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RugnirViking 6 hours ago

not your keys, not your crypto

not your hardware, not your keys

not your chips, not your hardware

not manufactured in house, not your chips

not your designs, not manufactured by you

not designed by you personally, not your designs

ad infinitum. To be truly secure, you must first learn to survive alone in the wilderness and smelt tin

ourmandave 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

... and smelt tin

I'll just order my crucible and tongs off Alibaba.

Wait a second...

lxgr an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And at that point, why do you still need to transact with other humans, securely or otherwise?

vitorfblima 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Our grandparents stored their crypto under their matresses.

trollbridge 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hence why governments have generally ended up issuing and securing currency.

orsorna 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is why the assertion that crypto allows you and you alone to control your capital is a fallacy. Depends on your threat model of course...

stymaar 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Every cryptographic system has a trust assumption somewhere

flir 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Hm. Computation with paper and pencil?

(I agree in general, I'm just exploring the statement).

cedilla 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Unless you are a world-class cryptographer, you have to trust someone that the algorithms are sound.

	▲	Ohentis 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Even if you are a world-class cryptographer, you have to trust that the algorithms are sound (but now it isn't even a person you are trusting).

aa-jv 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes, that is true.

gpderetta 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

big bang or bust.

riffraff 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

ah the good old C-x M-c M-smelting

karel-3d 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Crypto people keep rediscovering we live in a society.