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Re: Andreas Antonopoulos says to stop using paper wallets, do you agree?
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dkbit98
on 04/01/2022, 20:56:08 UTC
To be fair A.A. is not the only case that calls paper wallets "obsolete and unsafe" we have bitcoin wiki (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Paper_wallet) that is doing the same thing. At least the wiki, it was in 2018 that they finally added the seed phrase line (which still isn't enough IMO).
I am sure that more security experts would agree with that statement, and Trezor developers are even calling paper wallet a relic of the past, a suitable name I would say.

Let's not assume ourselves that we know what is better and more secure in regards to paper wallets.
There are so many risks for plebs creating paper wallet that I can't count them all, but main risk is with internet browsers that must be used for generating paper wallet.
I know some people who generated their paper wallets on normal computer with internet connection, using their every day browser.
There is no newbie warning on bitaddress.org website to download page and use offline generation... that is a big red alert and just waiting to be exploited by someone.