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Danny Knowles retweeted
Could the AI oligopoly represent peak centralization, incentivizing a pendulum swing toward decentralized peer-to-peer markets built on bitcoin?
Unchained cofounder @dhruvbansal shares his vision in the latest WBD episode with @_DannyKnowles.
Danny Knowles retweeted
Most interesting bitcoin podcast in a very long time. Years even?
Dhruv's putting the puzzle pieces of the future (bitcoin, AI, internet) together in a way that no else on Earth is articulating. And it seems plausible. He might be right.
This was one of my favourite shows of the year!
@dhruvbansal and I got into why AI needs Bitcoin & why Bitcoin might need AI, rebuilding a free & open internet, and why optimistic stories matter.
Watch it here: youtu.be/ii5OA3KGodU
Danny Knowles retweeted
Me, rushing to listen to this podcast with Silvergate's Alan Lane about #OperationChokePoint2.0 and all the things the Biden Administration did to bring down a bank it didn't like. @_DannyKnowles
Danny Knowles retweeted
Introducing Vora Aegis: The World’s Most Loyal AI
@Erikcason, @jesseposner, and Nick George unveil the Vora Aegis hardware for the first time, showcase its software, and share their vision for personal, private, open-source AI
(0:00) - A civilizational view of AI
(4:56) - Introducing Vora Aegis
(5:49) - MeDB: a private database for personal data
(7:22) - Unveiling Vora Aegis
More on Vora Aegis: vora.io
Danny Knowles retweeted
Ledn's $188M securitization. Auto Top-Up. Tokenized gold as collateral. Why "no-liquidation" loans can hide more risk than they solve.
Mauricio breaks it all down with @_DannyKnowles Full episode 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=D4R9twO3…
Danny Knowles retweeted
We keep getting these emails.
How many of you want one?
They're for our team/investors but I could be down if enough people want
They wouldn't be cheap
Danny Knowles retweeted
Not a bad theory. 👀
BREAKING: Palantir's Alex Karp says OpenAI will never IPO.
His theory: nationalization is the only real exit.
When asked what the S-1 risk factors look like, Karp's answer was simple: there is no S-1.
The liability exposure from frontier AI is so large that no public market can absorb it.
The only entity big enough to backstop it is a government.
If Karp is right, OpenAI doesn't become the next Google.
It becomes a utility. Or a weapon.
The most valuable AI company in the world may have no clean path to public markets.
Is nationalization actually the most likely outcome for frontier AI labs?
Danny Knowles retweeted
If the options are letting Anthropic/OpenAI control AI or 10% chance of the death of humanity, I hit the death of humanity button without thinking twice.
A fascistic oligopoly of AI is worse than the scary world of open models. Death is preferable.
I won’t let freedom yield to fear.
Danny Knowles retweeted
New essay in @WSJ today
Bitcoin is freedom money ✌️
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Danny Knowles retweeted
If you read one thing today...
gettingbitcoin.org/articles/…
Danny Knowles retweeted
If you are the hacker in question and you are reading this, and you are genuinely a white hat, please reach out to me.
I’ve worked with white hat hackers in analogous situations, and there are options for returning the funds in a way that protects everyone involved and minimizes unnecessary legal risk.
Send me a DM.
Danny Knowles retweeted
Who’d be interested in a limited-edition “Seed Round” of EntropyLab merch to help fund our clankers for the next few weeks/months?
I’m thinking a small run of a few different items...just 21 of each, individually numbered and tastefully branded with the EntropyLab logo.
Each piece would be marked:
Seed Round · x/21
Danny Knowles retweeted
Here’s the podcast on it:
The Great Rotation Into Bitcoin Has Begun | @ericyakes
We discuss:
- Bitcoin & the debasement trade
- The path to hyperbitcoinization
- The return of free banking
- Bitcoin to $800k
Watch here: youtu.be/naTjSVCusSM
Danny Knowles retweeted
Bitcoin up almost 30% in 4 days.
This is why we preach hodling. Most gains come on just 10 days of the year.
If you miss the 10 best days bitcoin’s return has been negative 10 of the last 15 years.
And the best days often show up right next to the worst days. You don’t get to pick and choose.
So we hodl.
Danny Knowles retweeted
PSA for anyone ordering bitcoin hardware wallets:
USE A P.O. BOX AND A FAKE NAME AND A BURNER EMAIL
We have some difficult news to share. Unfortunately, one of our shipping providers has experienced a data breach that exposed sensitive order data. This affects new customers in the US, UK, Sweden, Colombia, Brazil, Italy, and Portugal who received an order within the 90 days prior to August 8th, 2026.
