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Author: Admin | 2025-04-27
BIP39 Mnemonic phrase is a list of words that store all the information needed for the recovery of a Bitcoin wallet. Usually, a wallet generates a mnemonic backup phrase by itself, so that the user could write it down on paper. If the user’s computer is broken or its hard disk is damaged, he will be able to upload the same wallet and use the paper backup copy to get his Bitcoins back. As every owner of a mnemonic phrase gets an access to the wallet, it must be kept very carefully.Anybody else who discovers the phrase can steal the bitcoins. It must be kept secret, for example it must not be typed into any website. Mnemonic phrases are an excellent way of backing up and storing bitcoin so all good wallets use them.What is a mnemonic phraseA mnemonic phrase, mnemonic recovery phrase or bitcoin seed is a list of words which store all the information needed to recover a bitcoin wallet. A wallet will typically generate a mnemonic backup phrase and instruct the user to write it down on paper. If the user’s computer breaks or their hard drive becomes corrupted, they can download the same wallet again and use the paper backup to get their bitcoins back.How it worksThe software of a wallet uses a whole set of words taken from a vocabulary; at that every word is assigned to a specific number. A mnemonic phrase can be modified into a number, which is used as a seed
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