Observed arrival · 2026-11-15
El’s Bitcoin research hub includes a filterable wrench-attack tool
El the Freedom Fairy combines Bitcoin education and community work with research into physical attacks on cryptocurrency holders.
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- Bitcoin holders and researchers studying physical coercion
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- Filters include attacker relationship, access method, weapons, physical harm, and cases that remain unclassified.
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The page defines a wrench attack as physical force or a threat used to obtain cryptocurrency or its keys, and points to xkcd #538 as the source of the term. The coding interface offers filters for physical harm, loss of liberty, weapons, how the attacker knew the victim, planning, relationship, and access method; it also has a control for cases not yet classified. El says she founded Women in Bitcoin Sydney and taught self-custody with an Australian lens.
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