what are some good options for keeping hot wallet keys safe, but not over the top?

i can justify steel for cold storage, but for hot storage it seems like paper is too brittle / insecure, but steel is probably too permanent for something that you might want to scrap and remake every now and again - thoughts?

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Laminated, archival paper with non-acidic ink is my go-to. But, fundamentally, need to be prepared for hot wallet to be compromised. Anything major goes to cold.

laminated paper is a simple yet effective step above normal paper, i like that idea - thanking you muchly

If your only option is hot wallet, then even though it’s relatively safe, don’t have more than you are comfortable loosing.

Question… why would you even want to change a cold storage address even if it’s on steel plank? Assuming you would have it in a safe locked up.

Don’t reuse addresses when possible

ahhh i think you might have misunderstood me a bit

hot wallet would be temporary storage only (a sparrow wallet) where funds are hopefully mixed prior to being sent to cold

cold storage wouldn’t have a seed phrase that‘s changing (just normal receive address change for privacy)

and cold seed would be backed up in all the proper ways

#[2]​ QR on paper for ease and add 25th passphrase to increase security. Backup seed phrase on steel and/or encrypted file on SD card or cloud.

would you do this for cold storage, or for hot storage?

planning something similar for the cold storage, but wanted something less intense for my hot wallet seed / passphrase