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even the byzantine empire fell

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Last Notes

2026-08-08 20:23:58 GMT

https://fork.observer/?network=mainnet

2026-08-08 16:05:28 GMT

no public ip infrastructure access beyond the access for the service itself
#nevent1q…ty2h

2026-08-08 11:18:26 GMT

I think we're in a world were almost every piece of personal infrastructure and hobby projects even need to be locked behind something like wire guard or tail scale

2026-08-08 00:33:13 GMT

nix-bitcoin is wonderful

2026-08-07 18:25:17 GMT

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i agree. no malice obviously from their part.

2026-08-07 18:14:50 GMT

as a long time listener of @npub1qny…95gx and @npub1guh…6hjy it is pretty tough to listen to then right now. i'm sure they are embarrassed but it is pretty tough earning back listeners trust. they have been amazing educators but it is wild to see them invest in a security company and not demand a security audit as part of their investment or a condition of their share ownership.
presumably the only reason they invested was that nvk and dochex wanted some exit liquidity

2026-08-07 18:11:28 GMT

run kimi k3 against any system you maintain. it is so so good at finding bugs and then just ask it to fix them and document them. super simple.

2026-08-05 18:09:34 GMT

saipan is a shithole old abandoned island with military remnants a barely functioning hospital and population in terminal decline.
#nevent1q…carj

2026-08-05 17:56:09 GMT

never succumb to violence end the cycle
bitcoin is peace
#nevent1q…yp6h

2026-08-05 16:14:06 GMT

peter gray claims to have created the first usb keylogger
https://web.archive.org/web/20080530105629/http://www.conalgo.com/resume/resume.html
https://i.nostr.build/QOQUjrQ91QsWru8A.jpg

2026-08-05 14:23:44 GMT

warning on libngu years ago
https://github.com/switck/libngu/blob/0cf31968852ef8312254067dae274c8fd093648b/ngu/random.c#L55
I'm pretty sure this guy dochex had to have known there was a problem in the code, he wrote both the library and the implementation of the library

2026-08-05 12:33:08 GMT

😬
https://i.nostr.build/ETIwvcPp4LR4XNmU.jpg

2026-08-05 11:50:54 GMT

😬
https://i.nostr.build/4ciUHYkDtqSu1GHG.jpg

2026-08-04 23:12:49 GMT

https://www.ivey.uwo.ca/media/3784305/coinkite-profile.pdf

2026-08-04 21:41:29 GMT

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totally get that. could just be a developer having fun with zero malice

2026-08-04 20:51:08 GMT

what if we now know that the lead and maybe only developer at coinkite wrote all the sub modules (under a pseudonym)
https://i.nostr.build/Qwi3l4ifCb5u4UES.jpg
#nevent1q…s06v

2026-08-04 20:47:00 GMT

this article assumes doc_hex Peter Gray didn't understand what he was doing https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/when-randombytes-runs-but-doesnt
but if libngu was written by him (pseudonym switck) then perhaps that is a wrong interpretation
https://i.nostr.build/XBmNSr14HVVblJUS.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/mlOKMOcexKdvKRBe.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/Pu1aasGgLSLv8uq5.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/Wgq7k5rXR59YOBgE.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/ty2s56BmgfisXRMu.jpg

2026-08-04 19:47:45 GMT

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i agree. would there have been a motivation from a licensing standpoint to be using an outside library written by someone else?
i also struggle to see why he would do all this. obvious the "CK" is in the username of the account so it wasn't that obscure
then there is this twitter identity fake conversation from switck and himself. all for what? diversion?

2026-08-04 19:15:07 GMT

@npub1ej4…ndrm did you ever meet the CTO at coinkite?
#nevent1q…9sea

2026-08-04 19:14:01 GMT

did anyone at ten31 when they invested ever meet peter at coinkite?

2026-08-04 18:58:25 GMT

https://gist.github.com/jamesob/ca9b4ca384969b4cfd62813419854d69#alternative-hypotheses-considered

2026-08-04 18:47:07 GMT

https://coldcard.rip/

2026-08-04 18:16:36 GMT

coinkite customer data retention contradictions
https://i.nostr.build/A2c6GxSwhyqqDinL.jpg

2026-08-04 17:39:05 GMT

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https://i.nostr.build/1G9C3iyJ4tsTWX3C.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/FCOhRBSHoK58eWAU.jpg
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2026-08-04 17:06:21 GMT

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https://i.nostr.build/KIGl1ZKKOSDS28WC.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/VV0vE5GJlEpcZmBM.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/ZMFMiwQ3m5OVfuNi.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/5Xd4LmwFRjZNHwGs.jpg

2026-08-04 17:06:21 GMT

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https://i.nostr.build/KIGl1ZKKOSDS28WC.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/VV0vE5GJlEpcZmBM.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/ZMFMiwQ3m5OVfuNi.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/5Xd4LmwFRjZNHwGs.jpg

2026-08-04 16:32:14 GMT

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yes i have been talking with dylan about it

2026-08-04 16:17:56 GMT

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you don't pseudonymously write the core library then implement the function incorrectly in your own firmware code. something is not right here....

