<p>Based on my bip32 word list, I have a list of about 100k seed phrases that pass checksum and am trying to figure out my actual seed.
Earlier, I was derivign the xpub key and searching the blockchain for the final balance, but now, i have a transaction address.  I was wondering if there's an easier way for me to determine my actual seed using this new information.</p>

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2019-12-26T21:05:03.287Z
What exactly do you have and where did you get it? Are you missing one or two words from a wallet seed? Or you forgot what order they go in? The question is a little ambiguous. Typically there is no way "find a seed". It is generated once and must be kept safe.
pinhead
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2019-12-26T23:27:04.447Z
@pinhead Essentially, I have the 24 word list but about 6 words are written really sloppily and it's hard to decipher.  So I have a program which tests out combinations for each missing word, so in total there are approx ~100k seeds and then ~9k that pass checksum.  I need to know how do you check the balance of a seed if you have a wallet address from a previous transaction
Sameer L
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2019-12-26T23:40:33.367Z
Yikes. Well brute force may be your only hope. Derive addresses from each possible seed and check the Blockchain. We wouldn't want it to work any other way, that'd be a security failure.
pinhead
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2019-12-27T01:59:52.550Z
@pinhead yes, but like I'm not exactly sure if the address that I derive wil lbe the same as the transaction I have a log of?  I guess I'm not sure if the python packages I'm using will guarantee that I find it, provided the correct seed is amongst my list
Sameer L
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2019-12-27T03:12:12.060Z
yeah this is an issue with bip39 in general. You *also* need to know which wallet generated the seed and which bip32 path was used to generate the addresses you received bitcoins at.
pinhead
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2019-12-27T12:47:26.243Z
You first need to think back and try to remember what wallet you used to generate this seed phrase with. It may not even be a BIP39 mnemonic even though it uses the same wordlist.
Coding Enthusiast
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2019-12-28T22:20:05.623Z
it's on a nano ledger s
Sameer L
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2019-12-28T22:20:19.883Z
is there no way to derive the xpub key from the seed and search the blockchain using that??
Sameer L
<bip32-hd-wallets><wallet-recovery><seed>
find bip32 seed from transaction
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# find bip32 seed from transaction

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-12-26)

Based on my bip32 word list, I have a list of about 100k seed phrases that pass checksum and am trying to figure out my actual seed.
Earlier, I was derivign the xpub key and searching the blockchain for the final balance, but now, i have a transaction address. I was wondering if there's an easier way for me to determine my actual seed using this new information.

**Tags:** bip32-hd-wallets, wallet-recovery, seed

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What exactly do you have and where did you get it? Are you missing one or two words from a wallet seed? Or you forgot what order they go in? The question is a little ambiguous. Typically there is no way "find a seed". It is generated once and must be kept safe.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Essentially, I have the 24 word list but about 6 words are written really sloppily and it's hard to decipher.  So I have a program which tests out combinations for each missing word, so in total there are approx ~100k seeds and then ~9k that pass checksum.  I need to know how do you check the balance of a seed if you have a wallet address from a previous transaction  
> **username_1**: Yikes. Well brute force may be your only hope. Derive addresses from each possible seed and check the Blockchain. We wouldn't want it to work any other way, that'd be a security failure.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 yes, but like I'm not exactly sure if the address that I derive wil lbe the same as the transaction I have a log of?  I guess I'm not sure if the python packages I'm using will guarantee that I find it, provided the correct seed is amongst my list  
> **username_1**: yeah this is an issue with bip39 in general. You *also* need to know which wallet generated the seed and which bip32 path was used to generate the addresses you received bitcoins at.  
> **username_2**: You first need to think back and try to remember what wallet you used to generate this seed phrase with. It may not even be a BIP39 mnemonic even though it uses the same wordlist.  
> **username_0**: it's on a nano ledger s  
> **username_0**: is there no way to derive the xpub key from the seed and search the blockchain using that??  

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