How safe is the wallet if or when released? Obviously, using this wallet would mean trusting the wallet's developer or creator. And, most importantly, being convinced that such wallets are at no risk of being accessed via a backdoor system.
As the poster said, BIP38 is the key to this - when I first say it I thought the same thing, just another version of one of those coins people used to make back in the day that had their private key printed on them... And when I saw the private key printed on the BACK of the card, I was like "Good lord this is the mother of bad ideas!" But then I read further and saw the BIP38 part, and realized how they were doing things, and really it's as secure as whatever pass phrase you use to encrypt the private key - so a great solution.
And very cool about the fiber laser, I wish I had the coin to get one of those bad boys, but it's hard to justify when I just play around with mine for fun. I'll have to wait for the wazer before I can start destroying metal like you.
