Good night NOSTR. I hope everyone has a better day tomorrow.

Does anyone know how we could implement a nostr zap-athon for victims of the coldcard exploit? I tealize that validation will be tricky and dispersment will be tricky but open to suggestions. Im willing to seed and lead the project. Thank you Nostr!

I see alot of hate toward some good people in the Bitcoin community over the coldcard debacle. Let's not single anyone out here. This bug was missed by ALL OF US...FOR 5 YEARS!. For the people directly impacted, I am truly sorry for your loss. For everyone that dodged the bullet, let's learn from this and build more robust architectures. This incident made alot of folks humbled. Now lets stack sats.

For all of my fellow ColdCard fans who feel betrayed:

I’ve been weighing the past couple of days events. People lost real money. Lifetime savings in some cases. They believed their bitcoin was safely held in a cold storage solution that many agreed was the best. They did everything right...and still lost. The pain/anger is legitimate and deep. No technical explanation or apology will help it. Those affected deserve space to feel angry, scared, and betrayed. I won’t try to talk anyone out of those feelings. At the same time, we should not automatically discount NVK’s years worth of work in the bitcoin space. Coinkite spent a long time building tools that many of us trusted precisely because they were serious about security and sovereignty. Even a catastrophic mistake does not erase that body of work. Anyone with the courage to build in public will eventually, fail in public. Stones are easy to throw in this case, and impossible to defend...I get that. Rage is understandable, but undesirable. Exile should be reserved only for malicious behavior. And i dont think this is the case. We need conscientious builders. Especially talented ones that have been humbled by mistakes. For those who lost funds: I’m sorry. Truly. For everyone else: let’s keep the focus on helping victims migrate remaining coins safely and on learning what this failure teaches us about entropy, open-source review, and the limits of any single device. Im trying to devise a way to help organize a way to help compensate victims of this theft with a zap-athon style push, but need help with the implementation. If we really are a community, we should seek to help those affected first, then talk about how we move forward. Thank you to For all the time they have put in the last couple of days to do just that.

Its going to be hard to recommend Self-custody after this...

I think your number 3 is a bit harsh. But I understand your sentiment.

The Fauci (lack of) testimony was difficult to watch. Will justice be done? Most likely not, but the truth stands on its own. Truth changes minds, and minds are what we need to change the system. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zicmRtsli8Y

https://x.com/TFTC21/status/2081796151091855430

This is funny, but...did you know... Peter's and his dad were CYPHERPUNKS before there was such a thing. His Dad wrote 2 books that were actually banned....by the government. Irwan Schiff DIED in prison protesting the income tax. Refusing multiple plea bargain offerings for years. Peter was Ron Paul's economic advisor for years. Peter and his family have sacrificed more for the cause of liberty and sound money more than any of us. So I'd suggest cutting him some slack. He may not agree with us about bitcoin, but he knows that hard money is part of the solution. Let the free market work.

We all have blind spots my friend. Im not making excuses, but this seems like a legitimate mistake, not malicious.

I'd bet this is just another humiliation ritual. He'll testify this week. Everything we already know will be said and THEN..nothing will happen. https://x.com/SenRandPaul/status/2081828965438685273?s=20

The greatest psyop that was ever done was branching philosophy into theology .

Im going to credit Ben and Nathan for protecting my stack. Thank you gentleman for your calm, but urgent warnings. Funds successfully migrated to several alternative storage methods. I know this has been a tough couple of days. For anyone directly impacted, I am truly sorry. Hopefully we can figure out some sort of campaign to get you some of your Sats back. If anyone has ideas for a zap-athon, I'd be interested in donating. I dont know how to vet victims of this theft but my mind is wide open for suggestions.

You seem very knowledgeable about the theory of evolution. Have you read Darwin?

They hadn't slept. And Ben is on Vacation.

and crew have been heroes thru this. Thanks Ben and Nathan!