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Objection to the responsible-disclosure line

fractalencrypt-2085584132420043263

https://x.com/fractalencrypt/status/2085584132420043263

Captured screenshot of the post by @fractalencrypt, posted 7 Aug 2026, 04:29 UTC
@fractalencrypt posted captured full-size capture → original post →
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FractalEncrypt quote-posts his own earlier post, held at fractalencrypt-2085576915453157786, which carries the COLDCARD line "The hacker could have done the right thing and responsibly disclosed", and asks whether around five separate researchers had responsibly disclosed this to the vendor only to be made fun of. It states, in one sentence, the community's central objection to the vendor's disclosure framing during the week. Both the quoted post and the Coldcard post behind it are registered, at coldcardwallet-2085551118164132316, so the exchange is legible end to end. The count of researchers and the claim that they were mocked are the poster's characterisation and are not verified here.

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

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