Bitcoiners are worried that Coinkite’s Blockclock could be spying on them

Paranoid Bitcoiners are worried that Bitcoin clocks created by Coinkite, the firm behind recently-hacked hardware wallet Coldcard, could be spying on them.

The Blockclock, which features an electro-mechanical display, can be tweaked to showcase up-to-date Bitcoin prices, exchange data, and various other metrics.  

However, with the estimated $130 million Coldcard theft showing no sign of stopping, cautious Bitcoiners are becoming suspicious of the seemingly harmless machines.

Much of this suspicion appears to have been stoked by programmer and Bitcoin enthusiast “Wicked” who warned owners to “unplug” their device “immediately,” with very little by way of explanation.

“If you used your COLDCARD near them I would plan to move your funds out of an abundance of caution,” he said.