Risk of Ruin

Thoughts on how to stay in the game.

Risk of ruin is the probability of a loss you can't recover from. Most risks are survivable: you take the hit, learn, and keep going. Ruin is different. It ends the game.

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Plan ₿ Forum, Lugano

Saturday 24 October 2026, WAGMI Stage. Keynote Risk of Ruin at 15:30 CEST, then the panel Hacking Bitcoin: The New AI Threat Landscape at 17:00.

How to know it's me

Not me: @Rob1Harn on X.

I will never ask you to move funds, share a seed phrase or keys, or install software or run code from a link. If I report a vulnerability to you, it comes from one of the accounts above, and I'll sign it with this key on request.

About

I'm Rob Hamilton, co-founder and CEO of AnchorWatch, where we build bitcoin custody infrastructure and are a Lloyd's of London Coverholder. I also work with a team of fellow volunteers using AI to find vulnerabilities in open-source bitcoin software before attackers do.