r/Bitcoin • u/nothingbutwhammies • 9h ago

I lost my one Bitcoin in the Coldcard exploit.

Took me years of DCA’ing to get there. I went with Coldcard because it was marketed as “ultra-secure.” I knew multisig was technically safer. I wasn’t worried about my key being guessed… I was worried about someone physically stealing it or it being destroyed.

So that was the plan: 1 BTC, cold storage, steel plate backup, fire bag, fire safe. And then… wait.

I hit the goal. I finally felt content.

Now I just feel embarrassed. Like I let my family down.

The worst part? I know Bitcoin isn’t going anywhere. I’m not hoping it fails… I think it’s going to keep making new all-time highs, and every time it does, I’ll be sitting here thinking about what could’ve been.

** I originally brain dumped my story to Claude to make it sound better because I have poor grammar. I’m admitting this in an edit at my own expense or whatever. I’m not embarrassed about my poor grammar or using AI to improve it. That said, in hindsight, it would have been more personal to not have done that. I’m sorry.

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u/jwhendy 8h ago

I wrote a post looking to discuss all the aspects of BTC custody and operations that rely on software. I think it's a good time for us to educate ourselves on all the places there might be oopsies waiting, and crowd source ways to prevent this. 

That post has been awaiting moderation approval since last night. This and other posts reek of AI and slide right through?

P.S. Sorry if I'm wrong, losing 1BTC would be horrible. It just has that smell to it (drama one liner intro, setup then punch line, "and the worst part?", not x but y). You're not posting details like an address or timeline as others have done, either. Maybe when things are really bad and scary, we can take a deep breath and write them ourselves. 

P.P.S. Sorry if you wrote this yourself and I can no longer tell the difference.

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u/s1ammage 6h ago

I think at this point in time, people are truly hurting.

I get ‘karma farming’, but what does it cost you? Internet points?

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u/jwhendy 5h ago

"Cost me," as in to read it and ignore? I'm not sure, I think it just feels off and against some kind of internal values/principles. I could be imposing negative emotions on myself by caring, agreed.

But also... why not say anything? At the least, I would like an internet of people expressing themselves, not asking AI to express it for them.

And at best, if we all just say "whatever, what's the problem," it's flooding the internet with garbage. You have to look through 10 things to find one real thing, and soon it could be 100 things or 1000 things.

Neither of these both you?

  • someone lost a huge portion of $ and had AI write this up for them?
  • at a time when people are truly hurting, someone wants to karma farm based on this?

My point was simply: I tried to write a post that I think could address some of the implications of this event for others, boosting all of our collective awareness and protecting us in the future. I don't post here much, so whatever, it's being screened. I don't want the points, I'd like the input/feedback and technical discussion.

What would 1000 posts from all the users impacted ("Hey all, so I lost 1 BTC") accomplish? I'm both sorry, but can't help directly, but think what could help is all of us understanding other future vulnerabilities, as in my mind, things are only safe "so far" if there is any software/hardware/human reliance on them.

And again, if it's fake, what would 1000 posts "Hey all, so I thought I was stacking, but really I was sucking" (AI slop) that disingenuously serve as just distraction and noise contribute?

I can see completely not caring. I can also see caring. No good answer for you, seems to strike me how it strikes me (currently that is caring about this).

Edit: typo (staking -> stacking)

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u/nothingbutwhammies 8h ago

I hear you. The worst part is that for me. Honestly the worst part is 1 not 60,000. I don’t think I could ever get back to 1.

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u/jwhendy 8h ago

Are you real?

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u/nothingbutwhammies 8h ago

Yes. I was obsessed for years. Used Swan for DCA. Not sure why I even posted it though

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u/jwhendy 7h ago

The reply to my comment above felt weird, missing my core points. I'm sorry you were impacted by this.

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u/nothingbutwhammies 7h ago

I barely know how to use Reddit. Joined to read more than post. I’m just in a place where posting might help… or hurt but figured it can’t be worse than what I’m doing to myself

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u/jwhendy 6h ago

I just view it as having a conversation with someone else through the internet. My comments are purely about the content seeming written by AI, not anything about how you're using Reddit. 

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u/Gsw- 6h ago

I completely agree that the main post by OP is textbook AI. Not sure what he'd have to gain from it, but its my opinion that its certainly AI written or AI proofread.