Love is patient, love is kind. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love never fails
If you are really interested in sovereignty(ownership) of your created content, especially in terms of blogging or microblogging (eg. X/Twitter), and resistance to censorship and/or manipulation by algorithms, then start migrating to Nostr.
@the_codewala You donโt suffer nearly as much with AI assistance these days. But you get much more raw connection to the system in Linux . If you like UI, then go with Mac. Linux is usually clunky. But itโs arguably simpler without all the fluff. More control for power users and open source
And you better believe theyโve snuck the results into the schedule items now. Spoiler. Thanks for ruining my excitement. You donโt need to add the results everywhere on the damn internet #f1#rant
So damn annoyed by the @F1 website. I have been too busy to watch the f1 live but wanted to check the schedule, so did my best not to look at anything online or on the homepage. I jumped straight to the schedule page and scrolled down to confirm there was a race this past weekend
@mattkratter That conclusion is a bit of a leap from the findings in the thread . Also they surely wouldโve drained the wallets in a more intelligent pattern
@oomahq@DocHex@nvk@switck@Coinkite Your conclusion from the evidence is a leap though. And surely if it was purposeful, he couldโve planned a better way to drain the wallets.
Re: Cold Card Hack
Hello fellow Bitcoiners,
Itโs been nearly one week since my wallet was drained.
I lost my entire bitcoin stack, presumably the most in the entire attack - an amount Iโm more than embarrassed and ashamed to even admit publicly. This was not only my life savings but my time, energy, hardcore conviction and identity after 13 years in this space.
I am posting pseudonymously as Iโve always preferred to stay out of the spotlight - and privacy (inspired by Satoshi) is something I value. I debated whether or not I should say anything at all, but after much deliberation I decided it may be beneficial for other victims who are struggling.
While this incident certainly forced upon me the darkest days of my life so far - I have now accepted it and will slowly put together my life again. I came from nothing and did everything right (except rolling the damn dice apparently ๐ ). I stayed away from trading, exchanges, shitcoins, ICOs, NFTs, false prophets, etc and quietly and consistently built up over the years through all the ups and downs - never spending frivolously on material goods but instead using bitcoin as my sense of freedom and security - with the hopes to pass it on to my future children.
Even though that peace, freedom and security is now gone - I am beyond grateful for the journey and life that bitcoin enabled me to have.
To all the other victims, as cliche as it is to say โitโs only moneyโ - true wealth, as Iโve learned over and over again is in health, family, and friendships. Iโd be lying if I told you Iโm not afraid of the uncertainty ahead, but I know by taking one step at a time it will be possible to rebuild. Trust me if I can come to these realizations, you can too! The hardest challenges in life make us stronger and turn us into the best versions of ourselves - donโt give in to the hopelessness. By being in this community you are apart of something special that the majority of the world still hasnโt realized yet. Itโs still early!
Thanks to all the wonderful people in the community Iโve been DMing over the past week - your kind words of support mean the world to me and helped me start to believe in myself again.
To the hacker: you still can do the right thing here and come clean - you have prompted a serious wake-up call that has brought the community together which will bring more resilience for the future. Doing the noble thing now will prevent a lifelong hunt.
To all the amazing bitcoiners who have jumped to action from the very beginning to support each other and mitigate further damage - itโs been a beautiful thing to watch.
To the @blocks team and especially @intangiblecoins, your efforts are inspiring and provide me with hope. Believe me when I say that IF I ever get my coins back you will all be taken care of very well, along with massive donations to the open source community.
For now I will withhold any judgement towards @nvk and the @Coinkite team - while Iโm still processing this loss and dealing with the gravity of building my life up from the ruins - I have 0 anger or resentment. Bitcoin security is a tough job, mistakes are made, and lessons are learned by all. I made mistakes by trusting and not verifying as well as not having a more robust security solution so the responsibility must be shared, hindsight is 20/20 and even though itโs tough: Iโm okay admitting that. Bitcoin humbles all.
Having said all thatโฆ IโM NOT FUCKING LEAVING!!! I will start building a new stack from the ground up like all the other plebs as my conviction in Bitcoin is even stronger today then when I got my first coins in 2013.
This was never about the money - it was always about the revolution, and that canโt be stopped. We will win.
Letโs keep our heads high.
The march continues.
Itโs time to rebuild.
PS: Thanks for everything Satoshi โค๏ธ
-M
This is one of the more interesting reveals of the ColdCard saga. Pretty much every Bitcoin maximalist in Korea were not affected because they all used dice rolls.
How can this be? The culture of the Korean Bitcoin community is very much about doing things the right way. To give you an idea, I've visited many times, seen the same people many times and I still don't know most of their names because they almost all use pseudonyms, which is considered a best practice in that community.
I think there's something to learn here because the US Bitcoin Maximalist community was a little too trusting and not enough cypherpunk. Be like the Koreans, do things the right way, all the way.