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Mnemonic
In cryptocurrency wallets, a mnemonic is a human-readable sequence of words used to represent recovery information; BIP-39 is a common standard for this kind of mnemonic sentence.
Published and reviewed: 2 October 2026.
The term is often used interchangeably with seed phrase or recovery phrase, although technically the mnemonic words and the binary seed derived from them are different objects.
How this concept appears in Terenval Wallet
Terenval's create/import experience uses common mnemonic-style recovery phrases, with the sensitive phrase handled locally on the user's device.
Important: Treat a mnemonic as a high-value secret, even if it looks like an ordinary list of words.
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Why the term matters
The term is often used interchangeably with seed phrase or recovery phrase, although technically the mnemonic words and the binary seed derived from them are different objects.
Treat a mnemonic as a high-value secret, even if it looks like an ordinary list of words.
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