Is Electrum a decent Bitcoin Wallet? Does anyone use it?
I am also considering cold storage but it seems like a lot of work just to keep bitcoin secure.
I was also reading about bitcoin core. I have a spare 500GB SATA SSD I could use to store the node on there.
Electrum is one of the best light weight wallet available for bitcoin and yes you can use it to store bitcoin for very long term with no issues but you should download the wallet from official website and verify the signatures before deposit any money to it. If you have device to run bitcoincore then go for it but if you are a beginner then I will suggest you to learn completely about core wallet before installing it.