<p>Bitcoin Core is not affiliated with the website you downloaded the node installer from - bitsblock.io, and the official Bitcoin Core client does not provide functionality you ask about. I noticed that when you click on download button on this website it takes you to some restore form. This seems very sketchy - I'd never provide online my private key nor any other means to derive it (such as list of backup codes, phrases, passwords, etc.). Try looking for legit wallet that supports BIP39, I cannot vouch for that but supposedly Electrum wallet does that. Also, as mentioned <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/86025/18-word-mnemonic-seed-that-contains-words-outside-of-bip39-wordlist-struggling">here</a>, it might be actually a restore phrase for blockchain.info online wallet (though as mentioned earlier, I would discourage entering recovery phrases on any website).</p>

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streamofstars
<p>Bitcoin Core does not, and has never used seed phrases. Its likely you’re not recalling the correct software or procedure here. </p>

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Actually it's from bitsblock.io. I created my wallet from there and it gave me a list of seed words. The app downloaded from bitsblock.io is 100% the same as Bitcoin core.
Nick
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In 2017 bitcoin core wallet offered a seed phrase upon creating a wallet and suggested if the wallet is deleted or you forget the passphrase you could recover your wallet with the seed phrase.
Tyler
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No version of Bitcoin Core, at any time, has offered seed phrases for recovery.
Claris
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In 2017 bitcoin core offered a 12 phrase BIP39 mnemonic for wallet recovery
Tyler
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You are simply incorrect, this has never even been a proposed feature for any release.
Claris
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You are correct, It appears that I mistook bitcoin.com wallet for bitcoin core.
Tyler
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Claris
<p>The bitcoin core passphrase encrypts the wallet, so in my experience, you won't be able to recover this private key.</p>

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2020-01-14T09:05:12.510Z
So I understand that I totally lost my BTC?
Nick
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You can try to guess some password you entered when you created the wallet, run some brute force algorithm to try to guess the password, but I can't see any other solution than that.
Allan Romanato
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Allan Romanato
<p>I have my Bitcoin Core wallet protected with passphrase for a long time ago. Now I'm trying to move out the coin from there but unfortunately I forgot the passphrase. When finding for recovery info I only found the list of seed phrases assigned to this wallet.</p>

<p>Is there anyway I can recover my wallet with seed phrase only? Thank you very much in advance for any advice.</p>

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This seems unlikely - bitcoin core uses seeds, but not seed phrases - do you have a list of actual english words, or just a random string of characters?
Raghav Sood
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It's a list of 18 words. Actually it's secrets word from where I download app: bitsblock.io
Nick
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How to restore my Bitcoin Core wallet from seed phrase
Nick
# How to restore my Bitcoin Core wallet from seed phrase

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-01-10)

I have my Bitcoin Core wallet protected with passphrase for a long time ago. Now I'm trying to move out the coin from there but unfortunately I forgot the passphrase. When finding for recovery info I only found the list of seed phrases assigned to this wallet.

Is there anyway I can recover my wallet with seed phrase only? Thank you very much in advance for any advice.

**Tags:** wallet, seed, passphrase

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This seems unlikely - bitcoin core uses seeds, but not seed phrases - do you have a list of actual english words, or just a random string of characters?  
> **username_0**: It's a list of 18 words. Actually it's secrets word from where I download app: bitsblock.io  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-01-14. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Bitcoin Core is not affiliated with the website you downloaded the node installer from - bitsblock.io, and the official Bitcoin Core client does not provide functionality you ask about. I noticed that when you click on download button on this website it takes you to some restore form. This seems very sketchy - I'd never provide online my private key nor any other means to derive it (such as list of backup codes, phrases, passwords, etc.). Try looking for legit wallet that supports BIP39, I cannot vouch for that but supposedly Electrum wallet does that. Also, as mentioned [here](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/86025/18-word-mnemonic-seed-that-contains-words-outside-of-bip39-wordlist-struggling), it might be actually a restore phrase for blockchain.info online wallet (though as mentioned earlier, I would discourage entering recovery phrases on any website).


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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-01-10. Score: 1

Bitcoin Core does not, and has never used seed phrases. Its likely you’re not recalling the correct software or procedure here.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Actually it's from bitsblock.io. I created my wallet from there and it gave me a list of seed words. The app downloaded from bitsblock.io is 100% the same as Bitcoin core.  
> **username_4**: In 2017 bitcoin core wallet offered a seed phrase upon creating a wallet and suggested if the wallet is deleted or you forget the passphrase you could recover your wallet with the seed phrase.  
> **username_3**: No version of Bitcoin Core, at any time, has offered seed phrases for recovery.  
> **username_4**: In 2017 bitcoin core offered a 12 phrase BIP39 mnemonic for wallet recovery  
> **username_3**: You are simply incorrect, this has never even been a proposed feature for any release.  
> **username_4**: You are correct, It appears that I mistook bitcoin.com wallet for bitcoin core.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2020-01-10. Score: 0

The bitcoin core passphrase encrypts the wallet, so in my experience, you won't be able to recover this private key.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: So I understand that I totally lost my BTC?  
> **username_5**: You can try to guess some password you entered when you created the wallet, run some brute force algorithm to try to guess the password, but I can't see any other solution than that.  

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