Good analysis, with points I hadn't thought of.

Zach Herbert

Block's Bitkey "Hardware Wallet" will Violate your Privacy and Security

Update on November 4, 2025: Bitkey has implemented and is rolling out a new privacy feature called "chain code delegation" that makes it impossible...

The direction doesn't seem very @jack? What happens when Block gets hacked and all their users KYC, IPs, AND complete on-chain history gets leaked? Subpoenad? When users with compromised phones blindsign an evil TX, will you repay them, or...? I get the tradeoffs you’re trying to make, but it seems to be setting people up for trouble? Surely a better UX gently introducing them to address validation etc is better? If not, isn’t this closer to the legacy system than Bitcoin’s ethos?

So bored of people unable to imagine a world without masters. It already exists! It’s here! Come and use it!

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Bret Weinstein (@BretWeinstein) on X

There needs to be an alliance between free-speech platforms to fend off Goliath. Together they constitute a new public square. Absent some agreemen...