{"id":2872,"date":"2024-10-22T10:48:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T10:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2024-10-22T10:48:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T10:48:43","slug":"what-is-a-seed-phrase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/ja\/what-is-a-seed-phrase\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30b7\u30fc\u30c9\u30d5\u30ec\u30fc\u30ba\u3068\u306f\u4f55\u304b\uff1f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the early days of Bitcoin, a wallet only generated&nbsp;<em>\u3072\u3068\u3064<\/em>&nbsp;private key, which meant there was also only&nbsp;<em>\u3072\u3068\u3064<\/em>&nbsp;public key and&nbsp;<em>\u3072\u3068\u3064<\/em>&nbsp;address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nowadays, crypto wallets now give you the ability to generate an almost&nbsp;<em>unlimited<\/em>&nbsp;number of private keys from a \u201c<strong>master private key<\/strong>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This type of wallet is known as a \u201c<strong>Hierarchical Deterministic wallet<\/strong>\u201d, or simply as an \u201c<strong>HD wallet<\/strong>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It first generates a master private key, and then the wallet software uses this to create \u201cchild\u201d private keys and their corresponding public keys, which then form addresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think of the master private key as a (single) \u201cparent\u201d private key that can create lots of \u201cchild\u201d private keys. This creates a sort of tree structure where \u201cchild\u201d keys are derived from a \u201cparent\u201d key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bpcdn.co\/images\/2022\/03\/01194034\/deterministic-wallet.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bpcdn.co\/images\/2022\/03\/01194034\/deterministic-wallet.png\" alt=\"HD wallet\" class=\"wp-image-220067\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you can see from the image above, the master private key is generated from a \u201cs<strong>\u5b57\u53e5<\/strong>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wallet uses this seed phase to&nbsp;<strong>create private keys<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because all the \u201cchild\u201d private and public keys are ultimately&nbsp;<strong><em>\u6d3e\u751f<\/em>&nbsp;from the master private key<\/strong>, they can all be controlled by the same&nbsp;<strong>\u7a2e\u5b50\u53e5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u30b7\u30fc\u30c9\u30d5\u30ec\u30fc\u30ba\u3068\u306f\u4f55\u304b\uff1f<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bpcdn.co\/images\/2022\/06\/12183607\/seed-phrase-360x360.png\" alt=\"Seed\" class=\"wp-image-228720\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you first set up a Bitcoin wallet, you will be shown a series of&nbsp;<strong>12 to 24 seemingly random words<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not only are the&nbsp;<strong>words<\/strong>&nbsp;themselves are important but the&nbsp;<strong><em>order<\/em>&nbsp;of the words<\/strong>&nbsp;is equally as important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This series of words listed in a specific order is the wallet\u2019s \u201c<strong>\u7a2e\u5b50\u53e5<\/strong>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s an example of what&nbsp;a seed phrase looks like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bpcdn.co\/images\/2022\/03\/01222317\/seed-phrase-example.png\" alt=\"Seed Phrase Example\" class=\"wp-image-220079\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depending on the wallet, a seed phrase may go by other names like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>recovery phrase<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mnemonic phrase<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>secret phrase<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mnemonic seed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mnemonic seed phrase<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>seed key<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>wallet seed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>secret recovery phrase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or some combination of the words:: \u201cseed\u201d,\u201dwallet\u201d,\u201drecovery\u201d, \u201cmnemonic\u201d or \u201cphrase\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of these names ultimately&nbsp;<strong>mean the same thing<\/strong>&nbsp;and simply describe the 12 or 24 words that comprise the seed phrase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Words are chosen from a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bitcoin\/bips\/blob\/master\/bip-0039\/english.txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defined list of 2048 words<\/a>, and any combination of words is a valid seed phrase.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reason that the seed phrase is a series of words such as \u201cacid,\u201d \u201celse,\u201d \u201cfarm,\u201d \u201cgym,\u201d \u201copera,\u201d \u201csoda,\u201d \u201ctrash,\u201d or \u201cview\u201d) rather than a numeric password is because long numbers are difficult for humans to read and remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Behind the scenes,&nbsp;<strong>this series of words, entered in the right order, is converted by the wallet software into a string of digits.