bitcoin wallet xapo has allowed a journalist to visit a secret former military bunker is the swiss alps that the company uses to store bitcoin for its private clients . the bunker which was constructed in 1947 is claimed to be a secret headquarters of the swiss army during the cold war . in his recent article for quartz and the world economic forum reporter joon lan wong discussed in detait his trip to the secret military bunker located in a granite mountain in the swiss alps. as of late november 2017 the 10000 square foot bunker is being operated by the firm deltalis as a data center .

detailed features of the bitcoin vault

in his account wong revealed that the first barrier toward the bunker is a 10 foot high gate . at the entrance visitors are required to be photographed and fingerprinted after entering the lobby . after which a visitor is required to enter a man trap which is a bullet proof glass cylinder that shuts an individual in until an operator opens the door on the opposite side toward the bunkers main spaces .the bunker also has a pair of steel revolving doors that require identification cards to allow access. the doors lead to a 100 meter long corridor . two red colored steel doors that can withstand a nuclear blast are located at the end of the corridor .

behind the doors is another man trap leading to a white doors where a room the size of a closet is located . the room contains a cooling unit and another door . the door lead to two more room namely the operator room and the cold room where the bitcoin wallet keys are kept . to maintain the security of the key the cold room is enclosed with steel slabs to form a faraday cage to prevent even an electromagnetic pulse EMP attack .according to xapo head of security they are guarding the vault 24 and 7 because they are under constant assault by both hackers and terrorists and terrorists so they need to implement very tight security precautions to thwart the threats .

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