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 Bitcoin Optech #315: Dark Skippy & More

This issue covers the Dark Skippy attack, discusses block withholding, shares stats on compact block reconstruction, outlines a replacement cycling attack on pay-to-anchor transactions, introduces a new BIP for threshold signing with FROST, and notes an Eftrace improvement for verifying zk-proofs.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-optech-315/ 
 How much should a non technical person worry about this? If you buy a hardware wallet direct from the company and comes sealed etc. is this safe to assume it’s not been tampered?