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Coinkite blog index

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The blog index changed the linked backgrounder's display from the software-PRNG cause line to 'Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue'.

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 An update on the COLDCARD firmware vulnerability, customer support, affected inventory, migration...
 Aug 2, 2026
 Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
-What caused affected COLDCARD firmware to use a software PRNG during seed generation, which relea...
+Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
 Jul 30, 2026
 Coldcard Security Advisory
 Funds from affected COLDCARD seeds are at risk if the seed lacks 50 independent, private dice rol...
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  1. source content difference between and Current source content +1 -1

    The blog index changed the linked backgrounder's display from the software-PRNG cause line to 'Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue'.

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    What changed from the previous capture 2 lines
     An update on the COLDCARD firmware vulnerability, customer support, affected inventory, migration...
     Aug 2, 2026
     Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    -What caused affected COLDCARD firmware to use a software PRNG during seed generation, which relea...
    +Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
     Jul 30, 2026
     Coldcard Security Advisory
     Funds from affected COLDCARD seeds are at risk if the seed lacks 50 independent, private dice rol...
    
    Extracted text as captured
    Blog
    Careers
    Contact
    RSS
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    Store
    ×
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    Blog
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    Stay up to date with our projects
    @COLDCARDwallet
    @SATSCARD
    @TAPSIGNER
    @theBLOCKCLOCK
    @arcasafes
    Video Tutorials
    @Coinkite
    Update on Customer Data Retention
    A temporary change to Coinkite's customer-data retention and blanking practices following the sec...
    Aug 7, 2026
    Adding to the Public Record on Our Ongoing Investigation
    New information for affected users, the public COLDCARD security record, and lessons for teams re...
    Aug 4, 2026
    Update, Sunday.
    An update on the COLDCARD firmware vulnerability, customer support, affected inventory, migration...
    Aug 2, 2026
    Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    Jul 30, 2026
    Coldcard Security Advisory
    Funds from affected COLDCARD seeds are at risk if the seed lacks 50 independent, private dice rol...
    Jul 30, 2026
    One COLDCARD, Many Wallets: Better Backups with BIP-85
    BIP-85 lets one COLDCARD recovery root recreate separate child seeds for compatible wallets. Here...
    Jul 29, 2026

    Excerpt only. The complete copy is held offline and backs quotations on this site. The original publication remains the canonical public source.

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    The blog index entry for the entropy technical backgrounder changed its title from 'Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue' to a longer headline about the software PRNG cause.

    seen · Captured here 8,993 chars
    What changed from the previous capture 2 lines
     An update on the COLDCARD firmware vulnerability, customer support, affected inventory, migration...
     Aug 2, 2026
     Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    -Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    +What caused affected COLDCARD firmware to use a software PRNG during seed generation, which relea...
     Jul 30, 2026
     Coldcard Security Advisory
     Funds from affected COLDCARD seeds are at risk if the seed lacks 50 independent, private dice rol...
    
    Extracted text as captured
    Blog
    Careers
    Contact
    RSS
    Email Newsletter
    Store
    ×
    Home
    Blog
    Careers
    Contact
    RSS
    Email Newsletter
    Store
    Stay up to date with our projects
    @COLDCARDwallet
    @SATSCARD
    @TAPSIGNER
    @theBLOCKCLOCK
    @arcasafes
    Video Tutorials
    @Coinkite
    Update on Customer Data Retention
    A temporary change to Coinkite's customer-data retention and blanking practices following the sec...
    Aug 7, 2026
    Adding to the Public Record on Our Ongoing Investigation
    New information for affected users, the public COLDCARD security record, and lessons for teams re...
    Aug 4, 2026
    Update, Sunday.
    An update on the COLDCARD firmware vulnerability, customer support, affected inventory, migration...
    Aug 2, 2026
    Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    What caused affected COLDCARD firmware to use a software PRNG during seed generation, which relea...
    Jul 30, 2026
    Coldcard Security Advisory
    Funds from affected COLDCARD seeds are at risk if the seed lacks 50 independent, private dice rol...
    Jul 30, 2026
    One COLDCARD, Many Wallets: Better Backups with BIP-85
    BIP-85 lets one COLDCARD recovery root recreate separate child seeds for compatible wallets. Here...
    Jul 29, 2026

    Excerpt only. The complete copy is held offline and backs quotations on this site. The original publication remains the canonical public source.

