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0 sats \ 11 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 11h \ on: Write a short story with 12 words bitcoin
I always wondered about this but never asked or Googled it. Figured now’s a good time. Do seed phrase words gotta be from that official list, or can they be just any random stuf, even made-up words like 'dysgduyugy'?
must be from the words lists. Think about this experiment as a training for yourself.
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Is there any legit reason for that limitation?
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As I said, you can use any BIP words list, not only BIP39.
The reason is that I want people to train themselves like it would a real case situation when they have to hide a seed into a letter, a story, that nobody could even think that it contain 12 important words.
And do not have to be in the right order. The order of the words is known only by you.
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My question’s not about the story, it’s about a real seed phrase situation.
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As I said, just open whatever wallet app and create a new wallet seed. An empty wallet just for this test.
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Maybe I should just make a post about my question. Someone might know!
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If you use random words and some of them are not from that words list, you may end up in having an invalid wallet seed.
NEVER start a new wallet seed with words that YOU choose. The probability that somebody else use them too is higher the the entropy of a wallet app.
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I agree with sticking to the list, but technically, only the first 4 (?) letters matter. So you could make your own list of words, as long as each word has the same first 4 (?) letters as the official list.
But no reason to do that. Also, some wallets might have unexpected side effects on how they parse your words.