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Re: Seed Phrase Compatibility With Newer Version
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bitmover
on 18/01/2022, 14:54:37 UTC
⭐ Merited by Husna QA (1)
Maybe indirectly it's possible to convert seed using some fork of Mnemonic Code Converter from iancoleman, but I didn't try doing this myself.

It won't

Although Electrum  Seed system uses the same wordlist as BIP39, it is not the same system.

If you generated the seed using Electrum and you put that seed into iancoleman software, the private keys won't match, AFAIK.


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Electrum currently use the same wordlist as BIP39 (2048 words). A typical seed has 12 words, which results in 132 bits of entropy in the choice of the seed.
https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/seedphrase.html

However, you can open BIP39 seeds into electrum wallet if you check BIP39 checkbox.