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Correct birthday paradox calculation description for 128-bit seeds
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slip39/gui/SLIP-39-SD.org

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somewhat greater.
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If every human and all their devices created a few billion Seeds (about 10^13), the probability
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of an /accidental/ collision falls to about 1 in 10^12 -- about 1 in a billion. Unlikely, but
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of an /accidental/ collision falls to about 1 in 10^12 -- about 1 in a trillion. Unlikely, but
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something like this has happened for IPv4 addresses, so who knows.
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So, if a 1 in a billion chance of someone eventually stumbling upon your wallet is too great a
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So, if a 1 in a trillion chance of someone eventually stumbling upon your wallet is too great a
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risk, choose a 256-bit random Seed where this Birthday Paradox probability falls to 1 in 10^32 --
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approximately the chance of 2 people on earth picking the same virus-sized particle in our solar
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system.

slip39/gui/SLIP-39-SD.txt

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If every human and all their devices created a few billion Seeds
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(about 10^13), the probability of an /accidental/ collision falls to
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about 1 in 10^12 – about 1 in a billion. Unlikely, but something like
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this has happened for IPv4 addresses, so who knows.
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about 1 in 10^12 – about 1 in a trillion. Unlikely, but something
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like this has happened for IPv4 addresses, so who knows.
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So, if a 1 in a billion chance of someone eventually stumbling upon
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So, if a 1 in a trillion chance of someone eventually stumbling upon
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your wallet is too great a risk, choose a 256-bit random Seed where
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this Birthday Paradox probability falls to 1 in 10^32 – approximately
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the chance of 2 people on earth picking the same virus-sized particle

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