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    The displayed date of the new "Update on Customer Data Retention" post moved from Aug 6, 2026 to Aug 7, 2026; the publisher retimestamped it. No other index change.

    seen · Captured here 8,935 chars
    What changed from the previous capture 2 lines
     @Coinkite
     Update on Customer Data Retention
     A temporary change to Coinkite's customer-data retention and blanking practices following the sec...
    -Aug 6, 2026
    +Aug 7, 2026
     Adding to the Public Record on Our Ongoing Investigation
     New information for affected users, the public COLDCARD security record, and lessons for teams re...
     Aug 4, 2026
    
    Extracted text as captured
    Blog
    Careers
    Contact
    RSS
    Email Newsletter
    Store
    ×
    Home
    Blog
    Careers
    Contact
    RSS
    Email Newsletter
    Store
    Stay up to date with our projects
    @COLDCARDwallet
    @SATSCARD
    @TAPSIGNER
    @theBLOCKCLOCK
    @arcasafes
    Video Tutorials
    @Coinkite
    Update on Customer Data Retention
    A temporary change to Coinkite's customer-data retention and blanking practices following the sec...
    Aug 7, 2026
    Adding to the Public Record on Our Ongoing Investigation
    New information for affected users, the public COLDCARD security record, and lessons for teams re...
    Aug 4, 2026
    Update, Sunday.
    An update on the COLDCARD firmware vulnerability, customer support, affected inventory, migration...
    Aug 2, 2026
    Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    Jul 30, 2026
    Coldcard Security Advisory
    Funds from affected COLDCARD seeds are at risk if the seed lacks 50 independent, private dice rol...
    Jul 30, 2026
    One COLDCARD, Many Wallets: Better Backups with BIP-85
    BIP-85 lets one COLDCARD recovery root recreate separate child seeds for compatible wallets. Here...
    Jul 29, 2026

    Excerpt only. The complete copy is held offline and backs quotations on this site. The original publication remains the canonical public source.

  4. source content difference between and source content +3 -0

    New post listed: "Update on Customer Data Retention", dated Aug 6, 2026, about a temporary change to Coinkite's customer-data retention and blanking practices following the incident.

    seen · Captured here 8,935 chars
    What changed from the previous capture 3 lines
     @arcasafes
     Video Tutorials
     @Coinkite
    +Update on Customer Data Retention
    +A temporary change to Coinkite's customer-data retention and blanking practices following the sec...
    +Aug 6, 2026
     Adding to the Public Record on Our Ongoing Investigation
     New information for affected users, the public COLDCARD security record, and lessons for teams re...
     Aug 4, 2026
    
    Extracted text as captured
    Blog
    Careers
    Contact
    RSS
    Email Newsletter
    Store
    ×
    Home
    Blog
    Careers
    Contact
    RSS
    Email Newsletter
    Store
    Stay up to date with our projects
    @COLDCARDwallet
    @SATSCARD
    @TAPSIGNER
    @theBLOCKCLOCK
    @arcasafes
    Video Tutorials
    @Coinkite
    Update on Customer Data Retention
    A temporary change to Coinkite's customer-data retention and blanking practices following the sec...
    Aug 6, 2026
    Adding to the Public Record on Our Ongoing Investigation
    New information for affected users, the public COLDCARD security record, and lessons for teams re...
    Aug 4, 2026
    Update, Sunday.
    An update on the COLDCARD firmware vulnerability, customer support, affected inventory, migration...
    Aug 2, 2026
    Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    Jul 30, 2026
    Coldcard Security Advisory
    Funds from affected COLDCARD seeds are at risk if the seed lacks 50 independent, private dice rol...
    Jul 30, 2026
    One COLDCARD, Many Wallets: Better Backups with BIP-85
    BIP-85 lets one COLDCARD recovery root recreate separate child seeds for compatible wallets. Here...
    Jul 29, 2026

    Excerpt only. The complete copy is held offline and backs quotations on this site. The original publication remains the canonical public source.

