I am certain that that it was a negative contribution to this site.
Well, that’s harsh. My main intent with the links was to show that the system for picking the words must be unpredictable, and that password reuse is harmful. I can see now that 8-word passphrases are useless if the key is too short or there’s some other vulnerability, so that choice probably gives us little more than a false sense of security.
in the particular application of bitcoin, quantum computers break it thoroughly.
This is news to me. However, I had heard that there are only 122 bits due to the use of RIPEMD-160 as part of the address generation mechanism.
Well, that’s harsh. My main intent with the links was to show that the system for picking the words must be unpredictable, and that password reuse is harmful. I can see now that 8-word passphrases are useless if the key is too short or there’s some other vulnerability, so that choice probably gives us little more than a false sense of security.
This is news to me. However, I had heard that there are only 122 bits due to the use of RIPEMD-160 as part of the address generation mechanism.