Advice on paper wallet

[Bernard Lerring]

Why laminate? I've still got my birth certificate that's perfectly readable and is over 30 years old.

Just put your key in a sealed envelope and you'll be fine.

Also, store an identical copy at someone elses house in case of fire/burglary.

[ALToids]

Laminating and using acid free paper might be a bit much.  Paper sitting on a shelf is easily legible for 15 years if not more as long as there's no bugs or fungus to eat the paper.  I would recheck my cold wallet every year anyways.

[ranochigo]

You choose great option to laminate paper wallet i must do it with mine, because this way they will last forever almost compare to paper alone

I really advise doing so. Spill something on that paper alone and you're done. Plus, laminating it gives it extra durability. Of course, you should always have more than one copy. You never know what might happen.

I don't know if it is just me, if you fiddle with the edge of the plastic too much, the lamination plastic can be damaged and the private key can be unreadable.

[#yolo]

IMO you should have multiple copies and all of them must be saved in good places (secure). I don't know much about paper wallets but it might be risky to put money -specially a large amount- so you better do enough research first.

[trasla]

For large amounts, its less risky to put them on paper wallets than to put them where viruses, keylogger, sniffer, ... can get the keys.
You just have to take care about generation and storage.
But you dont have to worry about your phone being stolen, your computer being compromised etc