  5. source content difference between and source content +3 -0

    The official blog index added “Adding to the Public Record on Our Ongoing Investigation.”

    seen · Captured here 8,788 chars
    What changed from the previous capture 3 lines
     @arcasafes
     Video Tutorials
     @Coinkite
    +Adding to the Public Record on Our Ongoing Investigation
    +New information for affected users, the public COLDCARD security record, and lessons for teams re...
    +Aug 4, 2026
     Update, Sunday.
     An update on the COLDCARD firmware vulnerability, customer support, affected inventory, migration...
     Aug 2, 2026
    
    Extracted text as captured
    Blog
    Careers
    Contact
    RSS
    Email Newsletter
    Store
    ×
    Home
    Blog
    Careers
    Contact
    RSS
    Email Newsletter
    Store
    Stay up to date with our projects
    @COLDCARDwallet
    @SATSCARD
    @TAPSIGNER
    @theBLOCKCLOCK
    @arcasafes
    Video Tutorials
    @Coinkite
    Adding to the Public Record on Our Ongoing Investigation
    New information for affected users, the public COLDCARD security record, and lessons for teams re...
    Aug 4, 2026
    Update, Sunday.
    An update on the COLDCARD firmware vulnerability, customer support, affected inventory, migration...
    Aug 2, 2026
    Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    Jul 30, 2026
    Coldcard Security Advisory
    Funds from affected COLDCARD seeds are at risk if the seed lacks 50 independent, private dice rol...
    Jul 30, 2026
    One COLDCARD, Many Wallets: Better Backups with BIP-85
    BIP-85 lets one COLDCARD recovery root recreate separate child seeds for compatible wallets. Here...
    Jul 29, 2026
    arca Reservations Are Open
    A $99 partial prepayment reserves a place in arca's limited first batch, currently targeting Janu...
    Jul 22, 2026

    Excerpt only. The complete copy is held offline and backs quotations on this site. The original publication remains the canonical public source.

  6. source content difference between and source content +3 -0

    Coinkite published a new post, 'Update, Sunday' dated Aug 2, 2026, described as an update on the COLDCARD firmware vulnerability, customer support, affected inventory and migration. It now sits atop the blog index.

    seen · Captured here 8,618 chars
    What changed from the previous capture 3 lines
     @arcasafes
     Video Tutorials
     @Coinkite
    +Update, Sunday.
    +An update on the COLDCARD firmware vulnerability, customer support, affected inventory, migration...
    +Aug 2, 2026
     Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
     Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
     Jul 30, 2026
    
    Extracted text as captured
    Blog
    Careers
    Contact
    RSS
    Email Newsletter
    Store
    ×
    Home
    Blog
    Careers
    Contact
    RSS
    Email Newsletter
    Store
    Stay up to date with our projects
    @COLDCARDwallet
    @SATSCARD
    @TAPSIGNER
    @theBLOCKCLOCK
    @arcasafes
    Video Tutorials
    @Coinkite
    Update, Sunday.
    An update on the COLDCARD firmware vulnerability, customer support, affected inventory, migration...
    Aug 2, 2026
    Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    Jul 30, 2026
    Coldcard Security Advisory
    Funds from affected COLDCARD seeds are at risk if the seed lacks 50 independent, private dice rol...
    Jul 30, 2026
    One COLDCARD, Many Wallets: Better Backups with BIP-85
    BIP-85 lets one COLDCARD recovery root recreate separate child seeds for compatible wallets. Here...
    Jul 29, 2026
    arca Reservations Are Open
    A $99 partial prepayment reserves a place in arca's limited first batch, currently targeting Janu...
    Jul 22, 2026
    Why mempool.space Matters for Bitcoin Users
    How the open-source mempool.space project makes Bitcoin's fee market visible, why self-hosting ma...
    Jul 20, 2026

    Excerpt only. The complete copy is held offline and backs quotations on this site. The original publication remains the canonical public source.

