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More clarification on entropy sources for Trezor/Ledger HSMs #13

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lukechilds opened this issue Apr 14, 2020 · 1 comment
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More clarification on entropy sources for Trezor/Ledger HSMs #13

lukechilds opened this issue Apr 14, 2020 · 1 comment

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@lukechilds
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The disadvantages section of both Trezor and Ledger say that the entropy source is controlled entirely by ARM:

* Entropy source is controlled entirely by ARM

* Entropy source is controlled entirely by ARM

I think it would be beneficial to clarify that the user can use their own external entropy as a source by importing a BIP39 mnemonic seed phrase.

If this has been carefully generated via a scheme like diceware then it's literally just using the universe as it's entropy source.

In my opinion this is a huge advantage of these two devices.

@RyanSquared
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@lrvick I know that BIP39 seed phrasing is something you were interested in. Did you know about this?

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