The Seed That Wasn’t Secret Across the accounts of the Coldcard crisis, the details vary but the scene remains much the same. A hardware wallet is sitting where its owner left it. The recovery words have not been photographed, uploaded or entered into a website. The bitcoin has remained untouched for years. Then a watch-only … Read more
For decades, Australians have followed a simple retirement plan: Work hard.Contribute to superannuation.Trust the system. But that model is starting to crack. Inflation is eroding purchasing power. Markets are increasingly volatile. And many people feel disconnected from how their retirement savings are actually managed. So a growing number of Australians are asking a different question: … Read more
When people think about Bitcoin security, they usually think about cyber threats. Hackers. Malware. Phishing. Exchange failures. But one of the most uncomfortable realities in Bitcoin is that not all attacks happen online. Some happen in the physical world, through coercion, threats, or outright violence. In Bitcoin, this is often called a wrench attack – … Read more
A lot of self-custody guidance quietly assumes a best-case scenario. For many Bitcoiners, this creates an uncomfortable tension. Full self-custody offers maximum control, but also concentrates responsibility in a way that can feel brittle…