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devcon 7 / hardware security from sand to stone

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Hardware Security: From Sand to Stone

Duration: 00:14:18

Speaker: Quintus Kilbourn

Type: Lightning Talk

Expertise: Intermediate

Event: Devcon

Date: Nov 2024

All software runs on hardware. The assumptions on which many of our systems rest are often shakier than we realise. This talk explores hardware security, its shortcomings and the path to a firmer foundation.

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DecentralizationHardware walletsSecurity
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