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author | Ian Coleman <coleman.ian@gmail.com> | 2016-12-22 15:41:36 +1100 |
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committer | Ian 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>. |