Hi, could some one explain how are seedphrases considered to be super secure? If it’s just a random string of words from a well-known list of words, what stops someone with a simple python script generating random phrases and trying to open wallets with them?

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    11 days ago

    The entropy of pass phrases is higher than that of most passwords that are used in real life.

    https://xkcd.com/936/

    Of course if you have a password manager you are better off having a long random string.

    What is keeping people from brute forcing is that the hashing algorithms used are purposefully slow, so they limit how many combinations you can check per second.