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So people invented cold/hot wallets, like, 10 years ago.

Store most of the fortune encrypted and out of internet connection or on hardwallet, if you have large sums, transfer small sums (like, monthly usage) once in a while to your phone wallet and use freely.

It's not that easy to loose access, by the way, if are not dumb and don't open all shady executables you could find in the internet.

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What if you forget your credentials and the the money is still there, but can never be used?

Related question, can you pass the money to your relatives when you die?

cold wallets... kinda need to remember them right, like a key or a password or a phrase. so you store that somewhere. now that's somewhere can be compromised and you are out of your money.

I've stored those on paper in a safe and on a little plex server with local network only access. Both of those attack surfaces are very small, require immediate proximity, and one runs a substantial risk of injury or death to attempt.

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