#797: The ColdCard Hack Was Only The Beginning with Erin Redwing

September 30, 2026

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The Cold Card Hack Was Only The Beginning

In late June 2026, Erin Redwing felt like Paul Revere. She was warning anyone who would listen that something was coming. By July, the something arrived. The Cold Card hardware wallet—long considered one of the most trusted, Bitcoin-only devices in the ecosystem—was discovered to have a catastrophic entropy bug. The vulnerability was so severe that anyone who didn't check Twitter in the first day or two after disclosure was at risk of losing their Bitcoin. The hack wasn't just a Bitcoin story. It was the opening salvo in a new era where AI-powered attacks would become the norm, and the Bitcoin ecosystem found itself on the front line.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:42) **The Shell Shock After ColdCard** - The hosts describe the atmosphere of PTSD and horror in the Bitcoin developer community following a wave of hacks.
2 (01:29) **ColdCard: The Bomb That Went Off First** - The hosts establish the ColdCard hack as the primary catalyst that shook the entire Bitcoin ecosystem.
3 (02:45) **The Humbling of Bitcoin's Hubris** - The hosts argue that the ColdCard hack exposed a dangerous cultural arrogance within the Bitcoin community.
4 (03:49) **The New Normal: Superintelligent Attack Capabilities** - The hosts discuss how AI has fundamentally changed the threat landscape for Bitcoin security.
5 (07:55) **Re-evaluating Bitcoin's Place in an AI World** - The hosts discuss the existential question of whether Bitcoin still makes sense as a store of value in a world dominated by flashy AI developments.
6 (10:14) **You Can't Just Check Out Anymore** - The hosts argue that the ColdCard hack proved that the old model of "set it and forget it" self-custody is no longer viable.
7 (13:26) **Bitcoin as the Canary in the Coal Mine** - The hosts position Bitcoin as the frontline test subject for all future AI security breaches in the broader financial world.

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Show Notes

Erin Redwing joins Marty Bent to look back on two brutal months for Bitcoin after the ColdCard entropy vulnerability, AI-driven exploits, and the Hugging Face breach. They discuss why Bitcoin is the canary in the coal mine for AI security, the release of Kimi K3, AI safety fearmongering, effective altruism, Peter Thiel's Antichrist warning, the BIP 110 fork, and where Bitcoin goes from here. Erin also shares her astrological outlook for the rest of 2026.

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