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Re: Why has my newly created Bitcoin address already been used?
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o_e_l_e_o
on 10/05/2020, 15:54:52 UTC
⭐ Merited by bob123 (1)
If you are calculating the checksum on an airgapped computer and generating the address on it, why not simply create the seed/private key on it as well ?
Because there is far less trust involved in performing a single SHA256 hash than there is generating your entire 256 bits of entropy from a piece of software, unless you've written the software yourself or read the entire code, but 99.99% of people can't or won't do that.

Is there a specific reason to not gather the entropy from an electronic device? Or do you just like generating it from scratch ?
As Loyce says, provided I am using a fair coin (or even better, a variety of coins), there is zero chance that my output isn't truly random.