TOTAL MADNESS -> This is how far we’ve come: the official website of a hardware wallet has to show the device taken apart, piece by piece, so you can verify for yourself that they haven’t put a spy inside it.
Trust alone is no longer enough. Now you have to take the device apart with your own hands.
❌First, they attacked key generation on Coldcard.
- And forced you to become an expert in entropy, seeds, and how keys are actually created.
❌Then they attacked signature vulnerabilities.
- And pushed you to become an expert in security, phishing, and social engineering.
❌Then they attacked distributors’ databases and stole personal data, addresses, and purchase histories.
- They forced you to become an expert in anonymity: buy in person, pay cash, disappear off the radar.
❌Now they’ve attacked the hardware itself, putting espionage systems inside the device.
- This means you have to become a hardware engineer: take it apart, compare circuits, understand what’s original and what’s been tampered with.
- Every attack vector forces you to evolve.
- More and more. Deeper and deeper.
It’s no longer just about protecting your keys. It’s about protecting yourself from the entire ecosystem around them.
What will the next attack vector be?
Where will the next bullet come from?
What else will they force you to learn so you don’t lose everything?
Trust alone is no longer enough. Now you have to take the device apart with your own hands.
❌First, they attacked key generation on Coldcard.
- And forced you to become an expert in entropy, seeds, and how keys are actually created.
❌Then they attacked signature vulnerabilities.
- And pushed you to become an expert in security, phishing, and social engineering.
❌Then they attacked distributors’ databases and stole personal data, addresses, and purchase histories.
- They forced you to become an expert in anonymity: buy in person, pay cash, disappear off the radar.
❌Now they’ve attacked the hardware itself, putting espionage systems inside the device.
- This means you have to become a hardware engineer: take it apart, compare circuits, understand what’s original and what’s been tampered with.
- Every attack vector forces you to evolve.
- More and more. Deeper and deeper.
It’s no longer just about protecting your keys. It’s about protecting yourself from the entire ecosystem around them.
What will the next attack vector be?
Where will the next bullet come from?
What else will they force you to learn so you don’t lose everything?