From 6cfbea5b07943d9afde1fca7a5c9401e5c7a1751 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "ITMASTER\\em.dagostini" Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 16:22:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add "no user generated mnemonics" explanation --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b034f20..0d6f2a0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ We are not an authorative source of best practice, but, at the very least: * Don't share BIP32 extended public keys ('xpubs'). [They are a liability](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/56916/derivation-of-parent-private-key-from-non-hardened-child), and it only takes 1 misplaced private key (or a buggy implementation!) and you are vulnerable to **catastrophic fund loss**. * [Don't use `Math.random`](https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/181580/why-is-math-random-not-designed-to-be-cryptographically-secure) - in any way - don't. * Enforce that users always verify (manually) a freshly-decoded human-readable version of their intended transaction before broadcast. -* Don't *ask* users to generate mnemonics, or 'brain wallets', humans are terrible random number generators. +* [Don't *ask* users to generate mnemonics](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Brainwallet#cite_note-1), or 'brain wallets', humans are terrible random number generators. * Lastly, if you can, use [Typescript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/) or similar.