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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions bip-0093.mediawiki
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* A human-readable part, which is the string "ms" (or "MS").
* A separator, which is always "1".
* A data part which is in turn subdivided into:
** A threshold parameter, which MUST be a single digit between "2" and "9", or the digit "0".
*** If the threshold parameter is "0" then the share index, defined below, MUST have a value of "s" (or "S").
** A threshold digit (also called ''k'' in the codex book), which MUST be a single digit between "2" and "9", or the digit "0". For shared secrets, this digit encodes the threshold (the number of shares required for recovery): thresholds 2-9 are encoded as digits "2"-"9" respectively. For unshared secrets, threshold 1 is denoted by the share index "s" (not by the threshold digit); the digit "0" is recommended for the threshold digit in this case, but any digit is allowed as it is ignored.
*** If the threshold digit is "0" then the share index, defined below, MUST have a value of "s" (or "S").

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Digit vs parameter is probably bikeshedding

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Agreed. And I don't think "digit" is the right term for a bech32 character anyway.

** An identifier consisting of 4 bech32 characters.
** A share index, which is any bech32 character. Note that a share index value of "s" (or "S") is special and denotes the unshared secret (see section "Unshared Secret").
** A payload which is a sequence of up to 74 bech32 characters. (However, see '''Long codex32 Strings''' below for an exception to this limit.)
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Note that unlike the decoding process in BIP-0173, we do NOT require that the incomplete group be all zeros.

For an unshared secret, the threshold parameter (the first character of the data part) is ignored (beyond the fact it must be a digit for the codex32 string to be valid).
We recommend using the digit "0" for the threshold parameter in this case.
For an unshared secret, the threshold digit (the first character of the data part) is ignored (beyond the fact it must be a digit for the codex32 string to be valid).
We recommend using the digit "0" for the threshold digit in this case. Note that threshold 1 is denoted by the share index "s", not by the threshold digit.
The 4 character identifier also has no effect beyond aiding users in distinguishing between multiple different master seeds in cases where they have more than one.

===Recovering Master Seed===

When the share index of a valid codex32 string (converted to lowercase) is not the letter "s", we call the string an codex32 share.
The first character of the data part indicates the threshold of the share, and it is required to be a non-"0" digit.

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This line is correct. Read the line above: when the share index is not "s". The threshold parameter cannot be "0" in that case, so we know that for a codex32 share, the threshold parameter is required to be 2-9.

The first character of the data part is the threshold digit, which encodes the threshold (the number of shares required for recovery). For a codex32 share, the threshold digit is required to be a non-"0" digit (i.e., "2" through "9"), encoding thresholds 2 through 9 respectively.

In order to recover a master seed, one needs a set of valid codex32 shares such that:

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