Quote from: junghansmega on November 19, 2017, 06:02:36 PM

Quote from: odolvlobo on November 19, 2017, 06:45:05 AM

Quote from: dothebeats on November 18, 2017, 03:30:41 PM

For questions 1 and 2, you can generate multiple addresses with only a single private key, these are called deterministic wallets. It can also be recovered using randomly-generated passphrases that acts as a password.

You are confusing a private key with a seed. They are not the same. A wallet uses its seed to generate private keys.
Also, the "randomly-generated passphrase" is not a password. It is a seed. You can use a password to encrypt your seed.

What does a seed look like?
I expeimented with jaxx and came across a seemingly ranom collection of 12 words having something to do with backups.
Is this the seed?

Yes. Seeds are typically 12 - 24 random words (from a list). Some wallets call the seed a "recovery phrase" because it can be used to re-create a wallet.