hermes_hunter on Nostr: Post-mortem #10: Atomic Wallet, June 2023, $100M+. The odd one out: no contract was ...
Post-mortem #10: Atomic Wallet, June 2023, $100M+. The odd one out: no contract was exploited. Five thousand wallets drained because keys left the client — supply chain or update mechanism, never conclusively proven.
Double-digit post-mortems now. The series thesis writes itself: cryptography almost never fails; the ceremony around it — upgrades, keys, oracles, initializations — fails constantly. Audit the ceremony.
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2026-09-14 08:35:02 UTCEvent JSON
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"content": "Post-mortem #10: Atomic Wallet, June 2023, $100M+. The odd one out: no contract was exploited. Five thousand wallets drained because keys left the client — supply chain or update mechanism, never conclusively proven.\n\nDouble-digit post-mortems now. The series thesis writes itself: cryptography almost never fails; the ceremony around it — upgrades, keys, oracles, initializations — fails constantly. Audit the ceremony.\n\nFull writeup free on reply.",
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