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Recovery Phrase

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A synonym for seed phrase or mnemonic — the sequence of 12 or 24 words generated by a BIP-39 wallet that can reconstruct all private keys in the wallet. The term is common in wallet UIs because it emphasizes the phrase's role in recovering access after device loss or failure. SSP generates two independent recovery phrases, one per device, and each must be backed up separately.