is sealed with tape­like a crime scene­to ensure it’s not tampered with. The cold room contains hardware, which is never connected to the internet, used to sign bitcoin transactions. Signing a transaction can be performed offline. The operator accesses that hardware using “special cabling,” sending encrypted data to the hardware for signing. Finally, before a transaction can be approved, two more sign-offs, in two other vaults located on separate continents, must be performed. "
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> Jan
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