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imaginator | 9 months ago

Jameson Lopp maintains a comprehensive list at https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks

Side joke: with inflation the XKCD $5 wrench attack (https://xkcd.com/538/) is no longer possible.

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qoez|9 months ago

The alt text does say "Also, I would be hard-pressed to find that wrench for $5." so I guess even at the time without inflation it wasn't really possible

apples_oranges|9 months ago

For Americans now difficult. Rest of the world can still order cheaply in China ;)

grues-dinner|9 months ago

It could be a second-hand wrench. Or maybe smuggled in without tariffs: a 1-foot, 3-pound wrench is $3.45 on Taobao (including shipping, a pair of gloves and a roll of PTFE tape). It might not be Snap-On but it'll probably survive being hit with a few crypto speculator skulls.

krisoft|9 months ago

Or a stolen wrench. If you are already on the path of criminality.

brewdad|9 months ago

The key is to have made the investment long ago. I never put money in crypto but I do own two large pipe wrenches from the mid 1990s.

nssnsjsjsjs|9 months ago

Next they'll hit someone over the head with a shitcoin to try and steal their wrench!