Seed phrase
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Seed phrase
A 12-or-24-word backup that can restore your entire wallet.
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A seed phrase (also called a recovery phrase or mnemonic) is a human-readable backup of your wallet's master key. Anyone with your seed phrase has full control of your funds — never share it, never type it into a website, and store it offline.
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