'20-30% of All Bitcoin Has Been Lost Forever' - Here's How to Protect Yours, with Charles Guillemet (CTO of Ledger)
Tapping Into CryptoShow Notes
Ledger's Chief Technology Officer Charles Guillemet joins the show to explain why keeping your crypto on exchanges isn't really owning it, and breaks down how to actually protect your crypto. He reveals why he employs "white hat hackers”, and explains why the growing threat of sophisticated crypto attacks makes self-custody more important than ever.
You’ll hear:
00:00 - Why 20-30% of All Bitcoin Is Gone Forever (And How to Avoid This Fate)
04:19 - The Two Pillars That Make Crypto Unstoppable
09:27 - Why Buying a Bitcoin ETF Means You're Missing the Entire Point
12:43 - What to Do If You've Lost Your Crypto (The Uncomfortable Truth)
17:37 - The Ledger Recover Drama: What Actually Happened Behind the Scenes
24:30 - Inside "The Dungeon": Meet the Hackers Breaking Crypto Products Every Day
28:35 - The $1.4 Billion Vulnerability That Almost No One Heard About
31:30 - Will Quantum Computers Destroy Crypto? Ledger's CTO Makes His Bet
35:42 - Hackers Made $2.3 Billion This Year - And Next Year Will Be Worse
… and much more!
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