Andrew Mesmer

[Andrew Mesmer @AndrewMesmer]

Ok hear me out:

Tungsten cubes.... But dice.

[Cory 🦢 Real Bitcoin @ Swan.com @CorySwan]

THE SHOCK DOCTRINE

Fair warning that in times of great disruption (eg Coldcard exploit), factions with ulterior motives inevitably use the opening to strike.

• They will use this to promote paper Bitcoin.

• They will use this to jam shitcoins onto Bitcoin.

• They will use this to claim self-custody is "too risky."

Don't fall for it. Bitcoin is money. Self-custody works, and it IS worth learning.

Stay sovereign. Be a Bitcoiner.

[Andrew Mesmer @AndrewMesmer]

@callebtc Is there a way average people can help?

[calle @callebtc]

Bitcoin Red Team update: we've grown to 16 globally distributed people working 24/7

We're running a large-scale ecosystem security audit across bitcoin code bases.

27.5 hours in, we've filed 4,962 findings across 390 projects. 85 critical and 635 high severity issues.

We're at 2.31 h+c findings per person per hour

[Psychedelic El ₿arto @PsychedelicBart]

Bitcoin Twitter coming together during the dark moments is unmatched.

The Coldcard exploit is an absolute nightmare, but watching this community rally to support each other proves one thing:

We are relentless. We adapt. We persevere.

[Andrew Mesmer @AndrewMesmer]

@ThisisMarcG @abcptza @BitcoinUbuntu @sesi_the_man @chrisb_btc @BTCsessions @CauliStack @SeedSigner @seedsticks_org Thank you!

[Andrew Mesmer @AndrewMesmer]

@zherbert What a horror show.

[Andrew Mesmer @AndrewMesmer]

@CauliStack @BitcoinUbuntu @abcptza @ThisisMarcG @sesi_the_man @chrisb_btc @BTCsessions @SeedSigner @seedsticks_org Indeed, that's what I'm planning to do. I know there's the Ian Coleman method, seed signer has one on their site and ironically so does coldcard with the https://t.co/Q2iOsBfDea

Do you recommend any of these or others?

Thank you for the help so far, it's very appreciated.

[Andrew Mesmer @AndrewMesmer]

@Mandrik Does anyone know if dice rolling continues to scale after 100 rolls or is it capped at 256 bit entropy for devices like seedsigner? Like if I do 500 or 1000 rolls, is that counterproductive (other than time spent)?

[Andrew Mesmer @AndrewMesmer]

@CauliStack @BitcoinUbuntu @abcptza @ThisisMarcG @sesi_the_man @chrisb_btc @BTCsessions @SeedSigner @seedsticks_org I get what you're saying but if it does give any moderate increase it sounds like it's probably worth the time when you consider what's on the line.

[Andrew Mesmer @AndrewMesmer]

@BitcoinUbuntu @abcptza @ThisisMarcG @sesi_the_man @chrisb_btc @BTCsessions @CauliStack @SeedSigner @seedsticks_org Does anyone know if dice rolling continues to scale after 100 rolls or is it capped at 256 bit entropy for devices like seedsigner? Like if I do 500 or 1000 rolls, is that counterproductive (other than time spent)?

[yellow.🍌🍞 @ICOffenderII]

How Coldcard generates its seed phrases

[Andrew Mesmer @AndrewMesmer]

@Rob1Ham Cyber Hornets Activated.

[Andrew Mesmer @AndrewMesmer]

@Faxing__Berlin @Rob1Ham @satsklepter @callebtc Sounds like whatever is bad is not hw wallet specific. Hope this helps.

[calle @callebtc]

@Rob1Ham I have no indication of further hardware wallet issues. you can sleep anon.

[Andrew Mesmer @AndrewMesmer]

@callebtc @Rob1Ham This is what I needed to see this morning. Thank you.

[Andrew Mesmer @AndrewMesmer]

@SatsScholar Oof

[Andrew Mesmer @AndrewMesmer]

@spacebull @Mandrik Roll the die

[Andrew Mesmer @AndrewMesmer]

@callebtc

[calle @callebtc]

red teaming bitcoin:

- we’ve written multiple harnesses and we’re launching a huge wave of reviews against many core bitcoin projects: crypto libs, wallets, infra, …
- situation is extremely bad.
- we’re averaging on the order of 1 critical exploit per hour per person.
- we’ve reported critical vulnerabilities to several projects in the last 12 hrs.
- thankfully this is a very expensive exercise, we’re burning through 10k per day.
- you can donate tokens or accounts. send me a dm.
- thank you to @OpenSats for covering the bill.
- thank you to @Kimi_Moonshot and Kimi K3 for providing us with accounts and uncensored intelligence