{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"229 - Coldcard: The Devastation Begins","description":"A Torchlight Chat about one of the scariest hacks ever: the Coldcard Bitcoin wallet hack of late July 2026 that has evaporated hundreds of millions of dollars and counting. The carnage will not stop. We discuss what happened, what you should do, and what the conspiracies are\u2026.  LINKS \u2192 https:\/\/x.com\/realUrbanHacker&amp;nbsp; (Urban Hacker) \u2192  https:\/\/escapethetechnocracy.com\/product-invisible-seed-backup-bundle&amp;nbsp; (our own backup bundle) \u2192 https:\/\/x.com\/realUrbanHacker\/status\/2083933234774032415&amp;nbsp; (Free brief backup) \u2192 https:\/\/x.com\/MissBitcoin_\/status\/2083355299587756188&amp;nbsp; (Simpler explanation of the problem) \u2192 https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aleguajardo_sv&amp;nbsp; (posting about this)  WATCHMAN\u2019S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER \u2192 https:\/\/watchmanstorch.com&amp;nbsp; ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS \u2192 https:\/\/escapethetechnocracy.com&amp;nbsp; (including consulting) \u2192 https:\/\/twitter.com\/watchmanprivacy&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; TIMELINE 00:00 \u2013 Introduction 2:35 \u2013 The details of the Coldcard exploit 10:30 \u2013 Steps to take&amp;nbsp; 18:30 \u2013 Creating a new wallet 24:45 \u2013 Don\u2019t update your Coldcard (before sending your funds out) 26:25 \u2013 More detail about the random generation flaw 29:00 \u2013 Who is draining the Coldcard wallets? 31:55 \u2013 Coinbase the solution?!? 34:30 \u2013 Is Coldcard anti-FOSS positioning what caused the problem? 39:50 \u2013 Should we condemn the Coldcard shills? 44:40 \u2013 Is this problem only for Coldcard \u2013 is AI a problem? 52:05 \u2013 Coldcard retweeted Urban? (Destroying their current devices) 55:30 \u2013 Was the commit that changed the seed phrase generation a conspiracy? 1:03:15 \u2013 Coldcard hack will wreck the history of Bitcoin privacy 1:07:20 \u2013 Final thoughts &amp;nbsp; Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio ","author_name":"Escape the Technocracy","author_url":"https:\/\/watchmanprivacy.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42307685\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/204752900"}