Timeline for Are satoshis private keys easier to find than modern ones (given proper security in both cases)?
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| Jan 3 at 16:13 | comment | added | Vojtěch Strnad | Yes, for a seed phrase with repeated words the number of distinct permutations of its words will be lower. | |
| May 4, 2023 at 8:59 | comment | added | codepleb |
Why 24!? You can have words twice in a BIP39 seed phrase.
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| May 1, 2023 at 22:45 | comment | added | Vojtěch Strnad | 24! ≈ 2^79 (the number of permutations of 24 words). | |
| May 1, 2023 at 22:13 | comment | added | codepleb | Thanks for this answer. I don't really understand it thoug. It sounds like you could rather just go with 12 words. I thought it had something to do with anyone knowing your public key, having it easier to get to your private key (brute force, but with less tries). Why 2<sup>79</sup>? I understand 2048<sup>24</sup> (BIP 39). | |
| May 1, 2023 at 14:24 | history | edited | Vojtěch Strnad | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 28, 2023 at 1:28 | comment | added | Poseidon | This is correct, 24 word would only be more difficult to crack if you actually had to crack the words. The attack is to find a private key given a public key, and the public key as you suggested provides 128bit security on the 256k curve. bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/110145/… bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/117348/… | |
| Apr 28, 2023 at 0:53 | history | answered | Vojtěch Strnad | CC BY-SA 4.0 |