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This string of digits is known as the \u201c<strong>seed<\/strong>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it is this \u201cseed\u201d or string of digits that&nbsp;<strong>generates the master private key<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And this master private key is what\u2019s used to generate \u201cchild\u201d private keys, as well as their public keys, allowing a wallet to generate as many key pairs as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cool thing is you never have to know about the seed! It\u2019s too damn long. That\u2019s why the wallet software creates a \u201c<strong>\u7a2e\u5b50\u53e5<\/strong>\"\uff08\u307e\u305f\u306f\"<strong>mnemonic phrase<\/strong>\u201c)&nbsp; to&nbsp;<em>represent<\/em>&nbsp;the \u201c<strong>seed<\/strong>\u201c. It\u2019s a much simpler format and easier to remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The important thing to know is that&nbsp;<strong>ALL your private keys are generated from and tied to the seed phrase<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Write down your seed phrase and store it in a safe place!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When your wallet software generates a seed phrase, it will usually instruct you to write it down on paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Write down your seed phrase and store it in a safe place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bpcdn.co\/images\/2022\/03\/01224149\/safe-box.png\" alt=\"Keep seed phrase safe\" class=\"wp-image-220085\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want even more security, write it down on multiple pieces of paper and store each in&nbsp;<em>\u9055\u3046<\/em>&nbsp;locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since all keys in the HD wallet are derived from the seed phrase, this makes it possible to&nbsp;<strong><em>re-create<\/em>&nbsp;the entire HD wallet from that seed<\/strong>&nbsp;in any compatible HD wallet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As long as you have your wallet\u2019s seed phrase, you\u2019ll have access to all of the bitcoins associated with the wallet that generated the phrase\u2026even if something unfortunate happens to your wallet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your computer breaks, you can download the same wallet software again and&nbsp;<strong>restore your wallet and recover your funds by providing your seed phrase<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Different wallets will have different instructions for recovering a wallet but in general, you\u2019ll be asked to type or choose&nbsp;<strong>words in the specific order<\/strong>&nbsp;of your seed phrase to restore your wallet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Never take a screenshot of your seed phrase and never save it on a digital medium like a Word\/Google doc, email, or text message. If your computer or phone gets hacked, say goodbye to your bitcoins!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Make sure to keep your seed phrase private<\/strong>. Don\u2019t share it with others! Try not to even mention you have a seed phrase. Anyone with your seed phrase will have access to your wallet and all of its funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bpcdn.co\/images\/2022\/03\/01225538\/sharing-seed-phrase-1.png\" alt=\"Do not share seed phrase\" class=\"wp-image-220088\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If someone asks for your seed phrase they are likely trying to scam you and steal your wallet funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens if you lose your seed phrase?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think of your seed phrase as a special kind of password. It is the ONLY way to access your wallet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the event that your wallet gets lost, deleted, corrupted, broken, or destroyed,&nbsp;<strong>your seed phrase is the one thing that can restore and recover your wallet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you delete or lose your wallet WITHOUT saving your seed phrase, your bitcoins are gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So hopefully, you didn\u2019t accidentally throw away that slip of paper where you wrote your seed phrase on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bpcdn.co\/images\/2022\/03\/01223943\/lost-seed-phrase-360x360.png\" alt=\"Lost seed phrase\" class=\"wp-image-220083\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unless someone steals your seed phrase, your bitcoins will remain safely stored on the blockchain, but&nbsp;<strong>you won\u2019t have any way to access it<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without your seed phrase, you lose access to your crypto&nbsp;<strong>forever<\/strong>.&nbsp;So remember to keep your seed phrase safe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is it possible for someone to guess your seed phrase?