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vandelaybtc-2085574426850996452

https://x.com/vandelaybtc/status/2085574426850996452

Captured screenshot of the post by @vandelaybtc, posted 7 Aug 2026, 03:51 UTC
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Endorses AMERICAN HODL's post, held at americanhodl8-2085449671212954063 and quoted here, which states flatly that Coinkite will not survive the incident, but declines to follow it all the way: the poster calls the Yasmarang episode unforgivable from an internal testing and auditing perspective while saying he loves the hardware and features, that the company has contributed a lot, that he hopes the good ideas are not thrown away with the rest, and that his confidence is nonetheless lower. Held because it is a mixed reaction rather than a write-off or a defence, a position less represented in this record than either pole. The judgements are the poster's own and are not verified here.

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