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SATONA ACADEMY · INTERMEDIATE · 8 lessons · ~45 min

03 MASTER YOUR SEED

Understand BIP39, words, entropy, checksum and wallet recovery.

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WHERE DO YOUR WORDS COME FROM?

Secure randomness creates entropy. Bits and a checksum form indexed BIP39 groups that map to a seed phrase.

ENTROPYBITSCHECKSUMBIP39SEED PHRASE
BIP39 entropy, bits and checksum construction
  1. 01What is a seed phrase?~5 min →
  2. 02Understanding BIP39~5 min →
  3. 03Where do 12 or 24 words come from?~5 min →
  4. 04The 2,048 BIP39 words~5 min →
  5. 05Understanding 11 bits~5 min →
  6. 06Understanding the checksum~5 min →
  7. 07Create a seed offline~5 min →
  8. 08Restore a wallet~5 min →