  7. source content difference between and source content +1 -1

    The blog index excerpt for the advisory changed with the advisory itself, from 'Coinkite is warning users who generated a seed using a COLDCARD on firmware versions 4.0.1 throug...' to 'Funds from affected COLDCARD seeds are at risk if the seed lacks 50 independent, private dice rol...'.

    seen · Captured here 8,489 chars
    What changed from the previous capture 2 lines
     Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
     Jul 30, 2026
     Coldcard Security Advisory
    -Coinkite is warning users who generated a seed using a COLDCARD on firmware versions 4.0.1 throug...
    +Funds from affected COLDCARD seeds are at risk if the seed lacks 50 independent, private dice rol...
     Jul 30, 2026
     One COLDCARD, Many Wallets: Better Backups with BIP-85
     BIP-85 lets one COLDCARD recovery root recreate separate child seeds for compatible wallets. Here...
    
    Extracted text as captured
    Blog
    Careers
    Contact
    RSS
    Email Newsletter
    Store
    ×
    Home
    Blog
    Careers
    Contact
    RSS
    Email Newsletter
    Store
    Stay up to date with our projects
    @COLDCARDwallet
    @SATSCARD
    @TAPSIGNER
    @theBLOCKCLOCK
    @arcasafes
    Video Tutorials
    @Coinkite
    Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    Jul 30, 2026
    Coldcard Security Advisory
    Funds from affected COLDCARD seeds are at risk if the seed lacks 50 independent, private dice rol...
    Jul 30, 2026
    One COLDCARD, Many Wallets: Better Backups with BIP-85
    BIP-85 lets one COLDCARD recovery root recreate separate child seeds for compatible wallets. Here...
    Jul 29, 2026
    arca Reservations Are Open
    A $99 partial prepayment reserves a place in arca's limited first batch, currently targeting Janu...
    Jul 22, 2026
    Why mempool.space Matters for Bitcoin Users
    How the open-source mempool.space project makes Bitcoin's fee market visible, why self-hosting ma...
    Jul 20, 2026
    Offline Is Not Enough: COLDCARD vs a Disconnected Phone
    Why a disconnected phone or air-gapped computer cannot replace COLDCARD’s dedicated Bitcoin signi...
    Jul 16, 2026

    Excerpt only. The complete copy is held offline and backs quotations on this site. The original publication remains the canonical public source.

  8. Earliest copy held
    seen · Captured here 8,489 chars
    Extracted text as captured
    Blog
    Careers
    Contact
    RSS
    Email Newsletter
    Store
    ×
    Home
    Blog
    Careers
    Contact
    RSS
    Email Newsletter
    Store
    Stay up to date with our projects
    @COLDCARDwallet
    @SATSCARD
    @TAPSIGNER
    @theBLOCKCLOCK
    @arcasafes
    Video Tutorials
    @Coinkite
    Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    Technical Deep Dive into the Entropy Issue
    Jul 30, 2026
    Coldcard Security Advisory
    Coinkite is warning users who generated a seed using a COLDCARD on firmware versions 4.0.1 throug...
    Jul 30, 2026
    One COLDCARD, Many Wallets: Better Backups with BIP-85
    BIP-85 lets one COLDCARD recovery root recreate separate child seeds for compatible wallets. Here...
    Jul 29, 2026
    arca Reservations Are Open
    A $99 partial prepayment reserves a place in arca's limited first batch, currently targeting Janu...
    Jul 22, 2026
    Why mempool.space Matters for Bitcoin Users
    How the open-source mempool.space project makes Bitcoin's fee market visible, why self-hosting ma...
    Jul 20, 2026
    Offline Is Not Enough: COLDCARD vs a Disconnected Phone
    Why a disconnected phone or air-gapped computer cannot replace COLDCARD’s dedicated Bitcoin signi...
    Jul 16, 2026

    Excerpt only. The complete copy is held offline and backs quotations on this site. The original publication remains the canonical public source.

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