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1 sat \ 11 replies \ @needcreations_ 18 Dec 2023 \ on: Leaving out signing devices, what is the safest way to generate a private key? bitcoin
flip coins. Tutorial by Wicked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5h7A7kRM8Y
Thank you. The instructions state you need a Coldcard. I want to do this without a hardware device.
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the only thing the coldcard does is give 8 options for the 24th word. there must be a way to get those 8 options without a coldcard. I'll ask around
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Thank you. All I'm really asking is how do I generate 24 seed words as safely as possible without hardware?
Said another way. I know there are Bitcoiners who don't ever touch hardware devices. So how do they safely generate their 24 words along with all their addresses.
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not to sound rude, but why don't you ask them? haha I don't know any bitcoiners who do it without hardware devices else I'd ask myself....
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I don't know any personally. Just influencers or anons and none of them will answer me. Hence, Stacker News.
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hey, I was able to reach wicked, and he mentioned this: You can run some terminal commands to get the 24th word but that will only be as secure as the computer you're running it on. Here's a guide https://armantheparman.com/dicev2/
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This is linked within the guide...you'll have to do sha256 on paper lol. takes a while https://armantheparman.com/sha256/
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You are awesome. Thank you
I tried it too some time ago, it's crazy, be ready to redo everything multiple times... You'll mess a lot.
While trying to understand the sha256 I found a web tool that goes through the algorithm step by step, it should help you to get everything right as arman's guide skips it a bit on repetitive steps.
can you name them? Maybe someone knows them and can reach out
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