Seed phrase: Revision history

27 July 2023

• curprev 17:2817:28, 27 July 2023‎ Pancyrus talk contribs‎ m 12,159 bytes −2‎ →‎Paper and pencil backup: grammar
• curprev 17:0617:06, 27 July 2023‎ Pancyrus talk contribs‎ m 12,161 bytes 0‎ grammar

9 December 2022

• curprev 15:0915:09, 9 December 2022‎ Kamariks talk contribs‎ 12,161 bytes −23‎ No edit summary

23 November 2022

• curprev 18:1118:11, 23 November 2022‎ Kamariks talk contribs‎ 12,184 bytes −7‎ No edit summary

12 July 2022

• curprev 00:0300:03, 12 July 2022‎ Kschieck talk contribs‎ m 12,191 bytes +69‎ Updated 2 "see also" links because the locations were moved or removed

8 April 2022

• curprev 16:4816:48, 8 April 2022‎ Tris T7 talk contribs‎ m 12,122 bytes −2‎ →‎Paper and pencil backup: edited ref code
• curprev 16:4716:47, 8 April 2022‎ Tris T7 talk contribs‎ m 12,124 bytes 0‎ →‎Paper and pencil backup: edited ref

17 July 2021

• curprev 08:0008:00, 17 July 2021‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 12,124 bytes +12‎ Add warning about sample keys
• curprev 07:5707:57, 17 July 2021‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 12,112 bytes +23‎ →‎Example: Add {{taggant private key}} to the seed phrase

25 March 2021

• curprev 20:0420:04, 25 March 2021‎ Gaboriker talk contribs‎ 12,089 bytes +151‎ →‎Methods that are not recommended: add ref for Shamir Secret Sharing shortcomings for private key backups

21 March 2021

• curprev 05:5005:50, 21 March 2021‎ Pancyrus talk contribs‎ 11,938 bytes +13‎ Fixed some formatting and grammatical issues.
• curprev 05:1905:19, 21 March 2021‎ Pancyrus talk contribs‎ 11,925 bytes +3‎ Cleaned up some jargon and fixed some spellings.

23 December 2020

• curprev 17:5917:59, 23 December 2020‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 11,922 bytes −4‎ →‎See Also: Typo
• curprev 17:5717:57, 23 December 2020‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 11,926 bytes +167‎ →‎See Also: Add link to interesting article about generating seed phrases with dice

24 June 2020

• curprev 12:2812:28, 24 June 2020‎ Furunodo talk contribs‎ 11,759 bytes +27‎ BIP39 and its flaws
• curprev 12:2712:27, 24 June 2020‎ Furunodo talk contribs‎ 11,732 bytes +661‎ and for good reasons. BIP39 has some flaws, known in the technical community but not known much wider. They are described [https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/seedphrase.html#motivation here on this electrum doc page]. Most seriously, BIP39 flaws me

23 June 2020

• curprev 10:4110:41, 23 June 2020‎ Furunodo talk contribs‎ 11,071 bytes +118‎ →‎Methods that are not recommended: <!-- See the main article: Shamir Secret Snakeoil (the other one redirects here, no need to have 2 wikilinks with different captions going to the same article -->
• curprev 10:3910:39, 23 June 2020‎ Furunodo talk contribs‎ 10,953 bytes +158‎ BIP39 is the most common standard used for seed phrases. One notable example is Electrum wallet, which is using its own standard.
• curprev 10:3710:37, 23 June 2020‎ Furunodo talk contribs‎ 10,795 bytes +10‎ →‎Example: the example is non-BIP39, I'd replace it with a BIP39 example but then I'd have to write it down and make a picture

29 March 2020

• curprev 14:1314:13, 29 March 2020‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 10,785 bytes −8‎ →‎Stamped Metal Backup: Edit to not imply that stamping is the only way to store on metal

13 December 2019

• curprev 19:5519:55, 13 December 2019‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 10,793 bytes +341‎ Add note about storing only on-chain funds
• curprev 19:4119:41, 13 December 2019‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 10,452 bytes +82‎ Removed brainwallets from not recommended list, elaborated on metal backups, changed advice for SSS to not recommend it

25 November 2019

• curprev 00:2600:26, 25 November 2019‎ Fresheneesz talk contribs‎ 10,370 bytes +1,867‎ →‎Storing Seed Phrases for the Long Term: Moving some content here from Storing bitcoins, some organization

12 November 2019

• curprev 17:2117:21, 12 November 2019‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 8,503 bytes −4‎ →‎Explanation: Remove self link
• curprev 17:2117:21, 12 November 2019‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 8,507 bytes +587‎ →‎Explanation: Add note about error correction of seed phrases

2 June 2019

• curprev 17:0317:03, 2 June 2019‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 7,920 bytes +94‎ →‎Storing Seed Phrases for the Long Term: Add extra citation about pencils

18 May 2019

• curprev 17:4517:45, 18 May 2019‎ Sgornick talk contribs‎ 7,826 bytes +87‎ →‎See Also: Add entry for external FAQ regarding bitcoin seeds

20 November 2018

• curprev 22:2322:23, 20 November 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 7,739 bytes −638‎ →‎Two-Factor Seed Phrases: Remove section on decoy wallets, as it doesnt work and only incentivizes more torture

26 October 2018

• curprev 12:0812:08, 26 October 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 8,377 bytes +581‎ Add a bit of text written by bruce fenton on the power of backups

2 August 2018

• curprev 01:1801:18, 2 August 2018‎ Kupo talk contribs‎ 7,796 bytes +12‎ →‎Word Lists: fixed dead links

17 July 2018

• curprev 12:0012:00, 17 July 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 7,784 bytes +155‎ removed most mentions of the word mnemonic
• curprev 11:4811:48, 17 July 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 7,629 bytes 0‎ Belcher moved page Mnemonic phrase to Seed phrase: The word mnemonic implies the phrase should be memorized

18 April 2018

• curprev 21:5821:58, 18 April 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 7,629 bytes +532‎ →‎Storing Mnemonic Phrases for the Long Term: added a sample explanation to the section on storing for the long term

13 April 2018

• curprev 09:2509:25, 13 April 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 7,097 bytes 0‎ →‎Storing Mnemonic Phrases for the Long Term: rearranged references, put the better ref first

8 April 2018

• curprev 12:4312:43, 8 April 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ 7,097 bytes +133‎ moved discussion of decoy wallets to another section, based on reddit comments i saw, its best to emphasize the 2fa aspect

21 March 2018

• curprev 10:4410:44, 21 March 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 6,964 bytes +5‎ →‎Two-Factor Mnemonic Phrases: called 13th or 25th word
• curprev 10:4210:42, 21 March 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 6,959 bytes +19‎ →‎Two-Factor Mnemonic Phrases: added extra name for mnemonic passphrase

24 February 2018

• curprev 03:2303:23, 24 February 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 6,940 bytes −309‎ →‎Two-Factor Mnemonic Phrases: removed the part about BIP39 making it intentionally hard to bruteforce because that isnt true, the KDF is pretty weak

18 February 2018

• curprev 03:2403:24, 18 February 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 7,249 bytes +232‎ →‎Storing Mnemonic Phrases for the Long Term: added more interesting and useful references

7 February 2018

• curprev 01:4401:44, 7 February 2018‎ Belcher talk contribs‎ m 7,017 bytes +17‎ added note about keeping them secret