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How to Remember a Wallet Seed

Eric Voskuil edited this page Sep 15, 2015 · 7 revisions

Create a new mnemonic. Longer seeds produces longer mnemonics.

$ bx seed -b 128 | bx mnemonic-new
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Generate a new HD wallet from the seed (passphrase optional).

$ bx mnemonic-to-seed radar wreck account advance race sweet struggle advice basic spare deliver situate | bx hd-new
xprv9s21ZrQH143K2wbqNakRdoaatpMCevqHG5KKo1PBnk2jmuT1TDW272hcTdmsuBSQWv5PFnqh5CE6LrJac9gbZYcGpSG7sH3VynrWt3s9FDE

Verify your ability to recover the HD key.

$ bx mnemonic-to-seed radar wreck account advance race sweet struggle advice basic spare deliver situate | bx hd-new
xprv9s21ZrQH143K2wbqNakRdoaatpMCevqHG5KKo1PBnk2jmuT1TDW272hcTdmsuBSQWv5PFnqh5CE6LrJac9gbZYcGpSG7sH3VynrWt3s9FDE

Without a passphrase the mnemonic must be kept secret. Memorize the mnemonic (including word order) radar wreck account advance race sweet struggle advice basic spare deliver situate.

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