Unlocking History number (UH#)

UH0167


Original

A Cryptocurrency Bitcoin paper wallet


Model and research notes

MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 20.


Letterlocking Unique Video number(s) (LUV #s) & Instructional video(s) URL

LUV167 https://youtu.be/gqkPDIJsOq8


Instructional video info transcription

Forthcoming


Letterlocking Category number (LC #)

LC05L, Document Security


Letterlocking Format number (LF #)

4RW


Security score

Low


Assessment of Confidence in assigning LC#

Attested


Substrate

Paper


Dimensions

Forthcoming

Opened (in mm):       

Letterpacket (in mm): 


Manifestation

Opened


Distinctive letterlocking style(s)

Cryptocurrency paper wallet


Locking mechanism

Closure flap


Security enhancements

Tamper-evident pressure sensitive holographic tape


Letterlocking category formula (shorthand)

LC13, document security

Fold + Lock-O + Adhere

(F + LO +  A)


Letterlocking manipulation sequence (shorthand)

Fold + fold + lock-O + adhere 

(F + F + LO + A)


Locking instructions

Forthcoming


Images 

Forthcoming



Foldable(s)

Forthcoming


Step-by-steps 

Forthcoming


Substrate map

Forthcoming


Virtual unfolding results

NA


Manipulations

Forthcoming

Writing: NA

Postal: NA 

Opening: Tears

Filing (Storage, Display): NA

Repair: NA


Damage

NA


Features

NA


Article(s)

NA


Book 

Jana Dambrogio and Daniel Starza Smith with the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.


Citation for the letter(s)

UH0167

Original 

Cryptocurrency Bitcoin paper wallet


Original and model

MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 20.


Video

LUV0167

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group, “Document-locking: Fold + lock-O + adhere: A Bitcoin paper wallet, USA (2009),” Letterlocking Instructional Videos. Unlocking History Number: 0167/Letterlocking Unique Video Number: 0167. Filmed:  December 2017. Duration: 2:43. Posted: March 29, 2021. URL: https://youtu.be/gqkPDIJsOq8. Accessed: March 4, 2025.




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