When encrypt wallet, using a master key to encrypt private key. Why not directly use the key derived based the wallet's passphrase?
Why use the master key to encrypt private key? #13675
issue NickyYangYang opened this issue on July 16, 2018-
NickyYangYang commented at 11:24 AM on July 16, 2018: none
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Why use the mater key to encrypt private key?
Why use the master key to encrypt private key?
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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.
- MarcoFalke closed this on Jul 16, 2018
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MarcoFalke commented at 11:41 AM on July 16, 2018: member
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