Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
m
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
  • Loading branch information
ecdsa committed Oct 5, 2016
1 parent f94eca3 commit aa49b99
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 5 deletions.
8 changes: 3 additions & 5 deletions seedphrase.rst
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -14,11 +14,9 @@ entropy. This type of encoding requires a fixed wordlist. This means
that future versions of Electrum must ship with the exact same
wordlist, in order to be able to read old seed phrases.

BIP39 was introduced two years after Electrum, in a way that broke
compatibility with existing Electrum seeds, because nothing was done
to prevent collisions. BIP39 seeds include a checksum, in order to
help users figure out typing errors. However, BIP39 suffers the same
shortcomings as early Electrum seed phrases:
BIP39 was introduced two years after Electrum. BIP39 seeds include a
checksum, in order to help users figure out typing errors. However,
BIP39 suffers the same shortcomings as early Electrum seed phrases:

- A fixed wordlist is still required. Following our recommendation,
BIP39 authors accepted to derive keys and addresses in a way that
Expand Down

0 comments on commit aa49b99

Please sign in to comment.