How People Lose Everything
Most crypto holders know they should back up their seed phrase. Almost none of them do it safely. Here is how backups fail — and how often.
Fire & Flood
Paper burns and paper soaks. House fires and basement floods happen every day. A single disaster wipes out an unprotected backup — along with years of savings.
Shoulder Surfing & Photos
Your seed phrase written on paper is visible to anyone who walks by, takes a photo, or finds it in a drawer. Once someone sees it, your funds can vanish within minutes.
Digital Copies Get Hacked
Screenshots, notes apps, email drafts, cloud folders — any of these get exposed when your phone or computer is compromised. Malware specifically hunts for seed phrases.
"I'll Remember Where I Put It"
People hide backups in safe places and then forget where. Others store them in hardware that dies — hard drives fail, USB sticks corrupt, old phones get recycled.
Single Point of Failure
Whether you use one piece of paper, one USB drive, or one device — a single-location backup has a single point of failure. One bad day and it is gone.
No Recovery After You Are Gone
If you die suddenly and your family cannot find or read your backup, your crypto is permanently inaccessible. No will or probate can recover it.
RIP Card changes the equation
Your seed phrase is split across multiple physical NFC cards. No single card holds your secret. Even if someone finds one card, they see nothing — not a single word of your phrase. Only a combination of cards, scanned with the app, can put the secret back together.
Store cards in different locations. Give one to a trusted person. Lock one in a safe. For the first time, you can spread the risk without trusting anyone with your full secret.
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Every design decision was made with one question in mind: what could go wrong?
Split Across Multiple Cards
Your secret is divided so that any one card on its own is completely useless. A thief who steals one card gains nothing — not a hint of your seed phrase.
NFC — Tap to Use
No typing, no QR codes, no cameras. Tap each card to your phone and the app reads it instantly. Recovery takes under two minutes from start to finish.
Fully Offline
The recovery app never connects to the internet. Everything happens on your device. No data is sent, stored, or logged anywhere.
Optional Password Layer
Add a password when creating the cards for an extra layer of protection. Even with every card in hand, someone still needs your password to recover the secret.
Spread the Risk Geographically
Keep cards in different locations — home, office, safety deposit box, a trusted family member. No single disaster can take out all your cards at once.
Open Source
The app is fully open source. Anyone can read exactly what it does. You never have to trust our word — the code speaks for itself.
Works on Android & iPhone
Native Android app and a web app for iPhone. Cards written on one platform can be recovered on the other.
Any Seed Phrase or Private Key
Works with 12-word, 18-word, and 24-word seed phrases, as well as raw private keys. Compatible with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and any other wallet.
How Does RIP Card Compare?
Every backup method has trade-offs. Here is how they stack up.
| Feature | RIP Card | Paper Backup | Digital / Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survives fire or flood | ✔ Yes — split across locations | ✘ Destroyed instantly | ✘ Often locally cached too |
| Useless to a thief who finds one piece | ✔ One card reveals nothing | ✘ Full secret exposed | ✘ Full access if device unlocked |
| Works fully offline | ✔ App never touches the internet | ✔ Paper needs no power | ✘ Requires internet / account |
| Can be split between trusted people | ✔ Give one card; they see nothing | ✘ Must share full phrase | ✘ Requires account sharing |
| Protected by password | ✔ Optional extra layer | ✘ Visible as-is | ✘ Only as strong as account login |
| Resistant to hardware failure | ✔ No electronics in the cards | ✔ No electronics in paper | ✘ Hard drives & USB fail |
| Open source and verifiable | ✔ Fully open source | N/A | ✘ Usually proprietary |
Two Stories. One Difference.
The difference between losing everything and keeping everything is often one decision made years earlier.
The Flood
Alex stored his seed phrase on a single piece of paper in a kitchen drawer and took a digital photo "just in case." His phone was stolen two years later. Within hours, someone with a recovery seed phrase scanner app drained his wallet. He had no recourse.
The House Fire
Maria split her seed phrase across three RIP cards: one at home, one at her parents', one in a work drawer. Her home burned down. She drove to her parents, grabbed one card, picked up the work one, tapped both to her phone in the parking lot.
Your Seed Phrase Deserves Better Than a Drawer
A RIP Card set is a one-time purchase that protects everything you hold in crypto — forever. Order your cards today and set them up in under fifteen minutes.
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