The “Bitcoin Family” has changed security after the recent cry of abductions

The wave of high-profile abductions aimed at the leaders of the cryptocurrency, knocked the galina-and caused a quiet security revolution among some of the most notable evangelists.

Didi TaihuttuThe patriarch of the so -called “Bitcoin family” said he had repaired all the family security setting after a series of threats.

Taigut-who sold everything they belonged to in 2017, from their home to shoes to move to Bitcoin when he traded about $ 900-dollars on the outside edge of the cryo-ideology. They Travel full -time With your three daughters and stay completely undeveloped.

Over the last eight months, he said, the family threw equipment wallets for the benefit of the hybrid system: partly analog, partly digital, with seed phrases, encrypted, broken and stored either through blockchain -based encryption services, or hidden on four continents.

“We all changed,” Tajuta CNBC said by a Phuket call, Thailand. “Even if anyone kept me under the sight, I can’t give them more than what is on my wallet on my phone. And it’s not much.”

CNBC first reported the unconventional family storage system in 2022 when Tahaut described hiding Hardware wallets On several continents-in places, ranging from rental apartments in Europe to self-storage units in South America.

As the physical attacks on the crystant, even more frequent, even they rethink their impact.

This week, Moroccan police have detained the age of 24, who is suspected of organizing a series tough abductions Crypto heads.

One victim, the father Krypto -millnerIt was allegedly spent all day in the house south of Paris – and was reportedly cut off with a finger during the trials.

In a separate case earlier this year, the co -founder of the French company Wallet Ledger and his wife were abducted from the house in Central France in the ransom scheme, which is also aimed at another ruler.

Last month in New YorkAccording to the authorities, the 28-year-old Italian tourist was abducted and tortured within 17 days in Manhattan’s apartment, trying to get their password bitcoin-chaking, knocking it down and brought the apple airfield around his neck to track his movements.

Overall theme: the pursuit of crying credentials that allow instant, irreversible translations of virtual assets.

“It is definitely scared to see a lot of such abductions,” said JP Richardson, CEO Crypto Wallet Company Exodus. He urged users to take safety into their own hands, choosing well-being, keeping large sums on the wallets, and for those who keep significant assets-teaching wallets with multiple signals, setting, usually used by institutions.

Richardson also recommended to distribute the means to different types of wallets and avoid large residues in hot wallets to reduce the risk without sacrificing flexibility.

This enhancement of a sense of vulnerability provokes a new demand for physical protection with insurance firms that are now racing to offer abduction and redemption (K&R) Policy Given the Crypto owners.

But Taihuttu does not expect corporate solutions. He chose complete decentralization – not only his finance, but also his personal risk profile.

As the family is preparing to return to Europe from Thailand, security became a constant topic of the conversation.

“We talked a lot about it as a family,” Tahauta said. “My children also read the news – especially the story in France, where the daughter of the CEO was almost stolen on the street.”

Now, he said, his daughters ask difficult questions: what if someone tries to steal us? What is the plan?

Despite the fact that the girls carry only a small number of crypt in their personal wallets, the family decided to avoid France.

“We got a little known in the niche market – but this niche becomes a really big market,” Tahauta said. “And I think we will see more and more of these robberies. Yes, yes, we will definitely miss France.”

Even in Thailand, Tahaut recently stopped publishing travel updates and shooting at home after receiving disturbing messages from strangers who claimed to determine their location with Vlogs YouTube.

“We stayed in a very beautiful house for six months – then I started receiving emails from the people who found out what the house it. They warned me to be careful, ordered me not to leave my children alone,” he said. “So, we moved. And now we do not shoot anything at all.”

“At this point it is a wonderful world,” he said. “So, we take our own precautions-and when it comes to wallets, we are now fully equipped. We no longer use the wallets for the equipment.”

The new family system includes the splitting of one 24-word phrase Bitcoin-cryptographic key, which will unlock access to its cry-actions-on four sets of six words, each stored in another geographical place. Some of them are digitally stored through the blockchain encryption platforms, while others are handed manually in steel plates with a hammer and alphabetic stroke, then hidden in physical places on four continents.

“Even if someone finds 18 out of 24 words, they can’t do anything,” Tahaut explained.

In addition, he added a layer of personal encryption, thinking about the selected words to throw away future attackers. The method is simple but effective.

“You just need to remember which ones have changed,” he said.

According to Tikhut, part of the reason for the throwing wallets for the equipment has become a growing distrust of other devices. Concern about the reverse and remote features – including a controversy update Ladzer in 2023 pushed the family to abandon physical equipment in favor of encrypted paper and steel backups.

While the family still holds the crypt in “hot” wallets-for daily expenses or to launch their algorithmic trading strategy-these funds are protected by numerous signatures that require several sides to sign up before the transaction can be made.

Taigut uses safe – earlier gnosis – for air Both other altcoins, and similar layers for bitcoin stored on centralized platforms such as Bybit.

About 65% of the family crypts are blocked in cold storage on four continents – a decentralized Taihuttu system prefers centralized repository like a Swiss bunker used Base-Abed Xapo. These facilities can offer physical protection and heritage services, but Thahut said it takes too much trust.

“What happens if one of these companies is bankrupt? Will I still have access?” he said. “You return your capital back into someone else’s hands.”

Instead, Tahaut holds his own keys – hidden around the world. It can replenish the wallets remotely through new fields, but access to them will require at least one international trip, depending on what fragments of the seed phrase are needed. The funds, he added, are intended as a long-term pension, which can only be obtained if Bitcoin gets into $ 1 million, which he or she is focusing on 2033.

The transition to multi -party protection goes beyond only many signals. Multilateral calculations, or MPC, acquires a craving as a more advanced security model.

Instead of keeping private keys in one place – a vulnerability known as the “single compromise point” – MPC divides the key into encrypted stocks on several sides. Deals can only pass when the threshold of these parties approves, dramatically reducing the risk of theft or unauthorized access.

Several signaling wallets require several sides to approve the deal. MPC accepts this further, crying out the private key itself, ensuring that no person never has a complete key – not even a full share.

The change occurs against the background of new control of centralized crypto -platforms like Basewhich recently revealed Data impairment affected tens of thousands Customers.

For his part, Tahaut says that 80% of his bidding occurs on decentralized exchanges, such as a peer Apex platform that allows users to install and sell orders without giving up care for their funds, noting the return to the original Crypto.

While he refused to disclose his common possessions, Tahaut shared his goal for the current cycle of bulls: a net worth $ 100 million, 60% is still holding in Bitcoin. The rest is a mixture of ether, tokens layer-1 as Solana. linkSUI, and an increasing number of startups focused on AI and education, including its own platform that offers blockchain and life courses for children.

Recently, he is also considering retreating from the spotlight.

“It’s really my admiration for creating content. It’s really what I like to do every day,” he said. “But if it is no longer safe for my daughters … I really need to think about them.”

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