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Christophera 2085114670244139135

christophera-2085114670244139135

https://x.com/ChristopherA/status/2085114670244139135

Captured screenshot of the post by @ChristopherA, posted 5 Aug 2026, 21:24 UTC
@ChristopherA posted captured full-size capture → original post →
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Christopher Allen arguing that the incident hides a deeper problem, the usability and complexity of multisig and the lack of interoperability between wallets, which he says he has been pressing wallet companies on for more than seven years. Relevant because multi-vendor multisig is the mitigation most often recommended across this record, and this is the captured statement of why it has not been adopted. Opening post of a thread; only this post is captured.

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