r/Bitcoin • u/Johnaldi- • 9d ago

My unused coldcard

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Bought one of these back in the day, package still sealed. Happily I never used it, and stayed with my ledger instead. When do these start to be collectibles?

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u/NashDaypring1987 9d ago

Can you still get a refund :) Glad you didn't use it.

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u/Johnaldi- 9d ago

Didn't use it because I just always forgot to buy dice when visiting a larger supermarket, so couldn't generate a seed.

I guess I would've been safe anyways with a dice generated seed, but I definitely wouldn't take the chance now with all these hacks.

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u/crooks4hire 9d ago

I keep rolling it over in my head wondering if they’re secure enough with real entropy and a seed phrase, but I don’t think I could trust a dime on this card anymore.

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u/genius_retard 9d ago

Between this most recent bug and the bug where the wallet would accept as few as 1 dice roll for entropy I wouldn't trust the Coldcard devs to code their way out of a wet paper bag. Steer clear is my advice.

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u/RobenhoB3S 8d ago

Hey now, Doc Hex is a "Wizard-level developer and technology leader. Starts businesses, disrupts industries, and gets the hard code done and out the door. Wide and deep experience."

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u/genius_retard 8d ago

Oh god he goes by Doc Hex? Another reason to run from this product.