Quote from: dado7 on April 29, 2018, 08:36:35 PM

Quote from: Pan Troglodytes on April 19, 2018, 01:29:20 PM

Quote from: crypto-bit on April 18, 2018, 01:25:51 PM

I just wondering why some people don't use paper wallet to secure their bitcoin, Some of them are just putting to the exchanger and trust their funds that no assurance of safety.I don't understand why they did not use the most secure way to keep their bitcoins.

Any Thoughts?

Paper wallets are safe but they are messy: you can lose your paper wallet or you may make a lot of copies but then you might unintentionally reveal one of the copies to somebody.

However, what data do you have to back up your claim that it is not used? I am sure some people use paper wallets.

I don't get this with losing paper wallets. Do you lose your credit cards often?
Paper wallets are easy to use, relatively safe and are, for most people, a perfect choice. I also believe that the majority of people uses them. Maybe you could make a poll if you are interested to know the answer?

By the way, use SegWit - safer, faster, and soon to be well adopted.

what I had in mind is that the paper wallet (not being in a form of a plastic card, but rather just a sheet of paper), can be easily confused with some disposable paper sheets and thrown away. Maybe if you have a safe in your house then you can keep it very very safe, but otherwise your wife or kids may throw it away while doing housecleanings. Or your dog may eat it (have you watched "Paterson" movie?).

If you change the form from paper to some other more durable material (plastic or metal - cryptosteel is a great example) it is much more difficult to lose it like that, I agree.

By the way - I use SegWit