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# aezeed
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[In this PR](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/773) we add a new package implementing the aezeed cipher
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[In this PR](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/773) we added a new package implementing the aezeed cipher
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seed scheme (based on [aez](http://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/aez/)).
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This is a new scheme developed that aims to overcome the
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two major short comings of BIP39: a lack of a version, and a lack of a
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wallet birthday. A lack a version means that wallets may not
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This new scheme aims to address
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two major features lacking in BIP39: versioning, and a
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wallet birthday. The lack a version means that wallets may not
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necessarily know how to re-derive addresses during the recovery
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process. A lack of a birthday means that wallets don’t know how far
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back to look in the chain to ensure that they derive all the proper
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ok github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/aezeed 4.168s
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```
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Aside from addressing the shortcomings of BIP 39 a cipher seed
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can: be upgraded, and have it's password changed,
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Aside from addressing the shortcomings of BIP 39, an aezeed cipher seed
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can both be upgraded, and have its password changed.
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Sample seed:
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The 2 byte timestamp is expressed in Bitcoin Days Genesis, meaning that
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the number of days since the timestamp in Bitcoin’s genesis block. This
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allow us to save space, and also avoid using a wasteful level of
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granularity. With the currently, this can express time up until 2188.
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granularity. This can currently express time up until 2188.
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Finally, the entropy is raw entropy that should be used to derive
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Finally, the entropy is raw entropy that should be used to derive the
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wallet’s HD root.
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## aezeed enciphering/deciperhing
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Next, we’ll take the plaintext seed described above and encipher it to
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procure a final cipher text. We’ll then take this cipher text (the
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CipherSeed) and encode that using a 24-word mnemonic. The enciphering
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process takes a user defined passphrase. If no passphrase is provided,
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_CipherSeed_) and encode that using a 24-word mnemonic. The enciphering
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process takes a user-defined passphrase. If no passphrase is provided,
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then the string “aezeed” will be used.
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To encipher a plaintext seed (19 bytes) to arrive at an enciphered
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cipher seed (33 bytes), we apply the following operations:
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* First we take the external version an append it to our buffer. The
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* First we take the external version and append it to our buffer. The
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external version describes how we encipher. For the first version
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(version 0), we’ll use scrypt(n=32768, r=8, p=1) and aezeed.
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* Next, we’ll use scrypt (with the version 9 params) to generate a
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@ -79,15 +79,15 @@ has what’s essentially a configurable MAC size. In our scheme we’ll use
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a value of 8, which acts as a 64-bit checksum. We’ll encrypt with our
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generated seed, and use an AD of (version || salt).
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* Finally, we’ll encode this 33-byte cipher text using the default
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world list of BIP 39 to produce 24 english words.
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word list of BIP 39 to produce 24 English words.
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## Properties of the aezeed cipher seed
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The aezeed cipher seed scheme has a few cool properties, notably:
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* The mnemonic itself is a cipher text, meaning leaving it in
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plaintext is advisable if the user also set a passphrase. This is in
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contrast to BIP 39 where the mnemonic alone (without a passrphase) may
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plaintext is advisable if the user also sets a passphrase. This is in
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contrast to BIP 39 where the mnemonic alone (without a passphrase) may
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be sufficient to steal funds.
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* A cipherseed can be modified to change the passphrase. This
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means that if the users wants a stronger passphrase, they can decipher
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