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This BIP describes the implementation of a mnemonic code or mnemonic sentence --
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a group of easy to remember words -- for the generation of deterministic wallets.
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It consists of two parts: generating the mnemonic, and converting it into a
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It consists of two parts: generating the mnemonic and converting it into a
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binary seed. This seed can be later used to generate deterministic wallets using
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BIP-0032 or similar methods.
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sentence could be written on paper or spoken over the telephone.
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This guide is meant to be a way to transport computer-generated randomness with
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a human readable transcription. It's not a way to process user-created
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a human-readable transcription. It's not a way to process user-created
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sentences (also known as brainwallets) into a wallet seed.
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==Generating the mnemonic==
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use the joined words as a mnemonic sentence.
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The following table describes the relation between the initial entropy
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length (ENT), the checksum length (CS) and the length of the generated mnemonic
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length (ENT), the checksum length (CS), and the length of the generated mnemonic
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sentence (MS) in words.
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An ideal wordlist has the following characteristics:
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a) smart selection of words
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- the wordlist is created in such way that it's enough to type the first four
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- the wordlist is created in such a way that it's enough to type the first four
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letters to unambiguously identify the word
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b) similar words avoided
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- word pairs like "build" and "built", "woman" and "women", or "quick" and "quickly"
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not only make remembering the sentence difficult, but are also more error
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not only make remembering the sentence difficult but are also more error
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prone and more difficult to guess
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c) sorted wordlists
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The conversion of the mnemonic sentence to a binary seed is completely independent
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from generating the sentence. This results in rather simple code; there are no
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from generating the sentence. This results in a rather simple code; there are no
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constraints on sentence structure and clients are free to implement their own
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wordlists or even whole sentence generators, allowing for flexibility in wordlists
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for typo detection or other purposes.

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