Seed Phrase: Brute Forcing , 12 vs 24 Words, Seed Phrase Splitting AND Vitalik's answer to it all

Hey Etherian anons, a new article is out for "The Playbook for your Seed Phrase Storage" ????????

In this piece, I address hard questions on brute forcing, using 24 vs 12 words, and the oh-so-spicy seed phrase splitting ????️ Vitalik himself has a strong opinion on this!

???? https://adrienbe.substack.com/p/seed-phrase-brute-forcing-12-vs-24

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SUMMARY

• Brute forcing: rn we can only brute force up to 4 words, soon 5.
• Seed splitting: if you use 12 words, brute forcing is too likely, the last word of every seed is a checksum so only 5 words would need to be cracked. Use 24 words instead as a more future proof solution.
• 12 vs 24 words: see above.
• Seed splitting: Vitalik says it's ok to split your seed if and only if using a 24 word seed