SuperPhatArrow
commented
2 years ago Hi @Transisto
The internet has come a long way since 2012 and all modern browsers have a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number generator seeded with truly random values
If you want to move your mouse around, I'm not sure if it affects what is in /dev/urandom but perhaps it does in some operating systems and perhaps some browsers' implementation of the Web Crypto API. If I made a user interface that "affected entropy" by moving a mouse or clicking a keyboard, I would just be faking it. There is no need to do this anymore as all modern browsers can provide you with very good quality entropy.
Also some version of a Brain wallet that accept any string of character as entropy (at your own risk!) and generate an xpriv instead of a single address would be amazing.
Seed tool does currently do this and has since first release.
- Open "Seed Generation/Input" Section
- Click on 🎲 to input your own entropy, there a number of types of input for you to choose. Mashing your keyboard is not one of them as that is not really entropy.
- Input your own entropy into the box provided (at your own risk!)
- Once you have sufficient entropy, the
xprivwill appear in the box with the label "BIP32 Root Key"
https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org
One thing I like is having the mouse movement and keyboard change the entropy. I don't know how seedtool currently does when it's "Calculating" but I would trust it more if it included some user inputs.
Also some version of a Brain wallet that accept any string of character as entropy (at your own risk!) and generate an xpriv instead of a single address would be amazing.