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 # Single seed multi-location backup schemes
 
-The aim is to create 3 packages of cryptographycally secure
+The aim is to create 3 packages of cryptographically secure
 backups where the funds cannot be recovered from any single package,
 but can be recovered with the combination of any two.  
 Can be thought of as a physical 2-of-3 multisig solution.