This is a great listen for all the R-Pi maxis
The risk of hidden malicious code is why general purpose computers aren’t suitable for #Bitcoin security.
With embedded hardware, you can have much more confidence that the device has not been tampered with, reducing the risk of attacks like Dark Skippy.
nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 explains in BR072.
Discussion
I don’t get the controversy. It’s god damn simple:
1- RPi GPU starts first.
2- GPU loads proprietary bootcode.bin
3- GPU wakes up CPU
4- Normal boot process continues
Why is so controversial to point out the device has a rootkit by design? It’s okay for the threat level of a node or a mini server but signing transactions?