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Ben Justman🍷
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This hack is Bitcoins 9/11

The exchange hacks and wars always happened over there.

Here in America with our cold storage Bitcoin we were safe. We felt invincible.

This could never happen to us.

Well now it did.
How do we respond?
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Jay · 10w
The code was written in Canada so we already know what's next.
Mr Meadow · 10w
💯 you’re right. This feels emotional even if it hasn’t impacted me.
Vincent Anton · 10w
There are similarities to that day. I remember the feeling of helplessness for those in need and a sense of well, now what. Life goes on. Tick tock next block I guess.
nostrich · 10w
Stack harder, harden harder.
Seth · 10w
At least the conversation is not about price and Saylor anymore
Bud · 10w
What.
Polite Camel · 10w
Exactly this.
BTC_P2P · 10w
Harden or quit.
AENEAS · 10w
"Bitcoin's 9/11" would be someone actually hacking the encryption, which didn't happen here. If you generate a seed yourself, using your own brain, you would also lose all your funds because you don't have the ability to be random enough. Coldkite's seed generation was only a little better than th...
theplatinumbear · 10w
Paper wallets are the only way forward. Wallets that have no bits is the only path. This is a moving target at this point. The psychology of this is irreversible.
Bryan · 10w
https://blossom.primal.net/8d7b1a80b584ca0e5cead6bc4859bac62210b8de0cac045a846b81f26b9fef8f.png
Decentral · 10w
Can’t wait to see what bip110 brings us
Humility · 10w
By taking self sovereignty and security more seriously than previously thought necessary. No patriot act needed though
Beneath The Ink · 10w
How will you?
YoungSatoshi · 10w
🧡
ShiShi21m · 10w
The reason people didn't see it, or shall I say couldn't allow themselves to see it... Is they lost their first principles due to focusing their north stars on talking heads' opinions. The device wasn't Open Source. That's a violation of first principles. Full fucking stop.
EZ · 10w
the only apprioriate thing I can think of is Bitcoin Patriot act for mandating government approved seeds and then we may also invade the Middle East
LeviJohnson.net · 10w
We roll the dice.
Desert Dave · 10w
Does that mean it is also not what it seems on the surface?