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add more info about keep seed
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Co-authored-by: Mike Ounsworth <[email protected]>
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To support serialization of seed values as private keys, Algorithm 19 in {{FIPS203}} should return (ek, dk, d, z) on line 7 and Algorithm 16 should be promoted to be a "main algorithm" for external use in expanding seed values.

Note also that unlike other private key compression methods in other algorithms, expanding a private key from a seed is a one-way function, meaning that once a full key is expanded from seed and the seed discarded, the seed cannot be re-created even if the full expanded private key is available. For this reason it is RECOMMENDED that implementations retain and export the seed, even when also exporting the expanded key.
# Security Considerations

The Security Considerations section of {{RFC5280}} applies to this
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