On 12/01/2016 11:02 AM, Jonny Heggheim wrote: > Hi Ryan > >> I have just done an editorial pass on the Electrum / Bitcoin article. > Great, thanks! > >> what is meant by "your 12 words"? > It is the same as generation seed > _______________________________________________ > Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ryan, Jonny, "12 words" != generation seed it is your paperkey much like how keybase uses them, in short its your last ditch account / wallet recovery step. It is generally only ever used if you forget your password/phrase AND don't have another 2nd factor token / mechanism in place or if your are unfortunate enough to have that even be invalidated by some other stroke of misfortune. -- Corey Sheldon Freelance IT Consultant, FamNa, Hacktivist +1.310.909.7672 +1.310.737.7237 (Text only) sheldon.corey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://gist.github.com/linux-modder/ac5dc6fa211315c633c9 PGP Keys: 0xE090EF3F2641DCEA | 2D39 9698 4D71 B852 5A0A A573 E090 EF3F 2641 DCEA 0x418E43BCA33F2A72 | D65D CC95 BCD4 494E 4545 0142 418E 43BC A33F 2A72 Disclaimer: ALL Correspondence shall be deemed as private and confidential, re-distrubution is discouraged unless requested in the the correspondence in question.
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