Coldcard Adds New Security Measures After $130 Million Bitcoin Exploit
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Content	Coinkite’s Coldcard firmware now requires users to add their own randomness when generating wallet seeds and patches additional vulnerabilities found during a three-week review triggered by a $130M Bitcoin exploit. This hardening reduces the risk of seed compromise and makes Coldcard-stored Bitcoin less susceptible to similar attacks, but protection depends on users updating devices and correctly supplying entropy....	content
Citation 1	https://decrypt.co/376270/coldcard-new-security-after-bitcoin-exploit	source

Coldcard Adds New Security Measures After $130 Million Bitcoin Exploit

Aug 22, 2026

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Coinkite’s Coldcard firmware now requires users to add their own randomness when generating wallet seeds and patches additional vulnerabilities found during a three-week review triggered by a $130M Bitcoin exploit. This hardening reduces the risk of seed compromise and makes Coldcard-stored Bitcoin less susceptible to similar attacks, but protection depends on users updating devices and correctly supplying entropy.

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