I pondered what a true hardwallet would be like.
Paperwallets are good and have a good use as a means to give Bitcoin as a gift card or form of payment to your local sect.
But they are not really that good for long term storage. Paper degrades and gets brittle over time, and paper is susceptible to fire and water damage. One spilled Coke could put a quick end to your fortune
I envisioned an engraved metal version to eliminate those problems. They can still be about the same size as a paper wallet, just a bit thicker and heavier, and more importantly everlasting for a long term savings account.
Even a step further, I thought about a Bitcoin Vault as a piece of hardware. This hardware would take care of automatically backing up your encrypted wallets as well as secured cloud backup, fully encrypted itself as a wallet storage device. I think the fact that your wealth could be wiped out by a computer virus or other PC problems is something that limits adoption as a general consumer would fear such a scenario. People are used to seeing their money physically, without a clear understanding of what a wallet is and how to protect it there is a danger. We could use technology to help that. Maybe this is something BlockBurner can work on someday
