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Cody 7 months ago
I'll save you the time: Bitcoin Core (QT) does not use seed words or support BIP39, the most common standard for seed phrases. Instead, it relies on soft copy backups of the wallet file.

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I lost you at „holistically“ already, didn’t I? Yes, I know that. Almost everybody on here probably does. Hence, mnemonics as an *additional layer* of security. That’s a fancy way of saying it’s a mechanism *on top* of what you just described. Core as reference implementation doesn’t necessarily need to have this. It’s nonetheless essential to bitcoin. Plus, when I say „psychological“ and „human factor“, I don’t mean memorizing. I mean the separation of ‚access credentials‘ from technological or pen-and-paper solutions to enhance the self-custody experience. Mnemonics re-naturalize the math that’s going on, freeing users from the need to use tools. That is extremely liberating. But I guess that’s just not your way of thinking, so any further talk is pointless. As Nietzsche said, words are only “rainbows and illusive bridges between things which are eternally apart” Bye.