Suitable for marking all of our Punchplates -- No hammer needed!
Secure your bitcoin backup onto steel quickly and easily with this automatic center punch tool! It leaves a perfect indent on our Punchplates, ensuring that you can easily read & restore your bitcoin backup.
How It Works
First four letters,
punched into steel.
Each BIP-39 word is uniquely identified by its first 4 letters. Each word gets its own column. Each letter tells you which row (A–Z) to go to. Mark the quadrants clockwise: 1st letter = top, 2nd = right, 3rd = bottom, 4th = left.
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Bitcoin Backup Questions, Answered
Everything you stamp into steel matters. Here are the most important things to know before backing up your Bitcoin seed phrase.
What should I put on a Punchplate? +
Only your wallet recovery words, exactly as generated by your wallet.
Do I need a 12-word or 24-word Punchplate? +
Use the format your wallet gave you. If your wallet generated 12 words, use a 12-word plate. If it generated 24, use a 24-word plate.
What about a passphrase? +
If you use a BIP39 passphrase, remember that your seed words alone are not enough. You need a separate secure plan for preserving that passphrase too.
Should I make more than one backup? +
Yes. Many Bitcoin holders keep at least two backups in separate secure locations in case of theft, fire, flood, or loss.
Can I test my backup? +
Yes. The safest approach is to verify that your recovery words can restore the wallet before moving bitcoin or relying on the backup long term.
What if I punch the wrong spot or letter? +
No stress — Punchplate was designed for this. If you hit the wrong spot, simply punch the exact same spot 3–4 times. This creates a dense cluster of dots that is impossible to confuse with a real punch.
Every valid character on the finished plate is always a single clean punch. Canceled marks stand out clearly as overlapping groups, so you (or anyone reading it later) instantly knows to ignore them and move to the next valid letter.