r/Bitcoin: common mistakes when generating a 24-word BIP39 seed with dice
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Celsius of course!!
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Celsius of course!! *continues licking window of bus* + +comment: p2kl1ar +parent: t1_p2fl2dz +author: TechnologyGrouchy679 +created_utc: 1786241165 +edited: false +body: +馃槀Extracted text as captured
post: 1vhu1e7 author: Skinny_Human created_utc: 1786088493 title: How easy is it to make a serious mistake when generate your own 24-word BIP39 seed, even if follow proper instructions? body: Recent events have made me reluctant to rely entirely on hardware-wallet entropy, so I鈥檓 going to use five precision casino dice instead. For those who have done it, what are the most common ways people get it wrong and what advice do you have for someone doing it for the first time?! EDIT: Sorry for the typos I wasn鈥檛 wearing my glasses!! comment: p281fax parent: t3_1vhu1e7 author: Jayrovers86 created_utc: 1786088851 edited: false body: Well thank fuck they are precision dice and not just regular dice. Phew! comment: p282ei2 parent: t1_p281fax author: Effective_Savings769 created_utc: 1786089331 edited: false body: precision dice is a good call but the real trap is the checksum word, not the dice part. most people dont realize the last word isnt fully random and if you just roll all 24 words you'll get an invalid seed like half the time comment: p28377m parent: t3_1vhu1e7 author: Background-Air-Red created_utc: 1786089727 edited: false body: Hardest part isn't the dice, it's not messing up when you copy the words to paper. Double check every single word against the BIP39 list comment: p283pyq parent: t3_1vhu1e7 author: PoeCollector created_utc: 1786089986 edited: 1786090246Excerpt only. The complete copy is held offline and backs quotations on this site. The original publication remains the canonical public source.
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These recent hacks are happening because the attacker knows the _exact algorithm_ that was used to create a very, very, very narrow range of possible SPECIFIC sequences, NOT because anyone didn't roll their dice right. I sympathize with anyone who has any form of spectrum disorder that's causing this kind of hyper-fixation, but exactly how you roll any given dice absolutely will not result in any degree of "insufficient entropy" that would make your phrase any more meaningfully vulnerable to attack. + +comment: p2fkmo4 +parent: t1_p28bx4k +author: TechnologyGrouchy679 +created_utc: 1786181975 +edited: false +body: +in Celsius or Fahrenheit? + +comment: p2fl2dz +parent: t1_p2fkmo4 +author: Skinny_Human +created_utc: 1786182202 +edited: false +body: +Celsius of course!! + +*continues licking window of bus*Extracted text as captured
post: 1vhu1e7 author: Skinny_Human created_utc: 1786088493 title: How easy is it to make a serious mistake when generate your own 24-word BIP39 seed, even if follow proper instructions? body: Recent events have made me reluctant to rely entirely on hardware-wallet entropy, so I鈥檓 going to use five precision casino dice instead. For those who have done it, what are the most common ways people get it wrong and what advice do you have for someone doing it for the first time?! EDIT: Sorry for the typos I wasn鈥檛 wearing my glasses!! comment: p281fax parent: t3_1vhu1e7 author: Jayrovers86 created_utc: 1786088851 edited: false body: Well thank fuck they are precision dice and not just regular dice. Phew! comment: p282ei2 parent: t1_p281fax author: Effective_Savings769 created_utc: 1786089331 edited: false body: precision dice is a good call but the real trap is the checksum word, not the dice part. most people dont realize the last word isnt fully random and if you just roll all 24 words you'll get an invalid seed like half the time comment: p28377m parent: t3_1vhu1e7 author: Background-Air-Red created_utc: 1786089727 edited: false body: Hardest part isn't the dice, it's not messing up when you copy the words to paper. Double check every single word against the BIP39 list comment: p283pyq parent: t3_1vhu1e7 author: PoeCollector created_utc: 1786089986 edited: 1786090246Excerpt only. The complete copy is held offline and backs quotations on this site. The original publication remains the canonical public source.
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post: 1vhu1e7 author: Skinny_Human created_utc: 1786088493 title: How easy is it to make a serious mistake when generate your own 24-word BIP39 seed, even if follow proper instructions? body: Recent events have made me reluctant to rely entirely on hardware-wallet entropy, so I鈥檓 going to use five precision casino dice instead. For those who have done it, what are the most common ways people get it wrong and what advice do you have for someone doing it for the first time?! EDIT: Sorry for the typos I wasn鈥檛 wearing my glasses!! comment: p281fax parent: t3_1vhu1e7 author: Jayrovers86 created_utc: 1786088851 edited: false body: Well thank fuck they are precision dice and not just regular dice. Phew! comment: p282ei2 parent: t1_p281fax author: Effective_Savings769 created_utc: 1786089331 edited: false body: precision dice is a good call but the real trap is the checksum word, not the dice part. most people dont realize the last word isnt fully random and if you just roll all 24 words you'll get an invalid seed like half the time comment: p28377m parent: t3_1vhu1e7 author: Background-Air-Red created_utc: 1786089727 edited: false body: Hardest part isn't the dice, it's not messing up when you copy the words to paper. Double check every single word against the BIP39 list comment: p283pyq parent: t3_1vhu1e7 author: PoeCollector created_utc: 1786089986 edited: 1786090246Excerpt only. The complete copy is held offline and backs quotations on this site. The original publication remains the canonical public source.
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