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Title: My seed Post by: Abdussamad on July 28, 2013, 07:37:08 PM I just wrote in another thread about how electrum addresses are derived from my seed. Just wondering whether that is possible literally? I mean literally derived from my DNA? Maybe that is how future bitcoin wallets will work.
Title: Re: My seed Post by: Jaxkr on July 30, 2013, 07:31:11 AM This would be completely possible. Somehow obtain your raw DNA sequence (TAGATTGAT...) and use it as a seed for a deterministic wallet. BIP 0032 could be a possible method.
Title: Re: My seed Post by: Tachikoma on August 01, 2013, 12:24:13 PM That wouldn't be too smart though; if I got a hair of your body I could access all your coins.
Title: Re: My seed Post by: Abdussamad on August 01, 2013, 09:35:20 PM That wouldn't be too smart though; if I got a hair of your body I could access all your coins. Hair, skin cells CSI style or even saliva from a utensil I used would be enough to steal from me. So yeah not a good idea. Title: Re: My seed Post by: Jaxkr on August 02, 2013, 04:06:31 AM That wouldn't be too smart though; if I got a hair of your body I could access all your coins. Hair, skin cells CSI style or even saliva from a utensil I used would be enough to steal from me. So yeah not a good idea. Title: Re: My seed Post by: Abdussamad on August 02, 2013, 04:55:30 AM That wouldn't be too smart though; if I got a hair of your body I could access all your coins. Hair, skin cells CSI style or even saliva from a utensil I used would be enough to steal from me. So yeah not a good idea. It could be the "something you are" part of a multifactor authentication system: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs513/2005fa/nnlauthpeople.html But as mentioned before we practically shed our DNA all over the place so it is useless to use it. Fingerprints or retinal scans are a better idea. |