2026-08-04 16:15:49 GMT

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yes peter grey and switck on github the cto of coinkite

2026-08-04 16:04:42 GMT

if doc_hex wrote libngu it seems strange to not use the correct function since he wrote the module. unless...
https://i.nostr.build/HIYMr0wzHyRBEEGV.jpg

2026-08-04 10:14:33 GMT

https://i.nostr.build/KnPU7w0MIRwhZ3MK.jpg

2026-08-04 09:59:23 GMT

You don't accidentally use #ifndef instead of #if in the safety check of a cryptographic RNG library you wrote yourself (since he is switck), then accidentally define that
same macro to zero in a board config you also wrote, then accidentally never test whether rng_get() actually returns hardware randomness after
integration, then accidentally leave it for 5 years, then accidentally add a retrospective comment the day after $70M vanishes.
#nevent1q…ava0

2026-08-04 09:50:47 GMT

https://i.nostr.build/uMKhqjBur5WPd17H.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/mHcqoWIt6c9zH7vF.jpg

2026-08-04 08:20:22 GMT

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it is true that switck and doc_hex are the same

2026-08-04 07:45:22 GMT

doc_hex aka peter gray is switkc and wrote libngu and did so for some weird reason under a pseudonym rather than as his own commit
(from dylan le clair)
https://i.nostr.build/C9KVOmt0ROv1yuEM.jpg

2026-08-04 05:14:31 GMT

retirement attack. play it cool. try to act interested. "destroy" your devices rather than save for evidence. start taking new product preorders
#nevent1q…ncqj

2026-08-04 05:10:52 GMT

you run a company that is making a lot of money and realize that you messed up. you cannot tell people to regenerate seeds since you will instantly get everyone hacked and you go out of business.
if you don't do the hack yourself then someone else will and you will go outbid business
if you do the hack yourself then you go out of business but make a lot of money.
you didn't start off with this plan but unfortunately were forced into it by your mistake and your greed.
before you do the attack you need to release a new product to make it look like you would never intentionally destroy your company
#nevent1q…au9s

2026-08-04 04:40:25 GMT

investigations into doc_hex and the author of libngu and nvk are very important
everything about this smells.
#nevent1q…2d9r

2026-08-04 04:37:21 GMT

people are going to burn out super fast from AI. we are seeing it in the boltz group. humans cannot handle this much stuff this fast over this short of time scale. more and more are just going to unplug.
sure you can build whatever you want but maintaining it won't be worth it.

2026-08-03 21:43:52 GMT

coinkite aka doc_hex had no idea what he was doing so he sent nvk to be on a lot of podcasts https://www.blockchainunmasked.com/post/coldcard-seed-flaw-38m. then he convinced 1031 to be a. exclusive investor and. then his incopentance was supported by a vc fund

2026-08-03 18:33:27 GMT

this guy wrote all the shitty coldcard code https://x.com/DocHex

2026-08-03 18:31:05 GMT

this it wrote libngu. https://x.com/switck

2026-08-03 18:28:35 GMT

this is the coinkite post office box
3219 Yonge Street, Unit 376, Toronto, Canada
send them a letter
https://i.nostr.build/v66qhGyInwsdQaaZ.jpg

2026-08-03 18:13:29 GMT

don't hate on @npub1qny…95gx he is legit
#nevent1q…0ll9

2026-08-03 17:50:04 GMT

another scammer
https://i.nostr.build/13qqgLT6ho8sM4XM.jpg

2026-08-03 17:48:15 GMT

these guys from foundation definitely have an axe to grind but they are speaking the truth
https://x.com/zherbert/status/2084269925632217297

2026-08-03 16:57:22 GMT

totally get why you wouldn't tell them or make this public
https://i.nostr.build/m2VALebUry7zXWIW.jpg

2026-08-03 15:46:39 GMT

libngu was written by a pseudonym "switck". if you are looking at investigating an inside job then this may be the place to start
https://github.com/switck/libngu

