<p>Typically, they just pick the first one that the mnemonic generates.</p>

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2017-11-03T21:04:18.283Z
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David Schwartz
<p>As I understand the algorithm of mnemonic (BIP39) can generate billions of private keys from your 14-24 words.</p>

<p>Whats the mechanism that some wallets/clients use to recover a single private key, my private key?</p>

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How does mnemonic recover a single private key?
Enzo
# How does mnemonic recover a single private key?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-03)

As I understand the algorithm of mnemonic (BIP39) can generate billions of private keys from your 14-24 words.

Whats the mechanism that some wallets/clients use to recover a single private key, my private key?

**Tags:** private-key, seed, recover-private-key, mnemonic-seed


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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-11-03. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Typically, they just pick the first one that the mnemonic generates.


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