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r/Bitcoin: allegation that Rodolfo Novak promoted COLDCARD through undeclared security guide sites

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1vk6iiu/more_on_the_coldcard_fraud_deceptive_practice_of/

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New comments by KnowledgeOk473 and Thin_Needleworker795 were added debating whether an always-offline old laptop can substitute for a hardware wallet.

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 SeedSigner does not secure your seed, you have to do that externally. Besides that, it does all the same things as any other hardware wallet.
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+comment: p3glcwt
+parent: t1_p2x1lnw
+author: KnowledgeOk473
+created_utc: 1786634540

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    New comments by KnowledgeOk473 and Thin_Needleworker795 were added debating whether an always-offline old laptop can substitute for a hardware wallet.

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     SeedSigner does not secure your seed, you have to do that externally. Besides that, it does all the same things as any other hardware wallet.
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    +comment: p3glcwt
    +parent: t1_p2x1lnw
    +author: KnowledgeOk473
    +created_utc: 1786634540
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    +What's the problem with using an old laptop?
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    +comment: p3glnha
    +parent: t1_p3glcwt
    +author: Thin_Needleworker795
    +created_utc: 1786634615
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    +Too large attack surface. A hardware wallet is designed to do one thing, and one thing only. A laptop is not.
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    +comment: p3glwxg
    +parent: t1_p3glnha
    +author: KnowledgeOk473
    +created_utc: 1786634682
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    +Even if the laptop is always offline?
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    +parent: t1_p3glwxg
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    +Yes
    
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    post: 1vk6iiu
    author: Fearless-Second-7230
    created_utc: 1786323265
    title: More on the Coldcard fraud: deceptive practice of Rodolfo Novak used to promote his product.
    body:
    Two Rodolfo Novak's websites (two of the many out there):
    
    https://airgapcomputer.com/
    
    This one do not even mentions that is owned by Coldcard or a Hardware Wallet vendor.
    
    https://bitcoinsecurity.org
    
    https://bitcoinsecurity.org/about
    
    This second one is more fucked up as for public in general looking for bitcoin self custody and security was apparently not related in any way with a Harware Wallet vendor.
    
    The footer and about show just a "Maintained by NVK." who knows how many users took that website as a "bitcoin security guide", when that website does not even disclose material connection as nkv Rodolfo Novak and a CEO of Coldcard Hardware Wallet, which interestingly enough is the only wallet that has all checklist as green and the only one recommended through the guides....
    
    This goes way beyond the bug negligence that caused +100M losses and affected millions of Coldcard users, he has been doing very shady and misleading marketing....but who knows, that is for Canadian regulators to decide...
    
    comment: p2qzrtg
    parent: t3_1vk6iiu
    author: PlanNo3321
    created_utc: 1786323632
    edited: false
    body:
    His opinion on SeedSigner is odd because I hear nothing but great things about it from very knowledgeable people in the community 
    
    comment: p2qzxn0
    parent: t3_1vk6iiu
    author: iloverunning11
    created_utc: 1786323687
    edited: false
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    I love how these companies around BTC are always founded by people who are not even tech-savvy but outright scammers like that Celsius scammer, SBF, Rodolfo Novak etc. I said all of them were scammers way before they got exposed, and I was definitely not the only one and definitely not the smartest one. it’s kinda funny since BTC is mostly about morons trying to find bigger fools these days. (Was different 10 years ago a lot of tech-savvy people were interested in BTC like me. Got rid of it long time ago for obvious reasons)
    
    comment: p2r0d4d
    parent: t3_1vk6iiu
    author: downtherabbit

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    post: 1vk6iiu
    author: Fearless-Second-7230
    created_utc: 1786323265
    title: More on the Coldcard fraud: deceptive practice of Rodolfo Novak used to promote his product.
    body:
    Two Rodolfo Novak's websites (two of the many out there):
    
    https://airgapcomputer.com/
    
    This one do not even mentions that is owned by Coldcard or a Hardware Wallet vendor.
    
    https://bitcoinsecurity.org
    
    https://bitcoinsecurity.org/about
    
    This second one is more fucked up as for public in general looking for bitcoin self custody and security was apparently not related in any way with a Harware Wallet vendor.
    
    The footer and about show just a "Maintained by NVK." who knows how many users took that website as a "bitcoin security guide", when that website does not even disclose material connection as nkv Rodolfo Novak and a CEO of Coldcard Hardware Wallet, which interestingly enough is the only wallet that has all checklist as green and the only one recommended through the guides....
    
    This goes way beyond the bug negligence that caused +100M losses and affected millions of Coldcard users, he has been doing very shady and misleading marketing....but who knows, that is for Canadian regulators to decide...
    
    comment: p2qzrtg
    parent: t3_1vk6iiu
    author: PlanNo3321
    created_utc: 1786323632
    edited: false
    body:
    His opinion on SeedSigner is odd because I hear nothing but great things about it from very knowledgeable people in the community 
    
    comment: p2qzxn0
    parent: t3_1vk6iiu
    author: iloverunning11
    created_utc: 1786323687
    edited: false
    body:
    I love how these companies around BTC are always founded by people who are not even tech-savvy but outright scammers like that Celsius scammer, SBF, Rodolfo Novak etc. I said all of them were scammers way before they got exposed, and I was definitely not the only one and definitely not the smartest one. it’s kinda funny since BTC is mostly about morons trying to find bigger fools these days. (Was different 10 years ago a lot of tech-savvy people were interested in BTC like me. Got rid of it long time ago for obvious reasons)
    
    comment: p2r0d4d
    parent: t3_1vk6iiu
    author: downtherabbit

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