Why use the master key to encrypt private key? #13675

issue NickyYangYang opened this issue on July 16, 2018
  1. NickyYangYang commented at 11:24 AM on July 16, 2018: none

    When encrypt wallet, using a master key to encrypt private key. Why not directly use the key derived based the wallet's passphrase?

  2. NickyYangYang renamed this:
    Why use the mater key to encrypt private key?
    Why use the master key to encrypt private key?
    on Jul 16, 2018
  3. MarcoFalke commented at 11:40 AM on July 16, 2018: member

    User chosen pass phrases often have very little entropy. Also, you couldn't change the passphrase in the future.

  4. MarcoFalke closed this on Jul 16, 2018

  5. MarcoFalke commented at 11:41 AM on July 16, 2018: member

    Usually the issue tracker is used to track technical issues related to the Bitcoin Core code base. Keep in mind that general bitcoin questions and/or support requests are best directed to the Bitcoin StackExchange.

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