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Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion
by
d_eddie
on 13/08/2020, 18:43:54 UTC
⭐ Merited by El duderino_ (5) ,yefi (1)
You guys got the 12 word seed thing part wrong.

Short version:
12 words is like 128 bits (2048^12 = 2^132)
24 words is like 256 bits

Long version:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Seed_phrase
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6twuj1/are_12word_seeds_for_bitcoin_private_keys_secure/


That's total entropy where you have no information about the key, but we're starting from a position where we already know the fragments and just need the order - a grossly reduced search space.

Exactly. Knowing the 12 words but not the order implies only ~29 bits of entropy between an attacker and your key.

https://www.google.com/search?q=%3D+log2%2812%21%29