HODL on to your sovereignty

I’d like to share a few words with our community members, whether they have been or know someone who has been affected by the Coldcard entropy bug: there may not be words that adequately capture what we are feeling. This isn’t “just money”. It may represent years of work, sacrifice, dreams, and trust. Grief, anger, fear, or even self-blame are understandable responses.

In moments like these, psychological sovereignty doesn’t ask us to ignore those emotions or pretend everything will be okay. It asks something quieter: to stay in relationship with reality, even when reality is painful. You can mourn what was lost, investigate what happened, seek support, learn, and decide what comes next. None of that erases the loss.

But I’d like to remind us all that there is one thing this event cannot take from us: the capacity we have developed to think independently, to learn from experience, and to make deliberate choices under uncertainty. Those capacities are the foundation of our sovereignty. They are what make recovery (either financial, practical, and/or emotional) possible, even if recovery does not mean replacing what was lost.

Overall, sovereignty has never meant being immune to failure. It means remaining capable of choosing your next step, even after it.