Tim Bouma 2 months ago

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

#TGOF Thank God for Old Firmware

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

HackingPassion.com : root@HackingPassion.com-[~]

Coldcard Wallets Built Guessable Keys and Lost 70 Million Dollars in 41 Minutes

On July 30 an attacker emptied 1,196 Coldcard wallets in 41 minutes and took 1,082 BTC, about 70 million dollars, rebuilt from a guessable seed.

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

The Coldcard Exploit Explained: Who Lost Bitcoin and Who's at Risk

According to a deep analysis from Galaxy Research, the core theft unfolded in a tightly coordinated burst lasting about 25 minutes, while broader a...

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

‘Password-Protected Cold Storage’ was the new product category invented this past week.

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

I’d pivot to selling the movie rights to Christopher Nolan.

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

Used car salesman > Hardware wallet sponsor

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

Human slop.

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

The fatal commit

When random.bytes() runs but doesn't work

What a commit message tells us about the recent COLDCARD bug

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

hashing and trusting are one-way functions.

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

Reposting again, because this is what I am focused on. View quoted note →

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

Block Engineering Blog

Predictable RNG Fallback and 32-Bit Reseed in COLDCARD Firmware

How a disabled hardware-RNG path and 32-bit reseed constrain entropy in affected COLDCARD firmware and expose generated secrets.

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

RL Core Technologies

The LLM revolution is a Computer Science revolution

Traditional control systems react. Our software learns, adapts, and optimizes in real time.

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

Are we witnessing the end of the technocratic international? | Aeon Essays

Through international organisations, they wield power under the pretence of simply following the experts. Don’t believe them

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

Money is a coordination technology that has been captured

Control over monetary affairs is a critical part of genuine sovereignty.

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

GN

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

F*** this.

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

Don't influence. Verify.

Tim Bouma 2 months ago

Always pick a slow news day to announce the new phase of a project. Introducing #safebox #acorn - once released, it will be a separately installable component to manage identity, funds and records that live independently on replaceable relays, mints and blossom servers.

Acorn - Acorn

A protocol-first component for safeguarding user-controlled keys, balances and records.