Luke Dashjr Publishes Nine Security Concerns About Coldcard Random Number Generation
(2 hours ago) · 1 source · Summarized by CryptoBipto
Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr has published a list of nine concerns regarding the random number generation (RNG) process used by Coldcard hardware wallets. The concerns raise questions about the quality and reliability of the entropy source that Coldcard uses to generate private keys. The full details of the concerns and any response from Coldcard's manufacturer have not been fully confirmed at this time.
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