To respond to one of your points: > The current best solution is a dedicated cold storage computer (or Raspberry Pi) running Armory, and to make multiple pape

To respond to one of your points: > The current best solution is a dedicated cold storage computer (or Raspberry Pi) running Armory, and to make multiple paper backups and store them yourself in various locations, so that it's unlikely your computer and your papers are all wiped out simultaneously. The Trezor, a hardware wallet that signs transactions without exposing private keys to the computer it is connected to just shipped its first unit: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=553818.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=553818.0 Dedicated hardware wallets (which will hopefully be cheap and readily available) may be the future solution to malware related theft.