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+type: socratic
+title: "Socratic Seminar 80"
+meetup: https://www.meetup.com/chibitdevs/events/312832542
+---
+
+## Announcements
+
+Please join us for our next Socratic Seminar! A special thanks to Strike for the event space.
+
+Doors open at 6pm with discussion starting shortly after!
+
+[Follow ChiBitDevs on twitter](https://x.com/chibitdevs)
+
+## CBC/F&C events
+
+<https://www.chicagobitcoincollective.com/>  
+
+## Coldcard low entropy bug
+
+### Explainers
+- Summary of impact <https://blog.coinkite.com/coldcard-mk3-seed-generation-warning/>
+- What is entropy <https://x.com/Leishman/status/2083280967439884696>  
+
+### Technical breakdowns
+- <https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/when-randombytes-runs-but-doesnt>
+- <https://engineering.block.xyz/blog/predictable-rng-fallback-and-32-bit-reseed-in-coldcard-firmware>
+- <https://gist.github.com/afilini/b7d13bd2d7deaf8f23d30213a801e3c5>
+- <https://wizardsardine.com/blog/coldcard-vuln-deep-dive/>  
+- <https://blog.coinkite.com/entropy-technical-backgrounder/>  
+
+### Fix commit
+<https://github.com/Coldcard/firmware/commit/ca72463709f4e3f8964952039d5caf955f566a87>
+
+## BTCPayserver exploit
+
+<https://x.com/BtcpayServer/status/2086875402572562755>  
+<https://x.com/BtcpayServer/status/2085865561137831938>  
+<https://x.com/evankaloudis/status/2085763304165630110>  
+
+## Boltz maintainers stepping down
+
+<https://x.com/Boltzhq/status/2087636521746674168>