Should You REALLY Be Rolling Dice for Your Crypto Seed Phrase?

Ever since the recent Coldcard firmware vulnerability, I’ve received hundreds of questions asking whether hardware wallet random number generators can still be trusted.

Should you generate your seed phrase with dice instead?

Should everyone start using passphrases?

Can closed-source secure element chips really be trusted?

In this video I explain why the Coldcard issue was a firmware bug—not a failure of hardware random number generators—and why many of the recommendations circulating online may actually increase your chances of losing your cryptocurrency.

We’ll also discuss:

• Why modern hardware wallets use dedicated True Random Number Generators (TRNGs)
• AIS-20 and AIS-31 random number generator testing
• EAL5+ and EAL6+ secure element certifications
• Why open source doesn’t automatically eliminate bugs
• When dice-generated entropy makes sense
• Why passphrases are an advanced feature—not a requirement
• Why I continue to believe that complexity is the enemy of security

The goal isn’t maximum complexity.

The goal is protecting your crypto without creating new opportunities for human error.

👇 Let me know in the comments:

Have you ever considered abandoning your current seed phrase and starting over because of something you read online?

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00:00 The Coldcard panic begins
00:57 What actually happened
01:24 Why TRNGs still matter
02:06 Why people distrust TRNGs
02:49 Government testing of random number generators
03:46 EAL5+ and EAL6+ certifications
04:23 Open source vs closed source
05:18 Should you use dice rolls?
06:10 Do you really need a passphrase?
07:05 Complexity is the enemy of security
08:20 The real lesson from Coldcard
09:08 Don’t let fear complicate your wallet
10:18 My advice for most crypto holders

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