2026-08-03 11:06:06 GMT

i'm not a cryptographer, but I do know when writing security software it's obvious in your brain that you don't really understand what's going on and you need to ask for help
especially if shipping something that's going to affect customers directly you think about shipping something you don't understand and how it could really affect them
i've met many programmers who have an ego that drives deep into the company culture, especially if you're willing to ship something you don't understand
it's obvious the culture of quality at this company is piss poor
I remember in model one they shipped buttons that didn't work
money drive a culture like this, not a passion for creating value
#nevent1q…85fe

2026-08-03 11:02:20 GMT

qwen3.6 finds the coldcard bug as well
Gregory Maxwell
https://i.nostr.build/FmfAVHduXQv8AFHy.jpg

2026-08-03 02:01:18 GMT

it is amazing that ledger spent millions to try and break cold card and they just assumed that no dumb ass would be inept enough to fuck up the random number generator

2026-08-03 01:54:35 GMT

literally coldcard and coinkite engineering QA was the worst on the planet.
god damn we were all fooled on their marketing. myself included
https://i.nostr.build/B2ZaZDj64mfC6X0Q.jpg

2026-08-03 00:18:53 GMT

low entropy collisions. people were generating the same wallet.
what a royal embarrassment. everyone blames NVK but it looks like the dude named doc_hex wrote all this terrible code.
#nevent1q…td75

2026-08-02 17:06:12 GMT

anyone with a conscious would take down the hardware wallets from the store.
#nevent1q…gs3s

2026-08-02 17:02:17 GMT

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coldcard

2026-08-02 17:01:25 GMT

still for sale. at this point it is safe to call coinkite a bunch of scammers
https://i.nostr.build/IHwMaquAbBtaG0hh.jpg

2026-08-02 15:17:34 GMT

unless your passphrase is 128bits, your seed and passphrase will be stolen as well.

2026-08-02 15:15:38 GMT

all of these coldcard movements are causing tons of coinjoin datasets to be reduced. the only private way forward is lightning. coinjoin was a fun experiment but all of this new movement is reducing anonymity sets by a lot.

2026-08-02 11:22:27 GMT

do no trust a hardware wallet even the ones still standing with giving you a random seed.
do not trust a desktop wallet either. draw your own words from a bucket that are cut out and replace the word you drew each time. then use seed signer to calculate your 24th word.

2026-08-02 11:07:45 GMT

https://i.nostr.build/7TOKSCo2rYpx3NAj.jpg

2026-08-02 02:48:10 GMT

i still keep wondering if this was an inside job. no one ever cared about coldcard's code base. no one ever contributed except for these three and then out of the blue someone uses a very new model to find a bug and exploit it
https://github.com/Coldcard/firmware/graphs/contributors?from=4%2F25%2F2026

2026-08-02 02:34:09 GMT

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doc_hex is the actual programmer for coinkite...

2026-08-02 02:32:38 GMT

just remember, coinkite will never ask you for your bip-39 seed (because they don't have to ask...)
https://i.nostr.build/JRGs4HkJOa8yb1qY.jpg

2026-08-02 01:22:55 GMT

coinkite is quiet because they can't do anything. they have no liability and they knew it. the greatest wrongs in the world are committed by well meaning people doing the wrong thing.

2026-08-01 22:36:22 GMT

this will generate you entropy and let you sleep well at night
https://btc-hardware-solutions.square.site/product/entropia-v2-seed-tablets/11
i am happy to print anyone who needs a bottle at cost

2026-08-01 16:02:19 GMT

Don't wait for a hardware wallet to arrive in the mail. Just create a software wallet on sparrow that is encrypted and move your funds there. Then rebuild your setup later.

2026-08-01 15:57:43 GMT

i wonder which bitcoin company that advertises on podcasts is going to fuck over their customers next?

2026-07-20 13:24:47 GMT

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but they will swap out of monero quickly

2026-07-20 12:55:36 GMT

black market inference providers are coming and they won't charge for services with dollars or USDC
#nevent1q…k48c

2026-07-20 12:35:32 GMT

@npub1zjx…pvrl @npub1jal…s2ek is jetkvm a potential rootkit if the remote software it runs compromised?

