I think there is a broader, more general point to be made here: accepting your own responsibility for preserving some version of software (and hardware) necessary to use your private keys is just as prudent as accepting your own responsibility for preserving your private keys.
nostr:npub17u5dneh8qjp43ecfxr6u5e9sjamsmxyuekrg2nlxrrk6nj9rsyrqywt4tp recently posted on X about the danger of "store and forget" for Bitcoin over decades. Unfortunately he's right.
Originally I stored my raw private keys and UTXOs (on paper, care taken) figuring that was standard. Then bitcoin core stopped supporting them! Other wallets tend only to support them for sweeping, and I wonder how long.
If I were storing funds today I would use BIP39. BIP93 is cool and more general, but not widely supported, and I don't know what support will look like in a decade.
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