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High entropy, makes it so all equivalent entropy outcomes have the same “safety.” Amazing stuff.
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But I don't think that's the case.

Take the exemple in my original note. It is possible albeit very unlikely that even tho you use a coin flip to find your key that you will obtain 00000...0000.

In that very specific case, I believe it would be accurate to say that this seed is "high entropy" as it has been discovered through unpredictable randomness but I also believe this sees would be more likely to be guessed by an algo and therefore this seed is less safe.
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I agree with you—entropy measures the process, it’s not the value. Safety is a separate question. 000…001 has the same probability as the number exactly in the middle of the 128-bit range. A solid entropy process costs an attack the same expected guesses. Safety is about the attacker's ti...