Reddit reviews Scotch Thermal Laminator Combo Pack, Includes 20 Letter-Size Laminating Pouches, Holds Sheets up to 8.5" x 11(TL902VP)

Get the Bitcoin

• Visit https://coinbase.com (make account, add bank account/Visa)
  
• Buy Bitcoin
  
  Store your Bitcoin in a "Vault"
  
• Buy either this(I love Ledgers products): https://www.ledgerwallet.com/products/ledger-nano-s
  
• or this(I love Trezor as well): https://trezor.io
  
• Setup 3 or 3a following instructions provided (FOLLOW THE BACKING UP PART, IT'S IMPORTANT If you take a quick search through history of /r/bitcoin, you will account for hundreds of bits lost forever, qq Satoshi :( )
  
  Transfer Bitcoin to Vault
  
• Send Bitcoin to your new wallet from Coinbase : https://support.coinbase.com/customer/portal/articles/971437
  
  Setup hot wallet This is your every day buying wallet, store small sums of coins on here
  
• Android: Mycelium
  
• IoS: Copay
  bias included in the app selection
  
  There you have it, you have successfully safely stored Bitcoins. There is always more you can do, but this is the basic practice everyone should be taking IMHO.
  
  Some of my extra steps you might ask?
  
• Make paper wallet using BIP38 encryption, (I was going to tell you to buy one of these, but they're not selling anymore :( http://cryptographi.com)
  
• use scanner/printer that will never EVER touch the Internet.
  
• print paper wallet public/private key x 2
  
• print seed x 2
  
• laminate (https://www.amazon.com/Scotch-Laminator-Letter-Size-Laminating-TL902VP/dp/B008587M0K/ref=sr_1_6?s=office-electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1487032902&sr=1-6&keywords=laminator)
  
• This part is up to you; hide them, store them, give them to wife, bury them, /r/WhatsInThisThing/
  
  These laminated QR codes and words are the keys/backup to the wallet. If anyone gets them, you're fucked.

I started making new labels for my collection a few weeks ago, and it is a bit of a pain. If you're not interested in spending a lot of time and money getting labels perfect, I recommend going to retrogamecases and paying the $5/label there. If you're still interested, here is my process:


There are no good sources for high quality label scans that I know of, so I generally make them myself in photoshop using a heavily modified version of this template. The same guy has a European style template as well, but I cannot vouch for its accuracy. Fortunately there is a good source for cover art, which is the cover project. Generally you can make a decently accurate label using the cover art here. Sometimes you need to fudge around with photoshop to remove logos or other stuff that is sometimes on the cover.


For printing, I use an inkjet printer with high quality glossy sticker paper that I then laminate and cut with a scrap-booking cutting machine. After it is cut I can remove the adhesive backing along with the back layer of laminate, and it looks very close to a real SNES label. This particular sticker paper is very unforgiving, so make sure your sticker is even before touching the cartridge!

If there is anything you would like more detailed information about, let me know and I would be glad to help.