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Seed phrases

A seed phrase is a human-readable backup encoding used by many hierarchical deterministic wallets to recreate a wallet’s key material.

Why it matters

A seed phrase is a human-readable backup encoding used by many hierarchical deterministic wallets to recreate a wallet’s key material.

Key ideas

Primary and technical sources

Bitcoin Developer DocumentationBitcoin.orgBitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash SystemSatoshi Nakamoto

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