This is a great precautionary step, it's always better to be safe than sorry, especially when it comes to securing our assets. This is a powerful reminder for all of us to be diligent in this critical step of cryptocurrency management. This might seem like an extra step but can save a lot of trouble in the long run.
I haven't experienced making mistakes yet in copying and writing down the seed phrases of my wallet. This serves as a reminder not to be complacent and to always double-check every detail to ensure that we won't encounter any problems when restoring our wallet accounts.
Thanks for sharing your insights and helping others avoid potential pitfalls, stay secure.
Topic: IMPORTANT! Always check your Seed twice. - page 4. (Read 668 times)
The way I do it is as soon as I write down the Seed, I close the Wallet, then re launch it and use the Restore option. Enter the Seed from the paper I just wrote and go from there.
Thanks for this perfect clue. It truly gives one the real idea of how it will look like when one have to restore the wallet. In this process, if the restore option failed as a result of wrong seed phrase, one can just abandon the wallet and create a new one since there is no fund inside. I think some wallet will allow you enter the see phrase before they complete the wallet creation process. This is akin to your suggestion as well and eliminates the mistake of writing down the wrong seed phrase.
Nevertheless, it is actually good to double check everything and sometimes triple check because our eyes and brain can trick us into assuming words. For instance, one can will be given the word 'waste' as part of the seed phrase but end up writing the word 'waist'. So being extremely careful when creating a wallet is indeed a necessity.
Make a wallet seed backup.
Test the backup by using it to recover the wallet.
If the backup works for recovery, it's usable. You don't make mistakes with your backups.
How to back up a seed phrase
It's better to have correct and usable backup but if you already make mistakes, you can try
The FinderOuter, a bitcoin recovery tool
https://github.com/Coding-Enthusiast/FinderOuter
Test the backup by using it to recover the wallet.
If the backup works for recovery, it's usable. You don't make mistakes with your backups.
How to back up a seed phrase
It's better to have correct and usable backup but if you already make mistakes, you can try
The FinderOuter, a bitcoin recovery tool
https://github.com/Coding-Enthusiast/FinderOuter
Unless you have been a victim of writing the wrong word of a Seed down or the incorrect order of it, you do not know how frustrating and desperate such a mistake can make you feel.
When creating a new Seed, always double check its validity. Not only by writing it down and double checking it with your own eyes. To me, even if the Wallet checks two or three words, it means nothing. There could always be an error and I try to minimize it.
The way I do it is as soon as I write down the Seed, I close the Wallet, then re launch it and use the Restore option. Enter the Seed from the paper I just wrote and go from there.
I wrote words in the wrong order before and at first glance it looked right. Next time I had to restore my Seed from my paper, it said it was wrong. I got desperate for days, until I tried to swap the word with the previous and luckily it did work for me.
Check your Seed twice. Do not be lazy.
When creating a new Seed, always double check its validity. Not only by writing it down and double checking it with your own eyes. To me, even if the Wallet checks two or three words, it means nothing. There could always be an error and I try to minimize it.
The way I do it is as soon as I write down the Seed, I close the Wallet, then re launch it and use the Restore option. Enter the Seed from the paper I just wrote and go from there.
I wrote words in the wrong order before and at first glance it looked right. Next time I had to restore my Seed from my paper, it said it was wrong. I got desperate for days, until I tried to swap the word with the previous and luckily it did work for me.
Check your Seed twice. Do not be lazy.
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