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Individual books can last much longer than a hundred years.

Worst case, engrave it on a clay tablet and bury it in a bog.





For high reliability, I think I would suggest engraving it into a low reactivity nonvaluable metal, perhaps titanium sheet would be a good choice. Couple that with a backup on printed archival paper using carbon toner or an art-grade ink or dye. Between the two of them they will probably resist damage for 100 years or so.

Brass or bronze would also be a decent option, but you'd have to make the text larger for it to be readable with corrosion. Perhaps braille would be an interesting choice there.

And ceramics are a great choice - clay tablets, when fired, can last millenia.

I think between the three of a metal sheet, clay tablet, and paper book, one of the three is almost certain to survive a century.


the question is more about making the content readable by his progeny. Otherwise, encode into bitcoin ledger, done.

That’s taking the bet that the Bitcoin ledger will be easier to read than bog tablets 100 years from now.



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