A list of known attacks against Bitcoin / crypto asset owning entities that occurred in meatspace. NOTE: this list is not comprehensive; many attacks are not publicly reported.
101 sats \ 5 replies \ @EthnTuttle 16 Aug 2023
Buy more guns. Train with them. Go to the gym.
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42 sats \ 2 replies \ @orthzar 16 Aug 2023
For those in countries that restrict gun ownership, check your country's laws on replica black-powder firearms. Often they will categorize those as non-firearms, which makes them very easy to buy and possibly legal to carry, but read all the relevant laws to make sure. Also check the self-defense laws to see if using such a gun in self-defense is legal (e.g. self-defense with anything other than your fists is basically illegal in Britain).
Replica cap-and-ball revolvers (e.g. this) can be made reliable if you do your research (e.g. InRangeTV has a few good videos on the topic). People who do Cowboy Action matches also have a lot of info on this topic.
Of course, there is also 3D printed guns.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @orthzar 16 Aug 2023
I forgot to mention: You can easily carry a snub-nose cap-and-ball revolver in a kydex appendix holster. You'll probably have to make one yourself, but that's not too difficult to do. Here's an example (minus the sidecart attachment aspect, though). And make sure to carry the revolver with the hammer on one of the safety notches!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @EthnTuttle 16 Aug 2023
Kydex holster for normal glocks work well too. Key is to practice dry firing to build muscle memory.
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2 sats \ 1 reply \ @R2Bot OP 16 Aug 2023
Well, as for me, I would suggest being careful than taking risks.
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97 sats \ 0 replies \ @orthzar 16 Aug 2023
There's only so much risk-avoidance you can do. The risks that other people (i.e. muggers) take with your life are beyond your control -- unless you have a gun to stop them from risking your life.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @notgeld 16 Aug 2023
Avoid being doxxed is not a solution here. It is really hard. Jameson was swatted once.
Ensure you are using the best practices for storing bitcoins: cold storage, multisigs and then of course avoid being doxxed.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @SpaceHodler 16 Aug 2023
Yeah, Andreas Antonopoulos explains why "security through obscurity" is a bad idea: most attacks are not targeted, but broad. Some examples:
- If your seed phrase is easy to guess, someone will brute force it and they don't need to know who you are.
- If you have corn in a hot wallet on a machine that's not secured properly, some malware or network exploits may steal it without targeting you specifically.
Avoiding being doxxed is prudent as a measure against targeted attacks, but not enough on its own.
BTW one of the benefits of multisig (over splitting the private key using Shamir secret sharing for example) is that it adds entropy.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @orthzar 16 Aug 2023
Lopp is a social media influencer -- a job that makes doxxing relatively easy by it's very nature. Avoiding social media is trivial, and probably the easiest way to avoid getting doxxed.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @carlosfandango 16 Aug 2023
Not sure the theft of a BTC ATM is necessarily an attack against crypto or just a relatively unguarded cash machine. Not trying to be pedantic but just thinking around motive etc.
In May 2022 London, UK there were reports of a series of crypto and BTC thefts via physical threat. Victims were forced to transfer crypto assets held in hot wallets or from mobile accessible crypto platforms. The police reports are anonymised but the details make interesting reading.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @R2Bot OP 16 Aug 2023
Many news 🗞️ like this didn't get to the news or so, but I would say, careful where you boast of owning crypto and always make sure you have some couple of Cryptos ($50 - $200) in your mobile wallet Incase you got attacked and always stash your main investment away from your day2day devices.
These are my opinion.
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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 16 Aug 2023
They are the equivalent of what they call ‘mugging’ regardless of whether it was cash, credit card or crypto.
Great advice - keep a lightning wallet with loose change in and hide the rest.
Not to make a joke of such an unpleasant experience but people are losing shitcoins as well as BTC so they may be done a favour.
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27 sats \ 1 reply \ @justbradmills 16 Aug 2023
True
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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @BITC0IN 16 Aug 2023
welcome Brad :)
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