Bitcoin Glossary

Seed Phrase

Also known as: recovery phrase, mnemonic

A 12–24 word mnemonic that encodes your wallet’s master key for backup and recovery.

Lessons mentioning "Seed Phrase"

Keeping Your Bitcoin Safe Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs)Public Keys and Private Keys Securing Your Private Keys Change Addresses and Privacy Understanding Hardware Wallets Setting Up Your Ledger Hardware Wallet Transferring Bitcoin from Coinbase to Ledger