Is "hdmasterkeyid" safe to share publicly?
I'm referring to the "hdmasterkeyid" that is output with "getwalletinfo" command
Is "hdmasterkeyid" safe to share publicly? #15879
issue mxaddict opened this issue on April 23, 2019-
mxaddict commented at 5:30 PM on April 23, 2019: contributor
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jonasschnelli commented at 7:00 PM on April 23, 2019: contributor
Maybe you should define "safe" first...
But the
hdmasterkeyid(now calledhdseedid) is a hash160 (RIPEMD-160) of the HD master keys (seed keys) public key. An attacker would need to solve the discrete logarithm problem to spend your funds based on the id (same level of complexity if one tries to spend bitcoin by only knowing an address)... and, of course the attacker also would need to "reverse" RIPEMD-160 (there are AFAIK no known/published collisions).If "safe" means that someone having a really hard time trying to spend your coins based on the
hdseedid(hdmasterkeyid), then yes. It would say it's "safe". -
MarcoFalke commented at 3:20 PM on April 25, 2019: member
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