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Re: Random Number Seed
by
ThomasV
on
07/04/2013, 15:31:30 UTC
⭐ Merited by
hugeblack
(6) ,
ETFbitcoin
(1)
Please read
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5480131/will-python-systemrandom-os-urandom-always-have-enough-entropy-for-good-crypto
/dev/urandom can indeed run out of entropy if it is called repeatedly.
Here we call it only once, when the wallet is generated, so this cannot happen.
The only risk i see is if your wallet is created as part of the OS install on a very simple device. Correct me if I'm wrong.