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Topic: My seed (Read 925 times)

legendary
Activity: 3682
Merit: 1580
August 01, 2013, 11:55:30 PM
#6
That wouldn't be too smart though; if I got a hair of your body I could access all your coins.

Hair, skin cells CSI style or even saliva from a utensil I used would be enough to steal from me. So yeah not a good idea.
It's still be cool though. How about DNA + passphrase?

It could be the "something you are" part of a multifactor authentication system:

http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs513/2005fa/nnlauthpeople.html

But as mentioned before we practically shed our DNA all over the place so it is useless to use it. Fingerprints or retinal scans are a better idea.
sr. member
Activity: 420
Merit: 250
August 01, 2013, 11:06:31 PM
#5
That wouldn't be too smart though; if I got a hair of your body I could access all your coins.

Hair, skin cells CSI style or even saliva from a utensil I used would be enough to steal from me. So yeah not a good idea.
It's still be cool though. How about DNA + passphrase?
legendary
Activity: 3682
Merit: 1580
August 01, 2013, 04:35:20 PM
#4
That wouldn't be too smart though; if I got a hair of your body I could access all your coins.

Hair, skin cells CSI style or even saliva from a utensil I used would be enough to steal from me. So yeah not a good idea.
hero member
Activity: 938
Merit: 1000
August 01, 2013, 07:24:13 AM
#3
That wouldn't be too smart though; if I got a hair of your body I could access all your coins.
sr. member
Activity: 420
Merit: 250
July 30, 2013, 02:31:11 AM
#2
This would be completely possible. Somehow obtain your raw DNA sequence (TAGATTGAT...) and use it as a seed for a deterministic wallet. BIP 0032 could be a possible method.
legendary
Activity: 3682
Merit: 1580
July 28, 2013, 02:37:08 PM
#1
I just wrote in another thread about how electrum addresses are derived from my seed. Just wondering whether that is possible literally? I mean literally derived from my DNA? Maybe that is how future bitcoin wallets will work.
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