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Re:Ledger confirms hidden chip in crypto wallet amid $92M th... by ifwinterco on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @03:46PM (#50077561)
Say you've done everything right and used 3 coldcards spread across 3 geographic locations using 2of3 multisig.

You're feeling pretty proud of yourself, your coins are super safe.

Then it turns out the RNG in the coldcard mk2 was badly/maliciously implemented and is completely insecure. You need to move your coins right now.

You can probably see the issue

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Re:Ledger confirms hidden chip in crypto wallet amid $92M th... by aftbit on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @04:56PM (#50078617)
You'd probably want to use diversity for this - do 2of3 multisig with a Coldcard, a Ledger, and a Trezor.
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Re:Ledger confirms hidden chip in crypto wallet amid $92M th... by ifwinterco on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @06:17PM (#50079700)
Yes, but the complexity of the setup (which is already way too much for any non-cypherpunk normies) is starting to get kind of ridiculous.

I am still pro crypto and fascinated by the technology but we have to admit the original cypherpunk vision was unfortunately never going to work, we're going to end up with something else

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