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₿k · 5w
for real… i was stunned by some influencers
Rich Nost · 5w
Do you mean the people who made it through the self-custody IQ filter? Good God, if this is what it takes, broad Bitcoin adoption (as bitcoiners imagine it) is never going to happen. Its going to be 8 billion custodied normies dictating how most of bitcoin's valuable properties should be regulated...
The Wrathful ₿uddha ☸️ · 5w
Definitely seeing over the top knee jerk reactions.
Big Barry Bitcoin · 5w
You're probably right, but it's a human process and it's how we discover the new equilibrium.
Rich Nost · 5w
Curious what ypu mean by this? Do you mean that the only way our unworkable, fruity ideas could dominate was by punishing any heterodox thought away?
jan · 5w
This needs to have it’s own merch line
Alex Waltz profile picture
If you ever recommended a ColdCard and don't know how a HWW works, how about you shut the fuck up and don't make recommendation for some time.

All these dumb takes about always multi-sig always dice rolls, always passphrases.

STUF up you are a moron that lost people money.
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Leo Wandersleb · 5w
Understanding wallets is my job and I still don't recommend any wallet ever publicly. In private I have to pick for friends and family but I hate it. It's much easier to recommend not to use product X for [reasons].
YODL · 5w
"all hands on deck" sounding a bit like "steady lads". How would he have time to go through all those in a time like this? Not to mention it looks bad af when you try to clean up timeline...
Leo Wandersleb · 5w
How is doc-hex doing?
Djuri · 5w
Perhaps that actually means I will get my GitHub org back because the US trademark will expire 😂
dazzling · 5w
What?! Actually now, all these days later? What does he think that signals? Or is this what his lawyer is advicing him to do?
Alex Waltz profile picture
There is not 1 single compelling evidence that this was a backdoor.

CoinKite fucked in a major way, and there are MANY red flags, but all are explained by sloppy practices and incompetence.

People who were not sucking off nvk are not surprise by the low standards.

I get that people are angry and want an explanation, and the backdoor explanation will make you feel better as coinkite conspired against you, but this is an emotional way to think.

The reality is you listened and trusted people who are clueless and don't have even a basic understanding of how Bitcoin works.

All the trust was strictly based on social dynamics and 0 verification.

It is easier to claim backdoor than to admit you are a bad judge of character, as that would mean you COULD have somehow avoided this somehow.

Backdoor makes it feel unavoidable, which sorry to say it was not.

1) there is no way to make a backdoor like this an get away with it. this adds permanent damage, and when it gets out you are done, reputation burned for life.

2) don't say they did this for money because the cost vs. benefit makes no sense, too much risk for not that much reward.
business was very successful, they had too much to lose.

3) if you do this for money when bug gets out others will also attack it so you are competing with other hackers

4) look at the fucking code, it a typical mistake that happens in this type of things. the lack of review and using social status to push away scrutiny from project is why it was not caught

You did absolutely NOTHING wrong in using single sig and not rolling dice.

The understanding between coinkite and user is that they provide secure key generation, which is industry standard and works if you have the right internal practices and correct way of doing business.
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