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1236 sats \ 5 replies \ @sn OP 29 Sep 2023 \ on: Stacker News Roundtable #1 - Building on Bitcoin, Bitcoin Culture, and More bitcoin
Bonus question: What is one Bitcoin opinion you hold that most of your Twitter followers would disagree with?
I think seed phrases are an abomination and no one should use them :)
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could you share your reason for this opinion?
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they’re incredibly counter-intuitive for anyone who doesn’t intimately understand cryptography and security, and they make it way too easy for people to make a mistake
it’s a long discussion but there are other ways to handle key management and recovery that don’t require people to manually handle backups
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Yes, what are the alternatives?
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For me it depends how the seeds are created. These wallets should allow you to use 3rd party programs to randomize your own seeds.
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