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Silberengel · 5d
Nobody thinks you knew it was like this, but you might want to hire some truly adversarial process and systems auditors and demand full reviews of any other projects you are promoting or funding.
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Always took for granted they fully audited what they were funding but clearly not? Another case of trust, don't verify.

I see many people questioning self custody which apart from coldcard remains as safe as ever. But how about VCs and influencers doing their due diligence? I guess there's no reason why they should, except their own integrity.

The blame is with Coinkite and NVK of course, but all of us have a lot to learn from this. The truth is everyone who not only used but recommended CC (me included) failed to verify and just trusted. It sucks.

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nostrich · 5d
It’s very difficult for non security experts to verify security devices. I don’t like or trust Ledger devices but I do trust that they do their best to find vulnerabilities in Trezor devices because it helps them market Ledger products. This cooperative competitiveness between well resourced s...
Silberengel · 5d
My general impression is that funding and investment for Bitcoin and Nostr is overly reliant on personal affiliation and geographic colocation. So, "people we know, from around here, who are fun to party with and emit good vibes". A _Trust me, bro._ culture, rather than serious business processes, ...