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Quote-post of the Mallers fail-closed clip

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https://x.com/Adelgary/status/2085270460724379777

Captured screenshot of the post by @Adelgary, posted 6 Aug 2026, 07:43 UTC
@Adelgary posted captured full-size capture → original post →
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Three words of text over a 1:28 video of Jack Mallers, whose visible slides contrast what happened - secure entropy unavailable, fallback activated, key generated, nothing complained - with what the slides say should have happened, a halt and a refusal to generate. The post quote-posts JW Weatherman calling a weak-entropy fallback obviously malicious, and adds that Mallers cannot explain it either. The video itself is not held: this capture keeps the post text and the poster frame only. Coinkite's own reply to Mallers disputes the "fallback" framing and is registered at coldcardwallet-2085541034243600805, so both positions are in the record. The characterisations of intent are the posters' own and are not verified here.

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