Coinkite

1 review, not positive.0% positive · 1 review· Influence factor 7, above 1% of accounts

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From 1 activities · Aug 2026

Accused of deliberately introducing a vulnerability to Cold Card seed generation that weakened randomness from 128 bits to as little as 40 bits, resulting in approximately 1,816 BTC (~$116 million) drained from over 5,200 addresses starting July 2026.

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“Coinkite CTO & cofounder added a vulnerability to cold card on purpose”You probably heard about the Cold Card seed generation "bug" that got many bitcoiners rekt a short while ago. >A firmware bug from March 2021 weakened seed randomness on some Coldcard wallets, cutting key strength from 128 bits to as little as 40 — brute-forceable without physical access. >Starting July 30, 2026, attackers drained roughly 1,816 BTC (~$116 million) from over 5,200 addresses across four waves. Fun fact: the "bug" or rather a deliberate "feature" was added by the Coinkite CTO and Co-Founder (DocHex) larping as a different user... The proof is in this thread: https://x.com/oomahq/status/2085717166884618584 Also saved via Ethos Agent and pinned to the DocHex profile: https://app.ethos.network/activity/review/714110/

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