how are you gonna use your paper keys when you want to spend some of your bitcoin? the private key has to touch a computer at some point.
how are you gonna use your paper keys when you want to spend some of your bitcoin? the private key has to touch a computer at some point.
you'd typically sign on an offline, airgapped computer
You could treat them like bearer bonds. Split your holdings over multiple (like tens) of addresses. Sell individual addresses for cash. You'd need to do this via a trusted intermediary who could accept the cash and verify the address before making the exchange.
And yes, this is somewhat absurd. But so are online transactions that can be hacked with no backsies.