HD Wallet Seed, Root Seed
This definition comes from the technical glossary.
Definition
A potentially-short value used as a seed to generate the master private key and master chain code for an HD wallet.
Synonyms
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HD wallet seed
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Root seed
Not To Be Confused With
- Mnemonic code / mnemonic seed (a binary root seed formatted as words to make it easier for humans to transcribe and possibly remember)
Links
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Root seed — Developer Guide
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BIP32: hierarchical deterministic wallets — Bitcoin Improvement Proposals
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BIP39: mnemonic code for generating deterministic keys — Bitcoin Improvement Proposals