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# [The Bug That Compiles Clean: What Coldcard's Entropy Failure Teaches About Build Config](https://dishitamalvania.hashnode.dev/the-bug-that-compiles-clean-what-coldcard-s-entropy-failure-teaches-about-build-config?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A macro set to zero, an #ifdef that never read it, and five years of predictable keys. The C build-config bug class behind Coldcard's entropy failure.

Aug 6 · 9 min read · dishitamalvania.hashnode.dev  
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