private seed

private seed

A private seed in Bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto based digital assets is a 12 or 24 mnemonic phrase generated by your wallet that's used to create your private key for wallet access and transaction signing. It is vital for wallet recovery if you lose access and needs to be kept private and secure.

The CryptoCurrency Security Standard (CCSS) has been updated to version 9.0. See the updated CCSS here.

Systems certified under 8.1 are still valid.