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What is Seed phrase?

The 12 or 24 words that restore a wallet. Anyone who has them can take your funds; never give them to any site or person.

These words are the backup of the wallet. Photographing them, saving them in the cloud, or pasting them into a site is the same as handing the balance to someone else. They should exist only with you, offline.

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For information only, not investment advice. Crypto assets are high risk.