Bitcoin News
By Pankaj K
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What the New Firmware Actually Does. Generating a fresh seed under the new firmware isn't a one-click process.
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A $112 Million Exploit Ranked Third-Largest of 2026. The 1,778 BTC loss ranks as the third-largest cryptocurrency exploit of 2026.
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Coinspect's Free Detection Tool. Coinkite isn't the only one moving. Blockchain security firm Coinspect launched a free tool called…
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Coinkite wants every Coldcard user to ditch their old seed phrase. Not update it. Replace it entirely.
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The company pushed out firmware version 5.6.1 for Coldcard Mk4 and Mk5 devices, plus version 1.5.1Q for the Coldcard Q. But here's the thing — the update alone isn't enough.
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Generating a fresh seed under the new firmware isn't a one-click process. Users have to supply their own entropy — 65 keypresses with random timing, or 50 dice rolls, or 128 coin…
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The update also tightens a lot of other things. USB data handling got reworked — downloads are now restricted to recent outputs only, and encrypted sessions are required.
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There are also new hardware RNG checks and a boot-time test. That test verifies the wallet is running along its intended hardware path from startup — basically a sanity check…
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The 1,778 BTC loss ranks as the third-largest cryptocurrency exploit of 2026. That's a brutal number, and it puts Coldcard in uncomfortable company.
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It's worth sitting with that timeline for a second. The bug apparently sat in the codebase from March 2021. Years passed. Wallets were created. Bitcoin was stored.
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Coinkite isn't the only one moving. Blockchain security firm Coinspect launched a free tool called Unlukey, built specifically to identify wallet addresses created from weak seed…
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It's a smart move. Not everyone can assess their own exposure, and a free tool lowers the barrier considerably. Whether enough users actually run it is another question entirely.
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The broader picture here isn't great for hardware wallet confidence. Coldcard has long been positioned as one of the more security-conscious options in the self-custody space —…
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Coinkite's message is clear enough: generate new seeds, use the new entropy process, don't assume the firmware update covers everything.
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