BitcoinRegime

Bitcoin through macro, markets & game theory.
No price predictions. No tribalism. No financial advice. Just research.

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Me: "I'll buy the dip at $79,700"
Bitcoin: dumps to $79,709 and immediately pumps
Market makers: "Nice try, bro." 😎🍿
#Bitcoin bitcoin:native 🥲

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@ColumbusBitcoin i'm trying but looks like i'm shadow banned for no reason 🥲

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This Isn't the First Time !

The recent Ledger hardware implant scandal is alarming, but here's something worth remembering: hardware wallet tampering is not a new discovery!

Researchers have been demonstrating these attack vectors for almost a decade, and over time, what started as laboratory experiments evolved into a real world attack.

Let's look at the timeline 👇

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Transparency is useful but verifiability is essential.

Perhaps it's time to rethink how we design, manufacture, authenticate and distribute hardware wallets.

We need better supply-chain traceability, independently auditable hardware, stronger tamper-detection mechanisms and ways to verify the integrity of the complete assembled device.

Not just the authenticity of a single chip.

Will this finally be the wake-up call that pushes hardware wallet manufacturers to develop new architectures, more trustworthy supply chains and genuinely safer devices?

Because protecting private keys means very little if attackers can compromise the hardware surrounding them.

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@evthin_online @Ledger same opinion, same decisions, no issue 🤷‍♂️ I was forced to buy a new one in February because the old one died after 9+ years

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Transparent cases only address the most visible layer of the problem. Malicious modifications can hide inside Integrated Circuits, multi-layer PCBs, or replaced components. Then there's firmware, retail packaging, and the entire supply chain. Transparency isn't the same as verifiability. We need independently auditable hardware, reproducible designs, and a trustworthy supply chain not just clear plastic.

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@bitsurance_ This could mean old private keys restored on a new device 🫠

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@0x_ridam if you analyze the supply chain attach you will understand why the issue is not just the case.. I'm working on it and is not just a small issue. Now i'm 48h down this rabbit hole 😵‍💫