Interestingly, when other mobile phone and computer manufacturers try to get rid of the headphone jack or in this case the legacy USB slots, they are facing serious resistance from all corners, but when Apple does it, it suddenly becomes innovation and a risky but very forward looking vision.

I'm really glad that with a paper wallet or other offline form of storage where you can always have access to your keys, you don't have to worry about getting yourself ready for the next big change in technology. The risk with paper wallets or physical coins such as Casascius is that you have no clue how long the private key will remain readable.

Adam Back recently tweeted about an absolutely stunning 1000BTC Casascius coin, where his point is pretty much the same. What if the private key is no longer readable? You literally risk 1000BTC, in 10 years most likely worth +$100 million.