<p>In short words: yes.</p>

<p>But you should know the algorithm how brainwallets are generated. Nobody guarantees that brainwallets on different services are generated with the same algorithm.</p>

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So would a hash of the following two chinese characters: 中國 have a collision with any of the combinations of all the standard usa keyboard character combinations?
Patoshi パトシ
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I think that brainwallets should convert string to utf-8. Check it yourself
amaclin
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how do i check if it converts it to utf-8 ?
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just tried the following: 台北  is the equivalent of &#21488;&#21271; ... as tested here: http://www.pinyin.info/tools/converter/chars2uninumbers.html -- but when used to generate an address via bitaddress its different.
Patoshi パトシ
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This is html-encoding, not utf-8
amaclin
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amaclin
<p>Can you use non-standard characters to create a bitcoin brain wallet? Ex. Chinese characters, ascii characters using the numberpad with ALT key.</p>

<p>Is there downsides to this?</p>

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Can you use non-standard characters for creating a Bitcoin Brain Wallet?
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# Can you use non-standard characters for creating a Bitcoin Brain Wallet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-06)

Can you use non-standard characters to create a bitcoin brain wallet? Ex. Chinese characters, ascii characters using the numberpad with ALT key.

Is there downsides to this?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-07-06. Score: 1

In short words: yes.

But you should know the algorithm how brainwallets are generated. Nobody guarantees that brainwallets on different services are generated with the same algorithm.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: So would a hash of the following two chinese characters: 中國 have a collision with any of the combinations of all the standard usa keyboard character combinations?  
> **username_1**: I think that brainwallets should convert string to utf-8. Check it yourself  
> **username_0**: how do i check if it converts it to utf-8 ?  
> **username_0**: just tried the following: 台北  is the equivalent of &#21488;&#21271; ... as tested here: http://www.pinyin.info/tools/converter/chars2uninumbers.html -- but when used to generate an address via bitaddress its different.  
> **username_1**: This is html-encoding, not utf-8  

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