Initial reflections on the Coldcard catastrophe
gladstein-reflections-thread
- Author
- @gladstein
- Organisation
- HRF
- Evidence role
- commentary
- Posted
- 3 Aug 2026, 19:06 UTC
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- capture held
Thirteen-point reflections thread from a prominent recommender: acknowledges trusting and recommending COLDCARD more than was warranted, apologises for HRF handing out devices at events, defends the bitcoin-only self-custody approach against what he calls scammer and ETF-promoter lecturing, and points to multi-vendor multisig and collaborative custody (Casa, Liana, AnchorWatch, Unchained named approvingly). First-hand accountability, opinion throughout.
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