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Re: Any security/privacy implications using one seed for testnet and mainnet
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kbdwarrior
on 19/05/2021, 16:38:02 UTC
Side channel attacks shouldn't be your main concern, secp256k1 libraries has mitigations against most of that so you'll be mostly safe.

Sorry, I was meaning trivial side channel attacks like someone looking over your shoulder and you not taking care because it's only testnet. But I see now it's a bad idea, better separate main and test.

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Problem would be with [...] some $5 wrench attack.

That's unfortunately true, but what to do if you have a nomadic lifestyle in those difficult times? I would prefer a geographically distributed multisig setup, but that's not possible because I can't be sure if I can enter my country again in a few months with shit going more crazy every day.

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it's quite dangerous for people to be memorizing seeds.

Why?