Sometimes I get in a funk and feel like I’m treading water with my work. It’s hard to see progress every day.
Then I look at some of what I’ve done and ask myself… would 2017 Andrew think this was cool?
If so… I think I’m doing alright.
🚨 𝗠𝗔𝗝𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Inter Miami have renewed their interest in Kevin De Bruyne and the Belgian midfielder now views a move to the MLS more favourably!
Inter Miami wants to pair him with Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Casemiro and Rodrigo de Paul.
— @mundodeportivo
This week, something extraordinary happened.
Despite markets seeing a 40% chance of a Fed rate hike, the Fed did NOT hike rates.
Yet, the US 30Y Yield rose to its highest since 2007.
The most interesting part is the timing of this move, most of which came AFTER the decision.
Every step was designed to inflict maximum harm:
• Splicing HIV into a coronavirus.
• Blocking access to hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin.
• Removing NAC from Amazon and supermarket shelves.
• No early treatment.
• Respirators that killed 90% of patients.
• Seeding nursing homes with Covid+ patients.
• Blanket DNR orders for the disabled.
• "15 days to flatten the curve" that slowed the rate of natural immunity.
• Closing schools for two years.
• Masks that reduced oxygen.
• Shutting down gyms.
• Keeping liquor stores open.
• Closing hiking trails and parks thus preventing people from getting vitamin D.
• Remdesivir and Paxlovid that are expensive, useless, and deadly.
• The most toxic and deadly vaccines in history on a new platform that will never work.
• Billions of dollars spent on propaganda to convince people to accept every step of this nefarious plan.
• Firings, censorship, and blacklisting of critical thinkers.
Covid is a world war, launched by the ruling class, against humanity.
🇮🇹JUST IN: The Bank of Italy tested 200 stablecoin remittances across 10 corridors and found they beat the global average cost in most of them.
The bottleneck was not blockchain fees. It was fiat conversion and local payment rails.
The study says stablecoin advantages would be "substantially higher" if they could be spent directly without converting back to fiat.
UAP disclosure is no longer optional. Our cosmic neighbors will not go away if we keep UAP knowledge secret. The fundamental question remains: “Is there any indisputable evidence for alien tech?” We all deserve to know one way or another.
Note that instead of going straight up, I now think one final bearish leg likely comes first
LTF doesn't look ready for that move yet, but maybe I'm wrong & we'll continue following this Wyckoff structure.
The COLDCARD RNG vulnerability may be worse than an exchange hack. It hit at the core of sovereign Bitcoin holders - it struck those who did all the research, understood why self-custody is important, and didn’t keep coins on exchanges.
My heart goes out to everyone affected. It’s a horrible situation and the damage is irreparable. While I have many thoughts and criticisms about how we got here, I’ll hold back because I know nvk is devastated too.
Self-custody is hard. If you advocate for self-custody, you should also be telling people to use a multi-vendor multisig setup. I’ve been saying this for years. Self-custody only works if you do it in a way that minimizes a single point of failure. Don’t trust any single vendor for hardware. Assume everyone is your adversary.
As self-custody is hard, we should be less critical of people who chose to use custodians or hold BTC in ETFs or Bitcoin Treasury Companies. There isn’t a single right or wrong way to use Bitcoin and there are tradeoffs everywhere.
Some people have contacted me about what to do. Here’s what I recommend:
1️⃣ Document everything. Write down all the facts and details you know (dates, addresses, firmware, etc.).
2️⃣ File a police report, as it creates an official record which is useful for a number of reasons. Even better if you can contact a cybercrime unit, national reporting portals (e.g., FBI IC3 in the US), or specialized crypto-crime task forces if they exist.
3️⃣ Watch for coordinated efforts to track movements of funds.
4️⃣ Do not destroy your COLDCARD and seed phrase. Hold onto them as there could be a chance that stolen funds reach an exchange, are frozen, and you need to prove ownership. Write down your PIN too, or note it in your documentation. When you stop using it for a long time, you may forget it.
5️⃣ This next point is very important: DO NOT share your personal details, seed phrase, or send any money to anyone claiming they can “help recover” the funds. Scammers will be targeting people who are desperate.
Just know that almost everyone has lost coins for some reason at some point. Don’t do anything rash. Talk to someone if you need to. You can always rebuild, but only if you’re still here.
For all of us developing wallets, software or hardware, security is the most important thing we provide. People are counting on us and we have to do better.
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