10 sats \ 2 replies \ @saunter 1 Feb \ parent \ on: Why don't wallets show addresses as mnemonic words? bitcoin
i love the identicon idea
unlikely to be adopted though :/
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @joda OP 1 Feb
They're cool but I'm not sure about the security. Looks like 2^25 possible icons. Would make a great quick second level check though.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gbks 2 Feb
Color is also a variable. Lots of variations on this idea, too, that might be better for security and legibility.
Totally agree that it's more of a quick gut-check. In most cases, it would just take a split second to compare two of these.
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