https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3APrivate_key 2026-04-29T03:25:47Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.8 https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Talk:Private_key&diff=64646&oldid=prev 2017-12-23T22:05:19Z

<p>Discuss best means to address mnemonics precisely and concisely</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>=In re mnemonics=<br /> <br /> Hi, Belcher. I had a similar thought about [https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Private_key&amp;diff=64631&amp;oldid=64625 mnemonic phrases]. But I was motivated to make my edits (and indeed, [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1025908.msg26280949#msg26280949 to create a wiki account]) by wikitext which conflated different types of keys, thus causing [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2561150.msg26280205#msg26280205 user confusion observed in the wild]; and I didn’t want to risk causing any more of that.<br /> <br /> BIP 32 HD seeds &#039;&#039;may&#039;&#039; be created via a KDF from BIP 39 (or [https://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/seedphrase.html other]) mnemonics; but this is not necessarily so. The standards are distinct, as are their outputs. In an introductory-level technical article, simply mentioning the two together could create more technical confusion; but any longer explanation risks going into an extended off-topic tangent on the “private key” page. I debated this with myself, then decided to restrict scope to disambiguating between Bitcoin private keys and Bitcoin HD wallet seeds.<br /> <br /> Thoughts? I do think it would be good to mention and wikilink mnemonics here, if it could be done both precisely and concisely.<br /> <br /> [[User:Nullius|Nullius]] ([[User talk:Nullius|talk]]) 22:05, 23 December 2017 (UTC)</div>

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