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authorIan Coleman <coleman.ian@gmail.com>2016-12-22 15:41:36 +1100
committerIan Coleman <coleman.ian@gmail.com>2016-12-22 15:41:36 +1100
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Note that entropy must not be stored
In response to https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/5j2cn8/how_can_i_encode_my_bip39_seed_into_the_order_of/
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518 </span> 518 </span>
519 </p> 519 </p>
520 <p> 520 <p>
521 <strong><span data-translate>Do not store entropy.</span></strong>
522 </p>
523 <p>
524 <span data-translate>Storing entropy (such as keeping a deck of cards in a specific shuffled order) is unreliable compared to storing a mnemonic.</span>
525 <span data-translate>Instead of storing entropy, store the mnemonic generated from the entropy.</span>
526 <span data-translate-html><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography#Physical" target="_blank">Steganography</a> may be beneficial when storing the mnemonic.</span>
527 </p>
528 <p>
521 <span data-translate-html> 529 <span data-translate-html>
522 The random mnemonic generator on this page uses a 530 The random mnemonic generator on this page uses a
523 <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RandomSource/getRandomValues" target="_blank">cryptographically secure random number generator</a>. 531 <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RandomSource/getRandomValues" target="_blank">cryptographically secure random number generator</a>.