Quote from: Biodom on Today at 05:38:57 PM

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Why do you think, that hardware wallets are a bad way to hold bitcoins?

They involve trust.

Merited, but it is a complex conversation.
OK, Ledger is proprietary, but Trezor is, apparently, open source, but we are trusting the Trezor live software, I assume (as well as ledger live respectfully).

It also seems like you can use 'words' and restore on any wallet that uses the same encoding scheme (BIP39, i assume).
people here showed somewhat ingenious method where they used actual hardware, like nuts and bolts for word engraving.
Being in the city-wide flood situation, one actual and a couple potential events, I don't think old school paperwallets are any better on the balance.

What is left: recording of the private phrase/seed and storage in some secondary places...good for redundancy, questionable for wallet security-remember that Dutch guy (mr. Taihuttu) with funky hair who sold his house for btc in mid 2017 and became a digital nomad-that is, apparently, his style: spread wallets over continents.

Tl;DR all address storage technologies have to improve if we are to expect btc to become a >$1mil/per asset in the future.

For HWs I think a good randomness generator provided with sufficient entropy, no closed source secure element and an airgap signing is important ... and if possible use your own validating node.

Anyone tried the Blockstream Jade yet ?