The important part of this is that it shows NVK was aware of the entropy bug in 2021, the less but still tragic part is that it does imply Matt was told secret knowledge of it.
You can't be protected from something that was never released. Coinkite's own disclosure says 4.0.0 wasn't pubic for what that is worth. That isn't the secret knowedge.
I know this is terrible to contemplate. Take a moment and really think about what was actually said.
No one was at risk from 4.0.0 because it was never released. Matt says he has a piece of knowledge that he isn't allowed to say - that makes his guide true.
what is that piece of knowledge? It can't be a usb bug because no one had that firmware.
His guide can only protect users from something that is released. The only code released at the time was 4.0.1. with the entropy bug, not a usb bug.
The secret knowledge has to be the entropy bug because it is the only threat at that can harm users and that his guide would protect from.
Matt couldn't steal all your bitcoin without physical access if it was usb. He could with the entropy exploit.
If 4.0.0 was released then I would concede it is 50/50
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2026-08-06 02:16:45 GMT
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