2026-07-19 01:01:16 GMT

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we need to ensure a few generations pump it before you sell so you ensure good exit liquidity 🤩

2026-07-18 22:00:59 GMT

when you need to ensure an off ramp for boomers pensions and retirement accounts your look to pass the bags to the younger generations in a way that appears altruistic
#nevent1q…72yq

2026-07-17 13:39:32 GMT

https://v.nostr.build/xEUFFtOMf3MXRHZO.mp4

2026-07-15 08:32:21 GMT

the real AI race is about building the best infrastructure: electric grid, inference, training farms, power generation.
there is no race with building models.
models are commodities.
infrastructure is the moat.

2026-07-14 13:39:32 GMT

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2026-07-11 21:00:47 GMT

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what power laser is harmful to shine at a security camera. i don't want to damage them but sometimes i play with lasers and want to know what power laser to avoid around them

2026-07-11 20:59:38 GMT

@npub1jal…s2ek how can i take out a flock camera

2026-07-10 12:17:38 GMT

as long as openai subsidizes 5.6 sol no one will feel compelled to pay for nerfed fable 5. as long as open source keeps catching up, openai will have to keep subsidizing its frontier models. then the big companies run out of cash and open source wins.

2026-07-08 01:40:19 GMT

apparently door dash gave every employee claude code. the odd thing is, two employees with claude code could create and run door dash themselves
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hyqLNX3VExQ

2026-07-07 07:14:48 GMT

claude now refuses to do anything related to security. tried having it write a script to remove encryption from an old zip file i had lost pass to and it's refusal claimed i was breaking local laws.
within minutes GLM5.2 does brute force with gpu acceleration to decrypt.
anthropic is on death watch 💀

2026-07-05 12:41:06 GMT

llms will always code the best on opensource software because the entire project data is readily trained on.

2026-07-05 00:45:12 GMT

bitcoin is digital 1776

2026-07-02 16:03:37 GMT

great time for everyone to use an LLM to help them learn nixOS nix-btc and the power of running your own lightning node.
level up this month
#nevent1q…2nqv

2026-07-02 15:44:55 GMT

voltage is basically shutting down for normal people running a node
https://voltage.cloud/blog/sunsetting-self-serve?utm_source=brevo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Infrastructure%20Deprication&utm_id=150

2026-06-29 17:40:02 GMT

exact replica of claude code is achieved with very easy steps.
1. install opencode
2. enable lsp https://opencode.ai/docs/lsp/
2. enable exa webfetch https://ricostacruz.com/posts/opencode-starter-kit
3. use no logging glm5.2 model on deepinfra
4. ask claude to create a open code command that exports its project memories and agents.md for each of your projects into opencode when you run the command
5. launch opencode in a directory of a project and run the command claude made and bring over your agents.md files
6. enjoy being free of anthropic with mythos level coding

2026-06-29 06:08:39 GMT

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mainly a nice GUI. sometimes you just want your LLM to run on a local folder

2026-06-29 06:07:44 GMT

opencode + glm 5.2 on a private inference provider (deepinfra doesn't log) has just replaced claude code for good

2026-06-29 04:55:46 GMT

if you like claude cowork the open alternative is https://github.com/different-ai/openwork

2026-06-29 04:36:23 GMT

if pi seems overwhelming then opencode is the user friendly alternative
https://github.com/disler/pi-vs-claude-code/blob/main/PI_VS_OPEN_CODE.md

2026-06-29 03:41:29 GMT

cats out. let the llm export wars start
https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/chinese-ai-matches-mythos-cybersecurity-tasks-open-weight-model

2026-06-28 19:45:29 GMT

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probably

2026-06-28 18:48:23 GMT

https://pi.dev/

2026-06-28 18:48:16 GMT

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https://pi.dev/

2026-06-28 18:47:48 GMT

ai is code, code is speech, ai is speech and in the united states there is freedom of speech.
the supreme court will strike down any ban on open source llms

2026-06-27 22:27:57 GMT

spend time learning to set up PI to ween yourself off of claude code

2026-06-26 18:49:51 GMT

i'm not sure if LLMs will use bitcoin directly, but I'm almost 100% certain that inference providers hosting unapproved open source models will only accept bitcoin .
Just like Silk Road was a boom for bitcoin, black market inference will be a boom for bitcoin .

2026-06-26 18:41:07 GMT

The total addressable market of OpenAI and Anthropic was just reduced to government partners.
adjust your valuations accordingly

2026-06-26 17:26:35 GMT

you will only be able to pay for black market LLMs that run on black market inference with bitcoin

2026-06-26 05:40:03 GMT

https://i.nostr.build/WXlOtgkYlJKpLEw5.jpg

2026-06-26 04:23:30 GMT

https://i.nostr.build/Fp4MrZulBrO5KOzx.jpg