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COLDCARD's RNG Failed. Move Your Coins.
An urgent warning for anyone whose seed was generated on affected COLDCARD firmware. Updating the device will not repair the seed. Generate a new one and migrate carefully.
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−$265.4M
Net outflow · Jul 31, 2026
1-day outflow streak+$51.3B all-time net
@TFTC21The @bitcoinpolicy team made a visual explainer showing just how much entropy the Coldcard bug lost. A properly generated key is like finding one atom across 2 billion galaxies. An affected Coldcard key? About the size of a virus, crackable in hours.
@TFTC21.@_Rob_Wallace breaks down the ethical mess of white hat hackers sweeping bitcoin from vulnerable Coldcard wallets.
@TFTC21"Germany has all the choices from around the world, but they chose this one because it had the lowest CO2 per unit. It's cheaper, it's better, you're getting it anyway. Why do you have to play like this?" @anasalhajji on Europe's self-inflicted energy crisis.
@TFTC21MARA opened Slipstream to the public, no client software needed. If you're moving funds off a vulnerable Coldcard wallet, this keeps your transaction out of the public mempool so attackers can't front-run you with a double spend. x.com/MARAFoundation…
@TFTC21Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the Clarity Act “is too important for the leadership of our country…if we’re going to dominate and lead in this technology…we gotta get this bill done.”
@TFTC21"The Strait of Hormuz is not only about oil. It's about helium, you can't make a computer chip without it. It's about fertilizers, you can't grow food without them." @anasalhajji on why this crisis touches everything.
@TFTC21Bloomberg is covering the Coldcard exploit. The mainstream is picking it up now.
@TFTC21Coinbase releases advertisement calling on lawmakers to approve the Clarity Act. “AMERICA NEEDS CLARITY. SUPPORT THE CLARITY ACT.”
@TFTC21RABBIT HOLE RECAP #421: CATASTROPHIC COLDCARD BUG WITH @ODELLXYZ AND @MARTYBENT x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@TFTC21NYC wants ID cards to enter a taxpayer-funded grocery store. You can't make this up.
@TFTC21"Do people believe that this war is about Iran and its nuclear program, or is it part of a larger change happening around the world?" @anasalhajji connects the dots on energy dominance.
@TFTC21White hat drains of vulnerable Coldcard wallets have started says @coinjoined. x.com/coinjoined/sta…
@TFTC21The @bitcoinpolicy team made a visual explainer showing just how much entropy the Coldcard bug lost. A properly generated key is like finding one atom across 2 billion galaxies. An affected Coldcard key? About the size of a virus, crackable in hours.
@TFTC21.@_Rob_Wallace breaks down the ethical mess of white hat hackers sweeping bitcoin from vulnerable Coldcard wallets.
@TFTC21"Germany has all the choices from around the world, but they chose this one because it had the lowest CO2 per unit. It's cheaper, it's better, you're getting it anyway. Why do you have to play like this?" @anasalhajji on Europe's self-inflicted energy crisis.
@TFTC21MARA opened Slipstream to the public, no client software needed. If you're moving funds off a vulnerable Coldcard wallet, this keeps your transaction out of the public mempool so attackers can't front-run you with a double spend. x.com/MARAFoundation…
@TFTC21Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the Clarity Act “is too important for the leadership of our country…if we’re going to dominate and lead in this technology…we gotta get this bill done.”
@TFTC21"The Strait of Hormuz is not only about oil. It's about helium, you can't make a computer chip without it. It's about fertilizers, you can't grow food without them." @anasalhajji on why this crisis touches everything.
@TFTC21Bloomberg is covering the Coldcard exploit. The mainstream is picking it up now.
@TFTC21Coinbase releases advertisement calling on lawmakers to approve the Clarity Act. “AMERICA NEEDS CLARITY. SUPPORT THE CLARITY ACT.”
@TFTC21RABBIT HOLE RECAP #421: CATASTROPHIC COLDCARD BUG WITH @ODELLXYZ AND @MARTYBENT x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@TFTC21NYC wants ID cards to enter a taxpayer-funded grocery store. You can't make this up.
@TFTC21"Do people believe that this war is about Iran and its nuclear program, or is it part of a larger change happening around the world?" @anasalhajji connects the dots on energy dominance.
@TFTC21White hat drains of vulnerable Coldcard wallets have started says @coinjoined. x.com/coinjoined/sta…
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