The 'Go Fetch' attack on Apple's M1, M2, and M3 chips poses a serious risk to Bitcoin security by potentially allowing attackers to extract private keys.
This is not ideal. It's probably not a good idea to create bitcoin private keys with Apple M-Series chips.
Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that operates without the need for a central authority, such as a government or a central bank. One of the fundamental aspects of Bitcoin is its fixed supply limit of 21 million coins.
In a recent episode of the Bitcoin Standard podcast, host Saifedean Ammous welcomed Pierre Rochard, a prominent bitcoin researcher and writer, to discuss the intricacies of bitcoin mining and its economic implications.
Time will tell whether or not the security design decisions made by Block prove to be superior to what already exists on the market. Regardless, it is great to see that Block is exploring new areas of bitcoin custody design.
This is one of the beautiful aspects of the bitcoin network. It enables truly novel ways of archtecting financial products and arangements.
When it comes to the potential impact a product like TAPSIGNER can have for bitcoin security I think it is going to be massive.
Our excitement over this development has only grown since we first wrote about it in May of 2020.
