Show notes
The builder of EntropyLab, a single-file offline Bitcoin key and wallet calculator, argues your seed words are only as trustworthy as the entropy that created them, and that after the Coldcard failure no hardware wallet should generate your 24 words in secret. TC lays out the contradiction at the heart of Bitcoin security and the fix: roll your own entropy, create your own words, verify everything yourself. Fred Krueger answers the latest quantum panic, and Harry explains how one certificate authority's broken keys could have forged any website on Earth.Loren and Terence host Bitcoin Today live on X, weekdays at 8:30 AM PT.X: @lorenhodl and @proofofmoney00:00 Show open04:09 UgaBoogaLand teaches Bitcoin as a game04:29 Who funds Bitcoin education?09:27 EntropyLab: a calculator, not a wallet13:40 The file only works offline, on purpose19:59 TC: create your own 24 words24:17 Did your wallet use enough entropy?29:02 The PSBT inspector checks your signer34:23 Cold storage means rare on-chain moves37:14 Done with hardware wallets40:42 Trust it, or verify it yourself41:14 Paranoid is the whole framework46:06 Coldcard was a fork in the road54:42 Online features defeat the purpose1:00:28 Fred Krueger joins the room1:02:25 Chamath's quantum FUD, answered1:06:51 The PHP and Node.js certificate scare1:11:20 A forged cert could fake any website1:15:51 Point your own agent at your machine1:18:37 Rocio: custody is a family decision1:23:05 Self-custody is learning to drive1:27:52 Sovereignty starts as a mind shift1:29:07 Credential vaults at the OS level1:31:41 A UTXO is a chunk of Bitcoin1:37:34 A PSBT is a check missing a signature1:41:10 Driving daily is riskier than Bitcoin
