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The MMGen Project 2023-01-27 12:18:15 +00:00
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Install-MMGen-on-Linux.md

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*NOTE: the instructions on this page are for a Bitcoin-only setup. For
altcoin support, additional installation steps are required. See
[**Altcoin and Forkcoin Support**][af] for more information.*
altcoin support, additional installation steps are required. See*
[**Altcoin and Forkcoin Support**][af] *for more information.*
### Perform the following steps on both your online and offline computers:

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XOR-Seed-Splitting:-Theory-and-Practice.md

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![]["share2 = SHA256(share1), share3 = SHA256(share2), ..."]
But you may have already spotted the mistake here: the owner of the first share
can generate all the successive shares up to *n*-1. Without the final *n*’th
can generate all the successive shares up to *n*-1. Without the final <em>n</em>’th
share he can’t recover the seed, but the whole benefit of having the additional
shares has been nullified.
***Important disclaimer:*** *there are other reasons, beyond the scope of this
discussion, why using a bare hash of the seed as our random number source might
not be a good idea. Bear in mind that this is a simplified **theoretical**
introduction, and the examples presented herein are not suitable for
not be a good idea. Bear in mind that this is a simplified* **theoretical**
*introduction, and the examples presented herein are not suitable for
implementation in real production code.*
The above example illustrates what happens when we violate the golden rule of