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If old pw is considered leaked, new seed must be generated as well. Leaked password is the main reason why users would change passwords.


True - was answering the general case of password change, eg. some folks like to rotate passwords every so often in the absence of a known leak or breach.

In the case of a compromised password the entire wallet should be abandoned.




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