<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><author_name>Ryan (npub1m6…9uaks)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.ae/npub1m64hnkh6rs47fd9x6wk2zdtmdj4qkazt734d22d94ery9zzhne5qw9uaks</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.ae</provider_url><html>Background and Context&#xA;&#xA;In a detailed examination of past statements and decisions made by Coinkite, experts highlight repeated dismissals from leadership about the possibility of a so-called &#34;retirement attack.&#34; This type of risk involves manipulating randomness in the generation of wallet seed keys, potentially opening the door to future thefts.&#xA;&#xA;Key Details of the Allegations&#xA;&#xA;    In December 2020, CEO Rodolfo Novak (known as NVK) openly mocked concerns over retirement attacks, suggesting users simply rely on dice rolls for randomness.&#xA;&#xA;    A worrying change in the code was committed just ten weeks later by Coinkite’s CTO, Peter Gray, who allegedly used a pseudonymous GitHub account to introduce a flawed pseudorandom number generator.&#xA;&#xA;    Despite warnings by developers and users in the following years, the security risk remained unresolved.</html></oembed>