The data exposed:
- Full names
- Shipping addresses
- Phone numbers
- Email addresses
The incident affects 11,742 customers with full exposure (name, email, phone number, shipping address) and 1,947 customers with partial exposure (name, city, email). The breach is limited due to Trezor’s strict 90-day data storage policy (we were also able to negotiate the same terms with fulfillment partners, who follow the same policy).
All affected customers have been contacted separately by email.
Our systems and devices remain secure, but affected customers could experience an increase in phishing attempts.
NEVER enter your wallet backup on a website or share it with anyone, and only check for updates on official Trezor channels.
We are deeply sorry to the community and those affected.
We are investigating this situation and will post updates on our blog:
trezor.io/blog/news/recent-c…
Danny Knowles retweeted
What a mess. Unfortunately this Trezor address leak will directly lead to an increase in targeted social engineering and potentially wrench attacks. Here are my recommendations for what to do if you were in this breach (or just want to protect yourself against the result of these breaches in the future).
Social engineering protection
Scammers will use the combination of having your personal information to both target you (phone, email) and convince you that they are legit (using your name and potentially home address as proof that they know you and are here to help).
They will contact you via phone or email with targeted lies meant to scare you into talking to them and taking the actions they want you to, in the name of protecting your bitcoin. Ignore any communication from "Trezor" that doesn't come from their official domains (the @Trezor handle, trezor.io are the main ones I know of).
You should also ignore communication from "Google" or "Apple" pretending like your email is compromised. They trick you into giving them your email credentials, and then once inside your inbox they can do all manner of things to trick you without Google's typical filters stopping them.
Generally a company's support team will never call you on the phone without you contacting them. If they reach out proactively and are trying to get you to take any action to "remain safe" - refuse.
Social engineers steal much more money on a regular basis than physical attackers. Most people worry about physical attack more because it sounds scarier, but the bigger risk of actual funds loss is social engineering. Get your suspicion antennae up.
Phishing
Phishing has a lot of overlap with social engineering. The main difference in my mind is that phishers put in less effort than social engineers. Social engineers may use phishing tools to help them. Phishers are just putting their nets out and trying to get you to make a mistake.
Be very suspicious of emails directing you to go to Trezor's website or download a new Trezor app. Triple check the URL for Trezor or any hardware wallet website that you visit. Even if you Google Trezor, there are fake Trezor phishing apps running Google ads that will tell you to type in your seed phrase and then steal your money. Be very careful when downloading or using new wallet apps that you are getting the right one.
Wrench attacks
The one everyone worries about the most, even though it's the least common. Unfortunately since this breach includes physical addresses, it's possible we will see some wrench attack attempts come from it. Unless you are going to move, the best you can do is try to deter attackers and make sure that if it happens, they can't steal all your money.
Distribute your keys and use a multisig to ensure that you don't have enough keys to spend bitcoin at your house. Then consider keeping a small-ish amount of BTC in a single sig wallet that you are willing to give up to make someone go away.
We don't recommend the type of duress wallet that uses the same device/software as your main wallet, but when you type in a different PIN it brings up the fake wallet. It's too hard to remember the duress PIN when someone is beating you up, and too easy to give in when they ask you for more after you pay them from the duress wallet. You need to make it so you truly can't send them all your money.
Casa recently built Guardian Mode to help protect against social engineering and wrench attacks. It requires the Casa key to sign for all transactions you send. We do a video verification call to make sure you are not being tricked or under duress before signing with our key. Available to Premium+ Casa members.
You can also check out an old post we did about physical home security, which unfortunately we have to reshare every year or two: blog.casa.io/a-home-defense-…
Very sorry to all the people who were caught up in this. Rough few weeks for bitcoin security. Reach out to us if you need assistance on any of these points.
We have some difficult news to share. Unfortunately, one of our shipping providers has experienced a data breach that exposed sensitive order data. This affects new customers in the US, UK, Sweden, Colombia, Brazil, Italy, and Portugal who received an order within the 90 days prior to August 8th, 2026.
The data exposed:
- Full names
- Shipping addresses
- Phone numbers
- Email addresses
The incident affects 11,742 customers with full exposure (name, email, phone number, shipping address) and 1,947 customers with partial exposure (name, city, email). The breach is limited due to Trezor’s strict 90-day data storage policy (we were also able to negotiate the same terms with fulfillment partners, who follow the same policy).
All affected customers have been contacted separately by email.
Our systems and devices remain secure, but affected customers could experience an increase in phishing attempts.
NEVER enter your wallet backup on a website or share it with anyone, and only check for updates on official Trezor channels.
We are deeply sorry to the community and those affected.
We are investigating this situation and will post updates on our blog:
trezor.io/blog/news/recent-c…
































