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@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ an empty string "" is used instead.
 
 To create binary seed from mnemonic, we use PBKDF2 function with mnemonic sentence
 (in UTF-8) used as a password and string "mnemonic" + passphrase (again in UTF-8)
-used as a salt. Iteration count is set to 4096 and HMAC-SHA512 is used as a pseudo-
+used as a salt. Iteration count is set to 2048 and HMAC-SHA512 is used as a pseudo-
 random function. Desired length of the derived key is 512 bits (= 64 bytes).
 
 This seed can be later used to generate deterministic wallets using BIP-0032 or