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Shamir's Secret Sharing Explained (For Normal People)

TL;DR: Shamir's Secret Sharing splits your seed phrase into multiple parts. You need a minimum number of parts to recover the original. One part alone reveals nothing.

Example: Split into 3 parts. Any 2 can recover the seed. But 1 part is useless.

Read more: https://www.deadhandprotocol.com/blog/shamirs-secret-sharing-explained

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