Spent much of today helping people I know move their funds from their coldcard devices elsewhere. A few reflections / lessons: First, money is not everything. If you lost your life savings, or some portion thereof, know that this is not the end, even if it may feel like it. Second, move the funds you do have in any coldcard as quickly and calmly as possible to another place. Even a hot wallet is a fine temporary intermediary. But choose a respectable one. Long term, “Not your entropy, not your keys” will be a major takeaway of this event. Better to generate your own randomness via dice, cards, coins, or other irl methods than to rely on computer-generated randomness. If you are capable of it, multi-signature set-ups using different, ideally fully open source, hardware wallet manufacturers are preferable moving forward as far as self custody goes. And when given the choice for extra entropy such as a passphrase, take it. And in any case, it is better not to keep all your eggs in one basket. Those who were most affected had all their coins on a single device. Do not rely on any one device, any one manufacturer, any single point of failure. My heart goes out to all. God bless.

Condolences to all affected.

If you don’t have the seed phrase for it, it’s not your Bitcoin.

Just paid with Bitcoin at Steak ‘n Shake. The future is now.

It’s not easy being seed-oil free in a seed-oil world. But it is 100% worth it.

This is The Way.

““The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” — Carl Jung

Have a blessed Sunday.

If you don’t run a node, you must rely on somebody else’s node.

Harsh truths are kindness. Comforting lies are malice.

Bitcoin is a rare opportunity to do well by doing good.

Node is law.

Generally speaking, whoever stays calmest wins the debate. This principle extends beyond debates.

“A fool who persists in his folly will become wise.” — Alan Watts, Why Not Now?

The age of Bitcoin treasury co’s has passed. This one is about 14 months too late.

Saylor: You’re not regulated enough, anon. You’re a paranoid crypto anarchist. Better let trusted third parties like Strategy hold your coins

“Attachment is a word that has associations in English which do not quite give the Buddhist feeling for the meaning of the word. But the slang term that we now use—a hang up—is the right translation for attachment. When you say a person’s all hung up or he has a particular hang up, that is the Buddhist meaning of attachment. It means a mental fixation or an emotional fixation on some particular pattern of life.” — Alan Watts, Human Consciousness

The great thing about #Nostr is, unlike other social media platforms, it has no overhead. No pressure to meet certain metrics by a certain date. No runway. It can simply grow organically. Bullish.

Suitcoiners in shambles. @jack mallers has chosen the light. Retvrn.

Bitcoiners fighting is good for Bitcoin. Complacency is the real threat. Bullish.