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Change title to "Separation of concerns: key generation technique"

Greg Tonoski 2023-09-13 16:00:39 +02:00
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@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ There are alternative binary-to-word encodings, e.g. PGP word list (a.k.a biomet
# Complexity: SHA-256 calculation may be avoided and/or separated (option)
Are there any benefits of SHA-256-derived checksum requirement? User ends up in the same situation if they input incorrect words - irrespectively of the checksum appended. Typing errors are not prevented. --Greg Tonoski, 2023-09-13
# Redundancy: key generation technique
# Separation of concerns: key generation technique
Key generation techniques may vary and co-exist. They are not dependent on Bitcoin protocol and vice-versa. While there are benefits of interoperability (e.g. standardized format of keys), the key generation techniques (e.g. PBKDF2, "The iteration count is set to 2048", source of randomness) may be treated separately and individually.