40 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTC_LN 1 Feb freebie \ on: Why don't wallets show addresses as mnemonic words? bitcoin
Let's hope that's not your actual seed! 😅
In basic terms:
The seed words are like a trunk of a tree. You must keep them confidential and never reveal to anyone.
The public addresses are like leafs on that tree generated from the seed. You can share these addresses so people can send you money.
In a bit more advanced terms:
The seed on its own is not sufficient to generate your wallet, you also need a passphrase if you set one and you also need a derivation path.
The derivation path is like main branches of the tree. You decide which version you gonna use. You own all the leafs on all the branches, but you typically only use one branch.
The leafs can be imagined as having two sides. Each public address you generate has a corresponding private address technically, but this complication is hidden in most wallets. All you see if the seed (to be kept secret) and the public addressed (to be shared).