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I don't think this take is true. If I remember correctly, Satoshi used the random number generator from OpenSSL. He didn't write his own. **Given that:** The broken algorithm that was exposed by Snowden, Dual\_EC\_DRBG, was not accepted by the cryptography community and they were skeptic about it. I mean, it's really dumb of the NSA to keep the guessing of a random number path predictable based on 16-bit unknowability + 2 constants undisclosed. This is nothing new, since DES encryption, the cryptography community has known the idea of "nothing-up-my-sleeve number", and IBM was criticized for their unexplained choice of a random table in DES encryption procedure, which was done for an honest reason, to prevent Differential Cryptanalysis as discovered by Shamir. Same problem applies to Dual\_EC\_DRBG, where some unknown numbers and unexplained were pulled out of NSA's butt and no one explained it... and people were supposed to just take it for granted as secure? I think only noobs fell for this. OpenSSL didn't, especially that OpenSSL used full entropy to generate random numbers (and HID wallets didn't exist). So this idea that Satoshi single-handedly avoided the broken "randomizer" is not really based on reality. In fact, Satoshi has done a few things that come from lack of understanding of cryptography, including using RIPMD160 to shorten the Base58 address after SHA256. Just cropping SHA256 would've been enough. I don't blame him though, it doesn't really matter. He did a good job overall.
No quiero shillear nada. Ahora mismo ando metido en KIRA, NINJA, FI, HID, CUDOS. 2 memes, 1 con proyecto de futuro y las otras dos proyectos con mucho riesgo. Si sale bien pues ale… sino pues ggwp xD
With HID/hardware wallets, what is the definition of a wallet in this case? Just the single address that the contract is interacting with, or literally the whole wallet with all derived addresses? For example, lets say you are using a Ledger wallet for all your ETH/ERC20 funds. If a malicious contract with unlimited allowance would be signed for DeFi token A on ETH address #1, could it potentially risk your funds on all ETH addresses (#2, #3, #4.. etc.) that are derived from the same Ledger seed, or would the risk be contained for just the tokens on ETH address #1?