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No such thing. It’s possible to remember a secure passphrase for symmetric encryption but even elliptic curve private keys are too long for humans to memorize. I mean you can white knuckle it if you’re autistic enough but if you’re not constantly recalling it you will forget it and then you are screwed. And constantly recalling and entering hundreds of bits of private key in any form is slow, painful, and probably less secure than simply hiding it in a safe place (where it could be also be encrypted with a secure password you CAN memorize).
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2023-02-05 01:24:14Event JSON
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