I recently tried out a decentralized private messaging tool, it didn’t ask for my personal information to register.

Instead, it only asked me to create a username and set a password, after which it provided me with a mnemonic passcode. (I had never used a mnemonic passcode before, but I learned that it’s a web3 or decentralized type of thing.)

On their FAQ page says “The Mnemonic Passcode is your ONLY SOURCE of backup in a scenario where your device breaks down or becomes unusable due to any reason. In such cases, all you need is your Mnemonic Phrase to recover all your account information. It must be copied, screen-shotted, or written down and kept in a safe and secret place until it is needed.”

Does Mnemonic Passcode more secure than usual password? Plus, is there any other ways to keep you mnemonic phrase?

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      In the crypto world, it is a bit different. The words are chosen out of a pre-set dictionary of 2048 words, making each word the equivalent of an 11-bit number. Your 24-word mnemonic is actually an encoding of a 256-bit number, with some checksum bits at the end.