Idiom idiom
Seed Phrase
Meaning
A list of words used to recover access to a crypto wallet.
Examples
“Write your seed phrase on paper and keep it offline.”
“He restored his wallet on a new laptop using the twelve-word seed phrase.”
“Anyone who reads your seed phrase can rebuild the entire wallet, which is why a hardware wallet never shows it on an internet-connected screen.”
Origin
disputed origin
disputed origin
Seed implies the source from which everything grows.
Last updated July 19, 2026