Gusto on Nostr: The coldcard made a seed with an entropy like a 8 character password. Keys derived ...
The coldcard made a seed with an entropy like a 8 character password.
Keys derived from a broken RNG look exactly like keys derived from a perfect one.
Entropy is a property of the process through which data is generated, not of the data itself
A property u cannot verify after the fact must be evidenced at creation.
Let that sink in.
Published at
2026-08-05 07:13:53 UTCEvent JSON
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"pubkey": "198ae429b4fdfb7ad0d05c6877c3b2c7db5aedfff9794682fc52fd50e8cee27a",
"created_at": 1785914033,
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"content": "The coldcard made a seed with an entropy like a 8 character password.\n\nKeys derived from a broken RNG look exactly like keys derived from a perfect one.\n\nEntropy is a property of the process through which data is generated, not of the data itself\n\nA property u cannot verify after the fact must be evidenced at creation. \n\nLet that sink in.",
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