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Re: Turn Tarsnap key into mnemonic phrase
- To: Lonnie Abelbeck <lists@lonnie.abelbeck.com>
- Subject: Re: Turn Tarsnap key into mnemonic phrase
- From: "Matthew Smith via tarsnap-users" <tarsnap-users@tarsnap.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:45:01 +0000
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- Reply-to: Matthew Smith <matt@offtopica.uk>
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> The tarsnap.key would not be a *short* mnemonic phrase
Ah I didn't think of that. It looks like Bitcoin's BIP39 requires 12
words to store a 128-bit key, so 192 words for Tarsnap's key would make
it a bit pointless.
> IMO, it is easier to (securely) backup the actual tarsnap.key file.
> Use multiple media types per best practice for any important backup.
I'll stick to doing this.
Thanks again for the advice,
Matthew.