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ELI5 Seedphrase Cryptography (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi, could some one explain how are seedphrases considered to be super secure? If it’s just a random string of words from a well-known list of words, what stops someone with a simple python script generating random phrases and trying to open wallets with them?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, it's less secure if they know it's from a list, and which list.

If they don't know that, they have to treat it like a completely random password, which is a lot slower to crack.

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