Tip: fill this out by hand, offline, after printing. Never type your seed words into any device. Choose 12 or 24 to match your wallet, then print (Letter or A4).
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Seed Phrase Backup
Recovery Words · Keep Private · Keep Offline
🛡 These words ARE your bitcoin, protect them
Never type or photograph them on any phone or computer
Never share them; no support agent will ever ask
Anyone who reads these words can take your bitcoin
Write by hand, verify against your wallet, then store offline
Wallet name / label
Date created
Master fingerprint8 hex chars, e.g. 1A2B3C4D
Wallet / device & model
Script type & derivation pathe.g. Native SegWit · m/84'/0'/0'
🔑 Using a passphrase?
A passphrase is an extra secret you choose (any characters, up to 100). It is not one of your recovery words; it is combined with them during key derivation. Do not write it on this sheet. Keep it somewhere separate from your seed, such as a secure password manager or a second piece of paper stored in another location. Back it up too, because losing your passphrase means losing access to your bitcoin.
Recovery WordsWrite each word clearly, in order. Double-check spelling.
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I re-read every word and confirmed it matches my wallet Nothing was photographed or typed into a device Stored in a safe, private, offline location
Paper is step one. Ink fades and paper burns. For any amount you can’t afford to lose, transfer these words to a fireproof steel backup. See the We Hodl BTC guides.
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Backup sheet ___ of ___
Multisig users: a single seed cannot recover a multisig wallet on its own. Also back up your wallet output descriptor (export or print it from your coordinator, such as Sparrow or Bitcoin-Safe) and keep a copy with each seed. Use one sheet per signing device.