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<p>I understand that sharing this number will result in an immediate loss of funds, because this looks like should enable recreating the whole HD tree. Am I wrong and why?</p>
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<p>You're wrong. It is the hash of the seed, not the seed itself.</p>

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Pieter Wuille
<p>Command help getwalletinfo tells:</p>
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<p>&quot;hdseedid&quot;: &quot;hex&quot;, (string, optional) the Hash160 of the HD seed (only present when HD is enabled)</p>
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<p>I understand that sharing this number will result in an immediate loss of funds, because this looks like should enable recreating the whole HD tree. Am I wrong and why?</p>

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getwalletinfo.hdseedid security
Mercedes
# getwalletinfo.hdseedid security

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-10-12)

Command help getwalletinfo tells:

> "hdseedid": "hex", (string, optional) the Hash160 of the HD seed (only present when HD is enabled)

I understand that sharing this number will result in an immediate loss of funds, because this looks like should enable recreating the whole HD tree. Am I wrong and why?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-10-12. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

> I understand that sharing this number will result in an immediate loss of funds, because this looks like should enable recreating the whole HD tree. Am I wrong and why?

You're wrong. It is the hash of the seed, not the seed itself.


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