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Re: Can I use my Electrum 12 word seed to gain access to my BTC on another wallet?
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on 22/06/2018, 23:21:43 UTC
Not directly, since electrum does not use BIP39 to generate the mnemonic phrase.
yes, not directly but a slightly modified BIP39 tool can derive from electrum seed mnemonic just fine
I just need to change 2 lines of code on iancoleman BIP39 tool to make it work for electrum seed mnemonic

One of the key differences is that the BIP39 spec (and by extension IanColeman tool) uses a passphrase of "mnemonic" + yourpassphrase... whereas Electrum uses a passphrase of "electrum" + yourpassphrase.
thanks for the hint! I just need to modify 2 lines and it works with electrum "seed mnemonic" Wink