Fun With Freedom Tech

I use art and crafts to teach people how to use Bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system online and in the real world.

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[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

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[calle @callebtc]

One or two folks on the Red Team have GPT Cyber. They did find vulns, but they had to KYC their own mother to get access to it.

Just think about how insane this is: US frontier models produce vulnerabilities that they refuse to fix.

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@NHpilled @sesi_the_man I recently decided to no longer shill hardware wallets, but I will use their docs. I made a YouTube video that covered the seed signer because it's the best way to learn what a private key is.

The thing is this stuff is not as sexy as fud de jour.

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

This is a concern for many reasons, but we have bigger fish to fry at the moment. 😢

[calle @callebtc]

We haven't even talked about Boltz Lightning going offline and taking Lightning in Aqua, Bull Bitcoin, Blockstream Wallet, Arkade, etc. with it.

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@MrHodl @BEN0WHERE Great idea.

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@MrHodl @BEN0WHERE What would it be instead of BIP39? Just the actual private key, hash or something?

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@BEN0WHERE I like the bring your own seed, but with a way to check entropy like I can do with Ian Coleman's BIP39 tool.

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@FractalEncrypt I remember hearing a podcast from someone who had this experience. Might be the same person.

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@americanhodl8 @theBLOCKCLOCK @OPENDIME Mine is unplugged.

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@jamesob @KLoaec What is the best practice protocol for finding a zero day of this magnitude? Is that what those canary things are?

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@jamesob @KLoaec That's suspicious.

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@TheBTCGame @JuanSGalt @callebtc Thanks.

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@TheBTCGame @JuanSGalt @callebtc I have a gambling background so I think in probabilities. My hypothesis is if you have a key made of 15 dice rolls, about 15 bits, you're better off rolling 100 imperfect dice.

Would it be better to use perfect dice? Yes, but don't wait on the mail.

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@TheBTCGame @JuanSGalt @callebtc That's fair. I'm working on an article about digital signatures. I scraped my first two drafts after this incident.

I just started re-writing it on GitHub. Would you mind if I quote you? Pull requests are welcome too. :)

https://t.co/jeFJRnWU52

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@TheBTCGame @JuanSGalt @callebtc Thank you for the feedback.

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@Yashraj__ @shaunsomers I started writing an article about generating a seed with sufficient entropy a couple weeks ago. I wrote two drafts, but then this happened. I'm trying to see where people are at.

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@TheBTCGame @JuanSGalt @callebtc True. It's also important to keep yourbseed a secret.... Unless there's an emergency.

Right now, we are in full emergency mode. This is not the time to discuss academic attacks. This is the time for drastic measures like this:

[Rob Hamilton @Rob1Ham]

I spoke to someone who gave a cold card to someone, and when the news broke that friend was out of town.

They called the friend, and got permission to break into his own house as he read out the pin and got the funds recovered.

This was the correct level of urgency.

ACT NOW

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

During the lockdowns, I spent my time helping my kid with schoolwork and studying this guide.

If anyone has any questions about it, I am happy to help.

[Rob Hamilton @Rob1Ham]

While a lot has changed in 7 years since this came out, @mflaxman lead the way with these timeless principles.

If you are lost on how to secure your bitcoin long term and are a better audio learner, give this a listen.

BUT IF YOU HAVE YOUR FUNDS ON A COLD CARD DO NOT WAIT.

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@sesi_the_man @AndrewMesmer @BTCsessions @CauliStack @SeedSigner Is there any way to check the entropy of making a https://t.co/EU8mjy54Fu style seed? Go many bits of entropy does this produce on average?

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@sashahodler What are you mean? I mean, sure it would be hard to buy a house, but it's not unspendable.

[Fun With Freedom Tech @MinimalStructur]

@BULLBITCOIN_ Be your own RNG.