You can enter an existing BIP39 mnemonic, or generate a new random one. Typing your own twelve words will probably not work how you expect, since the words require a particular structure (the last word is a checksum).
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You can enter an existing BIP39 mnemonic, or generate a new random one. Typing your own twelve words will probably not work how you expect, since the words require a particular structure (the last word contains a checksum).
For more info see the
BIP39 spec.
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- Generate a random mnemonic, or enter your own below:
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+ Generate a random mnemonic:
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- words
+ words, or enter your own below.
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+ Mnemonics with less than 12 words have low entropy and may be guessed by an attacker.
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+ The mnemonic will appear more secure than it really is.
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+ The value of the "BIP85 Child Key" field shown above is not used
+ anywhere on this page. It can be used as a new key.
+ (In case of the BIP39 application, you can paste it into the "BIP39 Mnemonic"
+ field to use it as a new mnemonic). Please read the
+ BIP85 specs
+ for more information. This is an advanced feature and should only be used if you understand what it does.
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- Use private keys at
- brainwallet.org.
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- Be careful - it can be easy to make mistakes if you don't know what you're doing.
+ Entropy values should not include the BIP39 checksum. This is automatically added by the tool.
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Entropy
Entropy values must be sourced from a
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This means flipping a fair coin, rolling a fair dice, noise measurements etc.
- Do NOT use phrases from books, lyrics from songs, your birthday or steet address,
+ Do NOT use phrases from books, lyrics from songs, your birthday or street address,
keyboard mashing, or anything you think is random, because chances are overwhelming it isn't
random enough for the needs of this tool.
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