Generate Seed

Generate a Seed

Your seed is an 81 character long random string of
capital letters [A-Z] and the number nine [9]

Think of it as the username + password of your IOTA account. Make sure to save your seed, and never lose it. A lost seed means that your balance is lost as well, and there's no recourse.

As long as you have your seed, you can login to your wallet using any device in the world

Learn more about your seed

Never give your seed to anyone

How safe is my seed?

Do not use an online seed generator. Online seed generators steal your balance

There are a few different ways to generate a seed

Method 1

IPFS seed generator

METHOD REMOVED. DO NOT USE AN ONLINE SEED GENERATOR

As of January 22, 2018, it is apparent that some online seed generators (third party websites that generate 81 character strings of text) have been compromised, which has led to many stolen balances. In light of this situation, the IOTA community is urging the complete AVOIDANCE of online seed generators. Please do not use a website to generate your seed.

  1. Open this page in your browser: REMOVED
  2. DO NOT USE A SEED GENERATOR
  3. Turn off your Internet connection (go offline)
  4. Follow the instructions on the page to generate a seed (move your mouse around on the screen)
  5. Once a seed is generated, change a few of the generated letters as an extra security precaution
  6. Save your new seed in a secure location (the community recommends: KeePassX or KeePass )
  7. Don't ever lose your seed
  8. Done

Method 2

KeePass

Full tutorial coming soon

Method 3

Command line

Linux - Terminal

cat /dev/urandom |tr -dc A-Z9|head -c${1:-81}

Mac - Terminal

cat /dev/urandom |LC_ALL=C tr -dc 'A-Z9' | fold -w 81 | head -n 1

Windows - PowerShell

The PowerShell method has been demonstrated to be insecure. Do not use it.

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