Oddbean new post about login | logout @jack will the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund cover any expenses that may arise from Coinkite’s (what I view to be baseless) legal action against a competing open-source project, BTClock by @djuri?
Wait what!? Coinkite is suing him because he made the BTClock? I deeply regret that I bought stuff from this company
Takedown for now. But it will probably be a lawsuit if a counter claim is made or they don’t comply
That's ridiculous
And it is all because apparently BTClock is too similar to BLOCKCLOCK. Wtf? Also, they have not disclosed vulnerabilities in the SEs they use in the Mk4 and Q, and have not upgraded to a drop-in replacement that is a newer version without those vulnerabilities.
They don't like competition. Don't know what the issue is. But if it's a serious vulnerability, this is very irresponsible behavior.
It is somewhat costly to exploit, but the fix is replacing one part with a drop in replacement. And this attack has existed since ~2005. Not informing users about this in general is pretty irresponsible.
Two decades. No way!
2005? Bitcoin related hardware? Is there a digit wrong?
No. I’m referring to the class of attack used. Laser fault injection has existed since 2005 and defenses can be implemented for the protection of the chip, such as light sensors. There have been 3 revisions to the ATECC chips and they still do not incorporate light sensors while your cheap credit card or transit pass does.
What? Coinkite think they're the only clockmakers allowed on Bitcoin now? Bad look.
Very un-Bitcoin. Scared of competition, make a better clock!
didn't they also use trezor's source code for the coldcard and when foundation used theirs for the passport, coinkite switched from open source to source verifiable? yeah, i'm not interested in what you're selling.. open source or bust
Source-visible is lame. It's open source lite, for people who don't go any further than looking at the source code. It's a "look but don't touch" perspective that hinders progress and development while maintaining the veneer of open source. I don't think source-visible should even be a thing. It should be open source, and proprietary. If you're not going to open source, shouldn't get to pretend you are.
Waaaat? Can we buy your clock somewhere?
Oof
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Is this a take down due to the name or a take down due to the product?
Apparently “BTClock” is too similar to “BLOCKCLOCK” and consumers would totally get confused that BTClock is a Coinkite product… and so they took all their repos and their GH org down
Let's be real we all know what it is.