I read this article when you first put it up and thought it was great. It's especially true that, once the fuckup was made, it was already over and disclosing it would've led to chaos.
The one thing I'll say is about the idea they did everything right, and it's more for future reference because we have to learn things from this.
Darthcoin has always said, "Be your own bank — Think like a bank." Which also means thinking like whoever's in charge of vault security, and also like the armed guard up front. Banks have layered security.
Now for instance:
Having your entire stash in one single wallet?
No passphrase? Or a weak passphrase?
Having a very very very large stash, protected in this one little place?
Wouldn't we recognize these as mistakes, even if this had never happened? What if you get wrench attacked? What if your seed (in whatever stupid way you imagine) gets exposed? And it's well known (at least here on SN) that the hardware wallet itself can draw unwanted attention versus other, totally inconspicuous options like a normie laptop or USB setup.
This doesn't impact how we speak to newbs. A young guy can spend some time in lightning and Sparrow before moving to cold storage; it doesn't have to be overcomplicated and you can organically harden your security as you go.
I read this article when you first put it up and thought it was great. It's especially true that, once the fuckup was made, it was already over and disclosing it would've led to chaos.
The one thing I'll say is about the idea they did everything right, and it's more for future reference because we have to learn things from this.
Darthcoin has always said, "Be your own bank — Think like a bank." Which also means thinking like whoever's in charge of vault security, and also like the armed guard up front. Banks have layered security.
Now for instance:
Wouldn't we recognize these as mistakes, even if this had never happened? What if you get wrench attacked? What if your seed (in whatever stupid way you imagine) gets exposed? And it's well known (at least here on SN) that the hardware wallet itself can draw unwanted attention versus other, totally inconspicuous options like a normie laptop or USB setup.
This doesn't impact how we speak to newbs. A young guy can spend some time in lightning and Sparrow before moving to cold storage; it doesn't have to be overcomplicated and you can organically harden your security as you go.