do I use a passphrase?
The benefit of a passphrase is you can write the 12 words down or store in password manager but omit the passphrase and keep that as 'brainwallet'
That doesn't mean a wallet is more secure. You just add complexity that I can easily achieve with other simple methods.
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That doesn't mean a wallet is more secure.
How do you figure? I could give you 12 words to a wallet, but without the passphrase (ie. 13th word) you won't be able to access the private keys?
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So what? I can give you 11 words and not the 12th one. Is that more secure? No! Is absolutely the same shit.
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Guessing a missing word from the wordlist is trivial since its a 1/2048 guess. However, Passphrases are not one of the words from the wordlist. They can be anything.
You could use "My Name Is DarthCoin! My Favorite Number is 21,000,000" as a passphrase.
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again, you are speculating. that doesn't mean is more secure.
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101 sats \ 2 replies \ @freetx 15 Nov
Its not speculation, it does make it more secure.
Here is a wallet for you:
robust own donate other small can prize essence source setup visual similar
I put 100,000 sats in it for you. Its yours (or anyone's) if you can guess the passphrase.
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again, adding a new word it doesn't mean is more secure for guessing.
Same as with my cats, please find the words...
complexity it doesn't mean more security
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are you saying youd do the same as @freetx just did, and provide us 11 of the 12 seed phrase words in correct order to a wallet with btc in it?