The End of the Closed-Source Era Is at Hand: Obscurity Was Never Security
Bitcoin Magazine The End of the Closed-Source Era Is at Hand: Obscurity Was Never Security The Coldcard hack is a preview. When machines can read what humans couldn't (or just didn't), closed source stops being a category. This post The End of the Closed-Source Era Is at Hand: Obscurity Was Never Security first…
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