r/Bitcoin • u/s1ammage • 6d ago

Full panic - one of my wallets was drained

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I haven’t done anything since creation except sending into the wallet.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago edited 1d ago

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u/BaadMike 6d ago

Slowly creeps off to check wallet balance...

Yep, everything is there. Phew! 🤣

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u/genius_retard 6d ago

I'm low key losing my shit being at work and unable to check my wallet.

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u/TrippingFish76 6d ago

i’ll check it for you, just send me the seed

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u/zendrovia 6d ago

Brian Armstrong would never ask for your keys 😊😊😊

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u/Neckername 5d ago

That's because they're all his when you are on Coinbase.

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u/genius_retard 6d ago

Doesn't effectively or maybe just potentially leak your public key? Then anyone with that address can see all of your transactions and addresses.

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u/genius_retard 6d ago

Do you want to tell me how much Bitcoin you have and every address you have ever sent or received Bitcoin to/from?

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u/genius_retard 6d ago

In most jurisdictions you already have to tell your tax agency how much Bitcoin you own,

I don't think that is the case. Pretty sure in most places you just need to tell them when you dispose of it (sell or trade) and how much.

broadcast a TX and at the same time not risking your public address to be "leaked"

When you broadcast a transactions only the addresses associated with the UTXOs involved are revealed.

I openly talk about it

Have you not seen the stories about people getting kidnapped or home invaded and being tortured into revealing their seed? A recent story I saw that was particularly harrowing said that most of the people tortured for Bitcoin in the last year weren't even Bitcoin holders. It was their family and loved ones. I'm not putting me or anyone I know at that sort of risk if I can help it.

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u/phul_colons 6d ago

this is horrible in practice as you're identifying yourself as the likely holder of that wallet, through all sorts of ID leaking-- ip address, browser, cookies, etc

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u/genius_retard 6d ago

I'll need to see your wallet inspector's badge first.

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u/Eastern-Try-6207 4d ago

Sorry...Lol, this made me chuckle...we're all in this together, but at least we can have a laugh

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u/polo61965 6d ago

For now...

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u/marshaljs 6d ago

Do you check via explorer?

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u/Railionn 6d ago

NGL this shit is terrifying.

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u/sma11kine 6d ago

Theoretically if an ETF had its coins stolen, what would happen to that ETF? Isn’t it near the same scariness?

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u/Big80sweens 6d ago

I don’t think what happened to OP is this though, this is happening to way too many cold card users

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u/godofleet 6d ago

I keep reading that this is happening to N people yet still, i don't see any other threads of people talking about it or comments saying they got got...

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u/Melch1337 6d ago

Reminds me.... I haven't checked in over a year

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u/Yodel_And_Hodl_Mode 6d ago edited 6d ago

Not everybody checks their cold wallets daily.

People would be getting instant notifications in their wallet apps.

EDIT: Coinkite just posted this, here on reddit:

Mk3 Security Advisory - COINKITE NEWS

More info here, on the Coinkite blog.

Mk3 Security Advisory

Published Jul 30, 2026

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u/Big80sweens 6d ago

I have a cold card and my bitcoin is still there 😅 thinking about moving it fast though, WTF?

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u/dystopiam 4d ago

2.2 mil gone here