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SECURITYMay 3 · 10:22 UTCR/BITCOIN/u/CartographerOk156

Passphrases and probabilities

The article discusses the theoretical possibility of a randomly generated BIP39 seed phrase being guessed or brute-forced, and questions whether using a passphrase with a 12/24-word seed could result in the same private key without the passphrase. It highlights concerns about cryptographic security and entropy.

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