Still just here thinking about how this is a board member at opensats telling everyone to use hardware signers that aren't open source.
And people are worried about outside actors causing us to stray from our values.
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Both those hardware wallet i will never recommend
Couldn't agree more. I try not to dwell on it and don't follow the Ten31 gang because of it. Once you realize their content is all self serving it gets really off-putting. The signal is significantly better elsewhere and that's where I choose to focus my time.
This actually parallels something else I've been pondering about being an "OG bitcoiner." The deeper into Bitcoin I've gotten--and the longer my Bitcoin 'career'--the more I dislike the OG label. The longer one is in Bitcoin the more one focuses on their projects and pumping their own bags.
The cypherpunk label is the penultimate label for hardcore, true to the original values of Bitcoin label. Anons that don't seek fame nor fortune, but rather freedom, the real F in FOSS.
I have found that anyone using their real name is a strong signal that they should not be trusted.
I know we all have varying degrees of opsec, but to just put your real name on your account leaks a lot of information about how much you don't get it.