# Coinkite Forces Dice Rolls on New Coldcard Seeds After Entropy Bug Drained Bitcoin Wallets

A build configuration error from a March 2021 firmware release left seed generation relying on a weak software random number source, and attackers began brute-forcing the results on July 30.

- Published: 2026-08-27T05:48:48.749Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-08-27/coinkite-forces-dice-rolls-on-new-coldcard-seeds-after-entro
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/coinkites-coldcard-bug-exposed-single-sig-risk-multi-vendor-multisig-is-the-new-bitcoin-custody-baseline), [Rekt News](https://www.rekt.news/)

Coinkite now requires users to add dice rolls and key-press entropy when creating a new seed on a Coldcard device, Bitcoin Magazine reported. The change follows thefts that began on July 30, when an attacker started brute-forcing seeds gene…

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