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Incredible video explaining the Bitcoin wallet hack
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Here's how to create a simple 12 word bitcoin seed using Seedsigner and dice. Its filmed in real time with a timer running so you can see the entire process & how long it takes Do you really think this is too hard, or too much trouble for you to secure your family's future?
They don't want you to know you can do this. How hard is it really and how long does it take? I've seen a lot of aggressive fear porn raging against the idea that people can or will roll dice to generate a seed - I was curious how long it'd take to sit there and do the process from beginning to end... I turned up some music loud and went into an adjoining room with no electronics. The music both masks the dice roll and keyboard entry sounds, and is fun to listen to. Results: It takes about 4 minutes to roll a 12-word seed phrase and enter it into a Seedsigner. Skill level - kindergarten I was able to go through everything below in 75 minutes 🎲 roll three unique 12-word seed phrases ✅ load them into seedsigner, ✅ Verify the fingerprints ✅ Verify the words ✅ Write down the words ✅ Export xpubs into Sparrow ✅ Create a watch-only multisig wallet over airgap between Sparrow and Seedsigner ✅ Receive testnet coins from the @mempool faucet ✅ Create a batch transaction sending back the coins to the faucet as well as another 2 wallets in Sparrow ✅ Send he tx over airgap back to the Seedsigner for the first signature, ✅ Sending the partially signed PSBT back to Sparrow to display the next PSBT QR, ✅ Sending the fully signed PSBT back to Sparrow and finally ✅ Broadcasting And I did this all before Widespread Panic could even finish the first set of the concert! I basically started rolling dice at Stop-Go, and was done before the end of One By One. Note: transactions all sent on testnet4. (Both Sparrow and Seedsigner were also set to Testnet/4.)
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Day 1 of the @SamouraiWallet developer @keonne unjustly being imprisoned. @realDonaldTrump, don't let this continue. #pardonsamourai @keonne & William Hill.
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Tonight is the last time I will sleep in my own bed next to my loving wife. For the next 5 years I will be housed in a federal prison at taxpayer expense for a "crime" without a victim. Just one of many victims of lawfare perpetrated by a weaponized Biden DOJ where truth and justice were sidelined in favor of a political anti innovation agenda. Where evidence was hidden and suppressed because it didn't fit the story highly partisan line prosecutors needed to tell. Where Supreme Court precedence was ignored by activist judges. Tomorrow I will surrender to FPC Morgantown. I will no longer be Keonne Rodriguez inside that institution, instead I will be a number, 11404-511. But outside of those walls my name will be kept alive. My loving wife, my family, my friends, all of you who have supported #pardonsamourai will make sure of that. I know walking into that institution that the story doesn't end there. I maintain hope that President @realDonaldTrump is a fair man, a man of the people, who will see this prosecution for what it was: an anti innovation, anti american, attack on the rights and liberties of free people. I believe his team @AGPamBondi @EdMartinDOJ @DAGToddBlanche and others truly want to end the weaponization of the DOJ that the previous administration wielded so effectively. The framers of our Constitution gave the Executive the power to pardon for exactly this reason, to balance out and restore justice when no one else would. President Trump has proven he takes that power seriously. I believe he will continue to wield that power for good and pardon me and Bill. Keep up the noise. Thank you all for your support. See you on the other side.
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These men created tools of freedom and financial independence. They wrote code and ran businesses. They are good people. They were rewarded with federal prison sentences. Keonne Rodriguez William Hill Ian Freeman Roman Sterlingov Roman Storm Free the crypto prisoners.
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🚨 CRYPTO SCAMS EXPLODE INSIDE CIRCLE K STORES - VICTIMS SAY LIFE SAVINGS VANISHED AT BITCOIN ATMS A CNN investigation just exposed what employees describe as an “open secret” inside Circle K locations nationwide. Customers are targeted by scammers and walked step-by-step to crypto ATMs inside the stores, often while being told on the phone not to hang up. You can hear the officer pleading with one potential victim: "He's scamming you out of your money. So we're trying to prevent that and stop you from doing it. He's gonna take your life savings from you. Don't let him do that." CNN and the ICIJ reviewed 150+ scam cases tied to crypto ATMs operating inside Circle K stores. The machines are owned by Bitcoin Depot, the largest crypto ATM operator in the U.S. Circle K is its largest corporate partner. Employees say management knew. The machines stayed. And the deal was renewed anyway. Once the cash goes in, it’s gone. How is this even allowed?
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Bitcoin meetup this Wednesday! This is our quarterly 101 event - a great event for newcomers who want to learn about the basics of Bitcoin and freedom tech. We will also be discussing recent developments in Bitcoin's role in MI Policy. Join us! meetup.com/grand-rapids-bitc… #Meetup
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Vietnam just froze 86m bank accounts because account holders didn't comply with new biometrics laws that require a face scan or fingerprint for account verification. If users don't comply by the 30th they'll lose their money. This is why we bitcoin. tftc.io/which-way-anon/
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Day 412 since the Samourai Wallet developers were indicted, raided, & arrested. Non-custodial wallets are not money transmitters. CoinJoins are not money laundering. Drop the charges. Stop the lawfare. Details: freesamourai.com Support: p2prights.org/donate.html
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Buy our 100% Grass-Fed Beef Tallow for your home cooking at any Steak n Shake starting June 23. MAHA! 🇺🇸
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Day 413 since the Samourai Wallet developers were indicted, raided, & arrested. Non-custodial wallets are not money transmitters. CoinJoins are not money laundering. Drop the charges. Stop the lawfare. Details: freesamourai.com Support: p2prights.org/donate.html
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Support #Freesamourai 🚨 Clothing Back online. Every purchase helps fund them. Wear it with pride. 👇🏴‍☠️🖕
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Let me make this very clear. If Roman goes to prison, we all will. This case is not limited to privacy services, or even to cryptocurrencies. It challenges the very heart of all software development: the precedent that code is speech. If he loses, we can all be held accountable for what others do with our software – whether you wrote a Bitcoin app or a messenger that criminals used to plan their heist. If you write code, or make your money by others writing code, donating to Roman's defense is in your own best interest. Absolutely pathetic that this man's fight is not fully funded within the first 5 minutes.
It is hard to fall asleep. 41 days left.
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It is imperative that anyone who cares about being able to hold bitcoin in self-custody, mine bitcoin, and send bitcoin in a peer-to-peer fashion makes some noise around the Samourai case. The SDNY is drunk with power and could set a dangerous precedent. tftc.io/samourai-wallet-case…
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Best get those coins off of the exchange anon; imagine the MtGox claims process but at least 10x worse.
Coinbase just disclosed in their Q1 filing: they custody 2.68 million bitcoin. That’s over 13% of all Bitcoin in circulation, on one platform. Is this the greatest honeypot in financial history?
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Today better be the last time I need to post this, @SDNYnews you have until noon today to respond the Brady letter and anything short of "charges dropped" is unacceptable.
Day 380 since the Samourai Wallet developers were indicted, raided, & arrested. Non-custodial wallets are not money transmitters. CoinJoins are not money laundering. Drop the charges. Stop the lawfare. Details: freesamourai.com Support: p2prights.org/donate.html
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Humbling experience presenting at the Grand Rapids bitcoin meetup last night. It's a solid group with people at several different points in their bitcoin journey attending. Also impressed by their p2p economy -- great, great experience.
Don't miss out! This will be a great one. Learn the how and why of building your own sovereign signing device. Minimise third-party trust. No permission necessary.
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Prosecutors in the Samourai Wallet case are considering dropping charges: cointelegraph.com/news/samou…
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First law of fiat: dollars are always created and never destroyed.
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