From 7595242a36de03d9345876181cf9dcc6f60453b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: The MMGen Project Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 12:18:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] emphasis fixes --- Install-MMGen-on-Linux.md | 4 ++-- XOR-Seed-Splitting:-Theory-and-Practice.md | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Install-MMGen-on-Linux.md b/Install-MMGen-on-Linux.md index 8426837..9aa6f5f 100644 --- a/Install-MMGen-on-Linux.md +++ b/Install-MMGen-on-Linux.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ *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: diff --git a/XOR-Seed-Splitting:-Theory-and-Practice.md b/XOR-Seed-Splitting:-Theory-and-Practice.md index 67cd6a2..ecd1d45 100644 --- a/XOR-Seed-Splitting:-Theory-and-Practice.md +++ b/XOR-Seed-Splitting:-Theory-and-Practice.md @@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ to just keep hashing: ![]["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 n’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