Absolutely: A signer provided with a seed that it has not itself generated is still required to use that seed correctly.
Unlike randomness, however, this is functionality that can be deterministically reproduced with other signers... which would suggest both a) it's reasonably easily verified by a layman; and b) any such failure to function correctly wouldn't go unnoticed for more than about 5 minutes; let alone 5 years.
Judge Hardcase
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2026-08-12 19:17:13 UTC
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