Sir Gregor Bitgane

I vow to never speak about #Bitcoin until 250k npub14ngkw9587kax3kztt4m85c0pehd9ujmw9nevu3f4glyxweguptkq0f4d30

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

This is not a game. #Bitcoin is not crypto. This is not a trade or tech stock. This is repricing everything. This is global, non-sovereign, hard capped, decentralized, accessible, permission-less money empowering individual rights and freedom.

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

Security is everyone’s responsibility

[Seth For Privacy @sethforprivacy]

A friendly reminder that the best "red team" scenario is one where projects/companies are constantly testing their own projects and those they rely on upstream.

You can do a much better job testing and validating vulnerabilities in code and projects you have a deep understanding of, and if every project/company does this we get a massively increased level of security hardening without relying on fragile, temporary red team coalitions.

For this to be sustainable it has to be something we each are tackling, all the time, forever. Welcome to the new world, anon 🫡

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

@COLDCARDwallet @OccamiCrypto you sure about that

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

@COLDCARDwallet @OccamiCrypto you sure about that

[LayerTwo Labs @LayerTwoLabs]

WATCH: 11 minutes of influencers recommending Coldcards after March 2021, the month that they changed their software license and introduced the RNG bug. Tag your favorite Bitcoiner when you see them!

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

@Rob1Ham Rob to Kimi

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

Coldcard reminded you of your entire self-custody setup, clunky and slow. An attacker armed with all of the steps to break into your house and steal your Bitcoin would still face some time-consuming, inelegant steps. CC fit right in because it’s UX embodied what we thought security should look like. Too many of us had CDS

[QnA @btcqna]

Coldcard Derangement Syndrome (CDS):

The belief that a product is more secure simply because it’s ugly and cumbersome to use.

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

@Rob1Ham once the dust has settled will you share the initial prompts the red team used?

[James O'Beirne @jamesob]

AI is now speedrunning the same path American manufacturing took:

Complete dependence on China for competitive output

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

In terms of expectations vs reality @gladstein is right. It’s always a possibility exchanges blow up, but CC was supposed to be iron-clad security

[Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ @gladstein]

I mean. People got their life savings *swept out of hardware wallets, inside their homes, without ever connecting said wallets to the internet*

This is a mind-bending attack/bug that shakes self-custody to the core

People who took extra care, didn’t scam, didn’t gamble, didn’t use leverage, didn’t leave coins in a custodian, etc etc, got destroyed

Exchange hacks are “whatever” compared to this, in my view

Now. Bitcoin is up 60x since Gox hack. Bitcoin will be just fine. And these people will learn their lessons. But it’s the worst thing I have seen so far

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

@jackmallers @jackmallersshow how many years does this set back self-custody?

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

Conspiracy theories about the CC attacker sitting on this info for years can be interesting but the timing and power of open source AI models like Kimi K3 make it much more likely they just figured out the exploit within the past few weeks

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

@hodlonaut IF they had known for years, likely the recent ease of replicating the attack with Kimi K3

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

@udiWertheimer but it will center the shit out of your divs

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

@OGBTC @nvk would a good man do this?

[Zach Herbert 🇺🇸 @zherbert]

One of many stories: on Christmas Eve 2023, NVK tweeted that there was an entropy bug in our @FoundationHQ Passport for seed generation.

No responsible disclosure – just a tweet to his entire audience on Christmas Eve. He was wrong, thankfully.

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

@jyn_urso $MSTR doesn’t trade during hww attacks

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

@Mandrik @Rob1Ham @PortlandHODL @w_s_bitcoin during these times you find out who people really are

[Mandrik @Mandrik]

So many people stepping up these past couple days. Absolute gigachad VIPs like @Rob1Ham, @PortlandHODL and @w_s_bitcoin.

That is by no means everyone, but I wanted to give these guys props for helping so many people through this insane incident.

[Danny Knowles @_DannyKnowles]

A few people have stepped up in a big way over the last few days.

Shout out to @Rob1Ham @w_s_bitcoin @PortlandHODL and all the others that have been working around the clock to help people caught up in this utter shitshow

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

@Pledditor not a good metric for security. more employees more potential insider threats

[ODELL @ODELLXYZ]

good morning, bitcoin is the best money, stay humble and stack sats 🫡

[Sir Gregor Bitgane @bitgane]

@CorySwan 🤡