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Hardware wallet conversation share around the exploit

btcperception-conversation-share

https://x.com/BTCPerception/status/2084298157274312923

Captured screenshot of the post by @BTCPerception, posted 3 Aug 2026, 15:19 UTC
@BTCPerception posted captured full-size capture → original post →
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@BTCPerception
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independent
Evidence role
reporting
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Capture status
capture held

Conversation-share metrics from the Perception tracker: COLDCARD held 24% of hardware-wallet discussion in the twelve months before the exploit, level with Ledger, and 79% in the four days after, 2.4 times its entire prior year's mentions. The account's own measurements, share of conversation rather than market share.

This post is registered as evidence and has a locally held capture. The original remains the canonical publication.

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