openwall / openwall/john

Add Support for seed phrases recovery

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enhancement
Dominant language
C
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Description

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the referenced btcrecover seedrecover.py, its Seedrecover Quick Start Guide, and BIP-0039 english.txt. The issue names no John source file or test; done means John supports the requested seed-phrase recovery flow and handles the referenced BIP-39 word list.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, python
Domain
cryptography, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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