What is seed phrase?
"seed phrase" is also often referred to as Seed Phrase, Recovery Phrase or BIP-39 Phrase.
It is a set of words in a specific order that contains information required by the restore wallet to help you regain access to your Bitcoin or other crypto assets stored on blockchain.
A set of seed phrase can provide access to the associated wallet Full access to Permissions. This is because wallet private key will be mathematically derived from seed phrase, so it is extremely important to properly protect seed phrase.
seed phrase is Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 39 (BIP-39) A method introduced to facilitate users' backup wallets. It essentially represents a random number, and all your private key and addresses will be further derived from this random number.
Main features of seed phrase
seed phrase usually consists of 12, 18 or 24 words composed of words that come from 2048 words A standard list of words, arranged in a specific order.
When recording seed phrase, you must exactly in the order shown Write down each word.
Protect seed phrase Privacy and security It is crucial, otherwise your crypto assets may be at risk.
After correct backup seed phrase, even if the device Lost, damaged, or hardware failure, you can still restore crypto assets.
Important reminder
The UKey team will never ask you for seed phrase.
Criminals may impersonate on social media or other platforms UKey Team Member, induce you to disclose seed phrase and other sensitive information, such as PIN or password.
Record and securely store seed phrase
The physical security of seed phrase backup is even more important than the device itself.
your UKey hardware wallet Usually comes with a blank seed phrase card. During wallet initialization, you should write seed phrase on these cards and keep them in a safe location. This is Settings UKey device important steps.
If your UKey If it's lost or stolen, there's no need to panic. No PIN code, it is difficult for others to access the device itself.
However, if someone gets your seed phrase, you can restore your wallet from another device or wallet app and access your crypto assets.
When using backup UKey devices, please note:
ensure Each word is spelled correctly, and press correct order record.
Do not create digital copies of seed phrase, including through Dropbox, email, encrypted files, note-taking apps, or photos.
Please protect the seed phrase card properly to avoid Stolen, lost, damaged or exposed.