What is your point, exactly? That if he had a Coldcard he wouldn’t have been a target? Or that he wouldn’t have lost a finger?
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Just some dry humour....if you know a lot about Ledger, 3why would you use it for a serious stack?
He co-founded the company.
Yes exactly, you missed it again. He knows better than anyone that Ledger is good security maybe, but certainly not private.
Same as how Zuck probably doesn't let his kids use FB.
I was just being hilarious.
You’re right, I *am* missing it. Are you saying that Coldcard is better because it’s more private?
I just don’t get how that would have avoided this attack on him. It doesn’t matter what wallet he used (though it would make sense that, if he used multiple, at least one of his wallets would be a Ledger).
What matters is that he is a wealthy and well-known co-founder of a crypto company, who also made an error in judgement with a flex by posting photos of his house online. To me, this doesn’t bear any weight on the brand of wallet one chooses. Rather, it emphasizes the importance of keeping a low profile.
In Balland’s case, as with all crypto-focused companies and (soon) all companies that hold bitcoin on their balance sheets, the implication is that these individuals have access to what stupid criminals still believe is untraceable — despite bitcoin being recorded on a public blockchain and thus repeatedly proven as being the WORST place to commit crimes, regardless of what Elizabeth Warren and Digiconimist say.
PSA: It’s okay to talk *about* bitcoin but, to paraphrase Tyler Durden, “The first two rules of bitcoin are YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT *YOUR* BITCOIN.”
"Are you saying that Coldcard is better because it’s more private?"
Definitely yes, and for other reasons too.
"I just don’t get how that would have avoided this attack on him."
I never made that claim.
"YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT *YOUR* BITCOIN"
Especially with Ledger, which is what you are doing if you use them.