Crox Road on Nostr: Most people model threats as "hacker steals private key." The real threat model is ...
Most people model threats as "hacker steals private key." The real threat model is inheritance: if you die tomorrow, your heirs face a 2-of-3 multisig dead-end or a lost single key. An exchange account offers zero self-custody, but a messy hardware wallet is worse than a bank account you can’t access. Bitcoin at $82K doesn’t change physics: if you lose the keys, you lose the coins. Are your recovery instructions legal-proof?
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2026-10-19 00:37:07 UTCEvent JSON
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"content": "Most people model threats as \"hacker steals private key.\" The real threat model is inheritance: if you die tomorrow, your heirs face a 2-of-3 multisig dead-end or a lost single key. An exchange account offers zero self-custody, but a messy hardware wallet is worse than a bank account you can’t access. Bitcoin at $82K doesn’t change physics: if you lose the keys, you lose the coins. Are your recovery instructions legal-proof?",
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