# Seed phrase

## Definition

A seed phrase is a sequence of words used by many deterministic crypto wallets as human-readable recovery material from which wallet keys and accounts can be recreated.

## What it means in practice

The phrase does not store coins itself; it is an input used by wallet software to derive cryptographic key material and, through defined derivation rules, the addresses that control on-chain assets.

## How this concept appears in Terenval Wallet

Terenval Wallet provides create and import flows for recovery phrases. Recovery material should be treated as highly sensitive and entered only through the official Terenval Wallet create/import/recovery flow.

**Important:** Never send a seed phrase to support, a faucet, a giveaway or a website that claims it must 'verify' the wallet.

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## Related terms

- [Recovery phrase](https://wallet.terenval.com/glossary/recovery-phrase/)
- [Mnemonic](https://wallet.terenval.com/glossary/mnemonic/)
- [BIP-39](https://wallet.terenval.com/glossary/bip-39/)
- [Private key](https://wallet.terenval.com/glossary/private-key/)
- [Wallet recovery](https://wallet.terenval.com/glossary/wallet-recovery/)

## Related Terenval Answers

- [Seed Phrase vs Private Key vs Wallet Password](https://wallet.terenval.com/answers/seed-phrase-vs-private-key-vs-wallet-password/)
- [What Is a Seed Phrase and How Does It Restore a Crypto Wallet?](https://wallet.terenval.com/answers/what-is-a-seed-phrase-and-how-does-it-restore-a-wallet/)
- [Can You Import the Same Seed Phrase into a Different Crypto Wallet?](https://wallet.terenval.com/answers/can-you-import-same-seed-into-different-wallet/)

## Sources and review

- [Terenval Wallet security model](https://wallet.terenval.com/info/security/)
- [BIP-39](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawiki)
- [BIP-32](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawiki)

Published by Terenval. Technical review: Terenval Wallet team. Last reviewed: 2026-10-02. Terenval product statements are first-party information.

Official page: https://wallet.terenval.com/glossary/seed-phrase/

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