Your Recovery Tags are one half of your wallet backup — the other half lives in your cloud account. Storing your Tags well means they're safe from theft, accidents, and disasters, but still accessible when you actually need them. Here's how to think about it.

The threat model: what you're protecting against

Good storage isn't just about hiding your Tags. You're balancing four risks:

• Theft — someone finding and taking your Tag.
• Loss — misplacing it or forgetting where you put it.
• Disaster — fire, flood, or other physical damage.
• Inheritance — your funds being lost forever if something happens to you.

The right storage plan addresses all four, not just the first one.

Use more than one Tag

To recover your wallet, you need both your Recovery Tag and your phone's cloud backup. If you lose your Tag, your funds aren't immediately at risk — but you've lost the redundancy that protects you if anything happens to your device or your cloud account.

We recommend at least two Tags stored in separate physical locations — for example, one at home and one at a trusted family member's house or a safety deposit box. With a second Tag, losing one isn't a crisis: you still have a complete backup, and you can order a replacement to restore redundancy.

If you only have one Tag right now, ordering a second is the single best security upgrade you can make.

Where to store your Tags

Good locations:

• A home safe (fireproof and waterproof if possible)
• A bank safety deposit box
• A trusted family member's home, sealed and labeled clearly
• A hidden but memorable spot in your home — somewhere a burglar wouldn't think to look, but you won't forget

Locations to avoid:

• Your wallet, purse, or daily-carry bag (high theft risk, easy to lose)
• A drawer with other valuables (concentrates risk)
• The same location as your Ryder One (a single fire or break-in could take both)
• Anywhere a houseguest, cleaner, or contractor might come across them

The key principle: separate your Tag from your Ryder One. They're designed to be stored apart so a single incident can't compromise both.

Make your Tags durable

Recovery Tags are built to survive everyday wear, but extra protection doesn't hurt for long-term storage:

• Keep Tags away from extreme heat, prolonged sun exposure, and strong magnets.
• Store them in a small sealed bag or container to protect against humidity and dust.
• Don't label them in a way that identifies them as crypto-related — a generic label is better than "Bitcoin backup."

Plan for inheritance

If something happens to you, your crypto should not be lost. Plan ahead:

• Make sure at least one trusted person knows that your Tags exist and roughly where to find them — without necessarily knowing they're crypto-related.
• Consider documenting recovery instructions in your estate planning, stored with your will or with a lawyer.
• Don't write your PIN or cloud account credentials next to your Tags. Inheritance planning means making things findable for the right person, not creating a treasure map for anyone who breaks in.

What NOT to do

• Don't keep all your Tags in the same location. Two Tags in the same drawer is the same as having one Tag.
• Don't store your Tag with your Ryder One. They're designed to be stored separately so a single fire, flood, or theft can't compromise both.
• Don't label your Tags as crypto-related. "Bitcoin backup" written on a Tag turns it into a target. Use a generic label or no label at all.
• Don't lend your Tags to anyone, even briefly. Possession of a Tag is part of what unlocks your wallet — treat it like a key, not a keepsake.