In the future I think we'll move past metal seed phrases for Bitcoin backups to a more high-tech and elegant solution. We'll look back at this era as the dark ages. When we essentially turned a digitally native asset back into a physical one. If bitcoin is the most advanced form of money, then the process of securing it shouldn't be so archaic. We have a groundbreaking computer science revolution allowing value transfer across the internet without third parties, yet securing it involves carefully etching/hammering dots on metal. The process is stressful. One mistake and you might lose your money forever. I've done it many times and it's always nerve-wracking. Once you bang these little dots or numbers into the metal, you must hide this piece of metal carefully. If you don’t, or if someone finds it, they could steal all your bitcoin. The UX is at odds with "money the future." Steve Job’s said “You've got to start with the customer experience and work backward to the technology.” Here, it feels the opposite happened. We'll eventually find a better way and look back at this era like we do paper wallets.
