Leathermint on Nostr: Some people believe they can generate a 24 word seed with more than 128 bits by ...
Some people believe they can generate a 24 word seed with more than 128 bits by reusing the same 128 bits in a new pattern. I think they're wrong.
A 24 word seed generated with 128 distinct bits cannot have more than 128 bits of entropy.
Published at
2026-09-11 03:41:56 UTCEvent JSON
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