{"id":27227,"date":"2022-08-27T15:22:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T15:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=27227"},"modified":"2022-08-27T15:22:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T15:22:16","slug":"what-is-a-seed-phrase-and-why-is-it-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=27227","title":{"rendered":"What is a seed phrase and why is it important?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS9zdG9yYWdlL3VwbG9hZHMvdmlldy9lZTAxZjk5Y2EzMzc2ZTBiMGFkNTA1YzQ2YzVlMzY0Ni5qcGVn.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>A seed phrase might be confusing and probably you might be wondering how a seed phrase looks and maybe how it is created. The seed phrase is generated by a cryptocurrency wallet and the user has no way of customizing it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The words generated are derived from a list of 2048 words. So, how many words is a seed phrase? A seed phrase is made up of a long string consisting of a group of random words.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The words on a seed phrase are simplified so that the user can remember them, unlike if the seed phrase consisted of long numbers or special characters.&amp;nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The recovery phrase consists of 12 to 24 words like energy, road or open. To avoid errors, these randomly generated words do not include pairs like &amp;ldquo;man&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;men&amp;rdquo; in the same seed phrase. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/explained\/what-are-bitcoin-improvement-proposals-bips-and-how-do-they-work\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/explained\/what-are-bitcoin-improvement-proposals-bips-and-how-do-they-work\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin improvement proposal-(BIP)-<\/a>39 in 2013 introduced these types of phrases and established a standard for deterministic wallets. Here is an imaginary 12-word seed phrase: Cry, planet, Loose, Typical, Humankind, Toddler, Anxiety, Difficult, Happy, Never, Alternative, Remorse.<\/p>\n<p>A seed phrase controls all the private keys associated with a deterministic wallet. 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