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How do mnemonic seed words work? (12 or 24 seed words)

• YouTube Explanation

Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) 39 defines mnemonic seed words.

There are 2048 mnemonic seed words.

The seed words used for your recovery are input into a cryptographic hash along with a user-defined passphrase.

This hash is then used to generate a private key, generally using BIP32 methodology.

Note: Don't select your own words, use hardware/software designed for the purpose.