<p>Electrum does not generate bip39 seeds.</p>
<p><a href="https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/seedphrase.html#description:%7E:text=For%20these%20reasons%2C%20Electrum%20does%20not%20generate%20BIP39%20seeds" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/seedphrase.html#description:~:text=For%20these%20reasons%2C%20Electrum%20does%20not%20generate%20BIP39%20seeds</a></p>

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2022-07-21T11:52:20.233Z
Accepted. Wallet technology has moved on since 2017.
davidmorley
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2022-07-21T05:34:48.600Z
2022-07-21T05:34:48.600Z
bordalix
<p>I used Electrum to make a new wallet and I copied out the twelve word seed. I then copied this into <a href="https://iancoleman.io/bip39" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://iancoleman.io/bip39</a>. From previous experience a few years ago, I expected this to generate a number of addresses and keys. I ticked the BIP39 derivation path. It stated that it was calculating but it was still calculating 30 minutes later. I did something wrong ...??</p>

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2022-07-20T20:05:03.113Z
Since you've pasted this seed into a website, I'm assuming it's just a throwaway seed not meant for actual funds. If that's correct, can you include the seed in your question so others can try to reproduce the issue?
Vojtěch Strnad
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Electrum seed does not work when put into iancoleman's site
davidmorley
# Electrum seed does not work when put into iancoleman's site

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-07-20)

I used Electrum to make a new wallet and I copied out the twelve word seed. I then copied this into <https://iancoleman.io/bip39>. From previous experience a few years ago, I expected this to generate a number of addresses and keys. I ticked the BIP39 derivation path. It stated that it was calculating but it was still calculating 30 minutes later. I did something wrong ...??

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Since you've pasted this seed into a website, I'm assuming it's just a throwaway seed not meant for actual funds. If that's correct, can you include the seed in your question so others can try to reproduce the issue?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2022-07-21. Score: 1

Electrum does not generate bip39 seeds.

[https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/seedphrase.html#description:~:text=For%20these%20reasons%2C%20Electrum%20does%20not%20generate%20BIP39%20seeds](https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/seedphrase.html#description:%7E:text=For%20these%20reasons%2C%20Electrum%20does%20not%20generate%20BIP39%20seeds)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Accepted. Wallet technology has moved on since 2017.  

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