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Thanks. I am not critical or defensive of any approach I am trying to figure out what would really work for real people. It seems to me the most private cypherpunk (a word I parrot without pretending to really know) solutions are labyrinthian tech solutions using tech that probably was not available 5-10 years ago and may not be available 5-10 years from now. Seems unrealistic for almost everyone across space and time (successors need to be also expert). Again not trying to be cynical but there is hand waving towards free and open source software as if that’s a guarantee it will be usable and maintained into the future but I have no idea if that’s really more trustworthy than the alternative of profit motivated companies.
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viper_1 6h ago

Should be clear I wrote cypherpunk above referring to the generic self described term many use - not referring to the particular poster.

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Daedalus 5h ago

You're totally right. For most, secure element hardware wallet with a simple 6 digit pin will do. They're open to attack from the secure element manufacturer and state intelligence backdoors but they're also likely completely KYCed and have no on-chain privacy so the state is not in their threat model anyway.

If one has larger holdings hiring nostr:nprofile1qqs0w2xeumnsfq6cuuynpaw2vjcfwacdnzwvmp59flnp3mdfez3czpsprpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumr0wpczuum0vd5kzmp0ksxxx2 and having his company or another competitor set up an elaborate multisig setup would be ideal. That way they handle all the cypherpunk security stuff.

For us autistically obsessed cypherpunk types, yeah we are going as hard as possible mainly for fun.