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Topic: Own armory entropy (Read 460 times)

staff
Activity: 3374
Merit: 6530
Just writing some code
March 07, 2017, 08:51:03 PM
#3
Hey, just a short question:
Can I use the "recovery wallet" function and enter some lines of which i have created my self to create my own entropy and do not have to trust armory in that case?
I know, this is on my own risk then, if im stupid enough to enter some pseudo-entropy its my own fault. Just wanna know if this might be a possibility if i create them by dices or so...
No. IIRC the recovery stuff contains sanity checks and checksums so you can't just enter a bunch of random stuff, it will fail those checks.

EDIT: just saw that in the menu of "create wallet" i can find a button "add manual entropy", but then again i have to trust armory that it actually use this "manual entropy". But if i just enter my own lines in the recovery function, it has to, right? So if i would not trust it, it would be the better option.... (just in case Im somewhat paranoid  Grin )
The manual entropy option for creating a wallet uses a deck of cards. If you are concerned that it does not use your manual entropy, then look at the source code and compile from source yourself.
legendary
Activity: 1512
Merit: 1009
March 07, 2017, 07:53:12 PM
#2
Yes, apparently it is possible. You should read this.
newbie
Activity: 24
Merit: 3
March 07, 2017, 07:48:40 PM
#1
Hey, just a short question:
Can I use the "recovery wallet" function and enter some lines of which i have created my self to create my own entropy and do not have to trust armory in that case?
I know, this is on my own risk then, if im stupid enough to enter some pseudo-entropy its my own fault. Just wanna know if this might be a possibility if i create them by dices or so...

EDIT: just saw that in the menu of "create wallet" i can find a button "add manual entropy", but then again i have to trust armory that it actually use this "manual entropy". But if i just enter my own lines in the recovery function, it has to, right? So if i would not trust it, it would be the better option.... (just in case Im somewhat paranoid  Grin )
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