My comments: https://twitter.com/peterktodd/status/1609655629903265795

tl;dr: I've confirmed that this is real and not a Twitter hack. Unfortunately Luke's setup was pretty standard. But that's not good enough; there's a good chance that Luke wasn't even specifically targeted, and non-govt actors could have definitely done the hack.

Complacency is a big threat to security, and we're all vulnerable to it.

I hope it's a “boat accident” 😵‍💫

Wasn't on an airgapped device?

Not multisig?

He reported a server of his having been compromised less than two months ago:

https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1593227756841578496 [Nitter]

Security practices that might have been adequate in 2013 (by necessity with essentially no alternative) incur significant risk if still employed a decade later. Sorry to learn this occurred, but it most definitely did not have to.

Looking through Luke's comments on Twitter, it seems like his cold storage keys kept "in a physical safe" have also been comprimised. Almost all bitcoin gone.

Let's hope this is just an elaborate boating accident claim.

The answer could be more simple than all these hacks theories. You are a PUBLIC, core developer working in Bitcoin for years, you obviously hold a bunch of BTC. In that case you are a target for professionals, not only in cyberspace, but also in the physical world.

His Twitter profile says a lot about him, where he lives, what he's doing. This happening during the holidays... Is it possible someone breaking in his house and find the seed written down? The Twitter profile says this guy is a devote catholic. You don't need to be Sherlock Holmes to try look for the seed "kept by God" inside a bible or behind a cross. Definitely easier than robing a bank.

If you hold $10M in BTC, you have 2 options: or nobody knows who you are, or you have your house secured at ScarFace level.

I'm probably wrong, but definitely a possibility.

This whole thing is weird:

Luke may have reused the computer he created his original private keys on. He says his offspring is using the computer he created the private keys with. Should have used and incognito OS.

Very pathetic!

Calling out for daddy government - but what did I expect from a sedevacantist - they're traitors with no backbone so this is to be expected.

I bet It's his own fault. Maybe visiting shady websites or giving access to his computer in any other way.

I found this quite fishy... something is not right.

These kind of "stories" scare the crap out of me.

LOL Luke... you didn't read Darth guides (your father) 😂😂😂😂

Use the three level stash method: A. HODL = your "central bank" with most of your stash, your reserve bank, barely moving it, onchain in deep cold storage

B. CACHE = your "commercial bank" with medium size amounts, for redistributing to HODL and SPEND, onchain and LN, nodes channels etc

C. SPEND = your spending pockets, with small amounts, enough to cover your regular spending, LN, with funding source from your "CACHE bank".

This is bad for the community. How best can we secure our keys so that this doesn't happen to noobs who level of security isn't up to a Bitcoin Core developer?

This is highly suspect

Good question https://nitter.at/shortnon_btc/status/1609628613506129921#m

Press F

If you use a hardware wallet, this can't happen, right?

Who is this ic3 and what does this message mean:

432ded946431a9612f09d73bd15ded045d11d1095ffdfe8d68306ea9b2e78930 c38a3210fbb758cfc41d9a64b7534b83aecca96f051231f15545e8e5c7365190 4b3cde50e2bce3d02e15b61957d2452e29f53d9a99e1ab14e83b6ec0f87fd851 50df1eab0bf2bd01999cea4fc531a65c17e1a285823c9ae4eab0feb7e21a11b6

Yeah that's not Luke?

Daamn