WHAT'S SO HARD ABOUT SAVING 12 OR 24 WORDS?
IF YOU CAN MANAGE MULTIPLE PASSWORDS FOR MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS, YOU CAN LEARN TO SAVE WORDS FOR YOUR WEALTH.
Discussion
The problem isn't the words. Its creating and sticking to a maintenance plan.
My point is that we have many people who know how to do this with passwords (password managers, 2FA authentication apps, etc.)
People can learn a similar method for their keys, they just refuse to do so.
What is there to maintain about 12 words in a safe?
Are they still there? Do they backup the wallet you remember they are for? Does anyone else have access to the safe? Are they a single point of failure or do you use a passphrase/multisig/another tool? When was the last time you attempted signing a txn? Is the safe at the same location as your signer?
Even more tinfoil hat:
What are the chances the safe was replaced with a replica? Where were you when you generated the seed, were there any cameras around? Was the tool used ever determined to be low entropy?
So true. I like that the Cold Card Q has notes and passwords now. I can review my notes when I start to doubt my setup, but I can also erase everything with a few presses of the buttons.
apparently for a lot of people saving those words is too hard. they need their mom to keep track of their stuff