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A seed phrase comes from a specific list of 2,048 words. This would require someone to be able to guess all the words from that huge list of words AND put them in the correct order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bpcdn.co\/images\/2022\/03\/01223321\/guess-seed-phrase-360x360.png\" alt=\"Guess seed phrase\" class=\"wp-image-220081\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, for a 12-word seed phrase, there are 777,788,267,247,859,345,059,141,959,844,041,626,185 possible combinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The likelihood of someone guessing your seed phrase is basically zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s the difference between a seed phrase and a private key?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you first create your wallet, it generates a seed phrase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seed phrase generates a&nbsp;<em>master<\/em>&nbsp;private key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And this master private key can create an almost unlimited amount of private keys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you think of each private key as a \u201c<strong>password<\/strong>\u201d that allows you to send or spend bitcoin tied to a specific address, then the seed phrase acts as a \u201c<strong>master password<\/strong>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As long as you know the \u201cmaster password\u201d (seed phrase), then you have access to ALL private keys in the wallet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it weren\u2019t for the seed phrase, you would have to keep track of your private key<strong>&nbsp;for each and every address that you own<\/strong>! Dealing with multiple addresses (and their private keys) would be a pain in the butt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thankfully, the wallet removes the need for you to worry about your private keys (and public keys) and can manage all your funds using&nbsp;<strong>just the seed phrase<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wallets deal with all of the creating and managing of keys in the background. All you need to know is the seed phrase!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re familiar with password managers (like&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lastpass.wo8g.net\/Gj9zZE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LastPass<\/a>, 1Password, or Bitwarden), you can think of a&nbsp;<strong>wallet as like a crypto password manager&nbsp;<\/strong>\u305d\u3057\u3066&nbsp;<strong>seed phase being similar to the master password<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u6982\u8981<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u516c\u958b\u9375\u3068\u79d8\u5bc6\u9375\u306f\u5e38\u306b\u30da\u30a2\u3067\u4f5c\u6210\u3055\u308c\u308b\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u00a0<strong>\u516c\u958b\u9375<\/strong>\u00a0\u306f\u30d3\u30c3\u30c8\u30b3\u30a4\u30f3\u3092\u53d7\u3051\u53d6\u308b\u305f\u3081\u306b\u4f7f\u308f\u308c\u308b\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u305d\u306e\u9577\u3055\u306e\u305f\u3081\u3001\u4ee5\u4e0b\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306a\u5f62\u5f0f\u306b\u5727\u7e2e\u3055\u308c\u308b\u3002\u00a0<strong>\u4f4f\u6240<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u4f4f\u6240\u306f\u9280\u884c\u53e3\u5ea7\u306e\u53e3\u5ea7\u756a\u53f7\u306b\u4f3c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u00a0<strong>\u79d8\u5bc6\u9375<\/strong>\u00a0\u306f\u3001\u3042\u308b\u30a2\u30c9\u30ec\u30b9\u306b\u4ed8\u3051\u3089\u308c\u305f\u8cc7\u91d1\u3092\u7ba1\u7406\u3057\u3001\u305d\u306e\u30a2\u30c9\u30ec\u30b9\u304b\u3089\u53d6\u5f15\u3092\u958b\u59cb\u3059\u308b\u6a29\u9650\u3092\u4e0e\u3048\u308b\u3082\u306e\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>\u7a2e\u5b50\u53e5<\/strong>\u00a0is a human-readable\u00a0<strong>master private key<\/strong>\u00a0in the form of a sequence of words. It can contain an unlimited amount of public\/private key pairs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If a seed phrase is lost, there is no way to retrieve it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early days of Bitcoin, a wallet only generated&nbsp;one&nbsp;private key, which meant there was also only&nbsp;one&nbsp;public key and&nbsp;one&nbsp;address. Nowadays, crypto wallets now give you the ability to generate an almost&nbsp;unlimited&nbsp;number of private keys from a \u201cmaster private key\u201c. This type of wallet is known as a \u201cHierarchical Deterministic wallet\u201d, or simply as an \u201cHD wallet\u201d. It first generates a master private key, and then the wallet software uses this to create \u201cchild\u201d private keys and their corresponding public keys, which then form addresses. Think of the master private key as a (single) \u201cparent\u201d private key that can create lots of \u201cchild\u201d private keys. This creates a sort of tree [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beginners-guide-to-bitcoin-wallets","category-learn-crypto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2873,"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions\/2873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}