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by paulfurley 2718 days ago
That's cool, and I'm going to give it a go: thanks for raising it.

> The two endpoints are identified by using identical "wormhole codes": in general, the sending machine generates and displays the code, which must then be typed into the receiving machine. > The codes are short and human-pronounceable, using a phonetically-distinct wordlist. The receiving side offers tab-completion on the codewords, so usually only a few characters must be typed. Wormhole codes are single-use and do not need to be memorized.

I love that they've put some thought into usability here: that's nice.