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Rodolfo “NVK” Novak
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diff --git a/wiki/characters/nvk.md b/wiki/characters/nvk.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..acef5f79 @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +--- +title: Rodolfo “NVK” Novak +type: character +status: confirmed +aliases: + - NVK + - Rodolfo Novak + - NBK + - MBK +sources: + - raw/episodes/thanksgiving-victory-lap-bugle-weekly-episode-37/bundle.json + - raw/episodes/bugle-weekly-christmas-special/bundle.json + - raw/episodes/the-emperor-has-no-entropy-bugle-weekly-episode-120/bundle.json + - raw/news/rodolfo-nvk-novak-uncovered-on-twitter-as-being-deficient-in-eleventh-grade-math.json + - raw/news/corporations-sue-santa-claus-for-ip-infringement.json + - raw/tweets/1868303195161952462.json + - raw/tweets/2084664456307507558.json +--- + +**Rodolfo “NVK” Novak** is the founder of [[companies/coinkite|Coinkite]] and +the Bugleverse's most litigious hardware-wallet executive. His Coldcard and +Block Clock products recur throughout the [[storylines/hardware-wallet-wars]], +usually as proof that a security device can also be a personality test. + +## Mathematics and licensing + +Bugle News introduced NVK through an argument over free and open-source +software, reporting that the exchange exposed a deficiency in eleventh-grade +mathematics.[^math] The licensing argument later supplied the premise for his +North Pole case: elves were allegedly manufacturing Coldcards for +orange-pilled children, so NVK sued [[characters/santa-claus|Santa +Claus]].[^santa] + +## Big Bitcoin acquisition target + +After a Coldcard exploit became the hardware-wallet war's "emperor has no +entropy" event,[^exploit] [[orgs/podconf|PODCONF]] reported that [[memes/big-bitcoin|Big +Bitcoin]] was negotiating to acquire Coinkite's "discounted toxic Coldcard +assets" and relaunch them as **BIGCARD®**.[^bigcard] + +> irl: Rodolfo Novak and Coinkite are real. The math scandal, Santa lawsuit and proposed BIGCARD acquisition are satire. + +[^math]: [[news/rodolfo-nvk-novak-uncovered-on-twitter-as-being-deficient-in-eleventh-grade-math|Bugle News, 2023-11-27 — "Rodolfo “NVK” Novak Uncovered on Twitter as Being Deficient in Eleventh Grade Math"]]. +[^santa]: [[transcripts/thanksgiving-victory-lap-bugle-weekly-episode-37#t-2659|Bugle Weekly 37 @ 44:19]]; the reason for the suit is at [[transcripts/thanksgiving-victory-lap-bugle-weekly-episode-37#t-2698|@ 44:58]]. +[^exploit]: [[transcripts/the-emperor-has-no-entropy-bugle-weekly-episode-120#t-68|Bugle Weekly 120 @ 1:08]]; the Lake Satoshi incident is named at [[transcripts/the-emperor-has-no-entropy-bugle-weekly-episode-120#t-228|@ 3:48]]. +[^bigcard]: [@_podconf, 2026-08-04](https://x.com/_podconf/status/2084664456307507558).