Mnemonic is mnemonic in English. In most people's impression, mnemonic = private key, which is a tool to import the wallet. In fact, mnemonic ≥ private key. Then, where do mnemonics come from and what are they used for?
blob. pngTake a more life-oriented example. I believe everyone is familiar with opening a bank account and saving money. Generally speaking, the money we have in the bank will have many accounts, and each account may have different purposes. When handling these accounts, we only need an ID card. In case the bank card is accidentally lost, it can also be reissued through the ID card. So in real life, we know that ID card is extremely important!
In digital currency, we need the same truth. As we all know, in the blockchain world, the account can be unlocked as long as the private key is retained, but generally speaking, the private key is composed of a long string of 64 bits. If we want to create multiple accounts, we need to remember more than one private key, and the cost of recording and saving is very large; In the process of recording massive private keys, there may be many problems you can imagine or can't imagine. For example, the address does not match the private key, or the problem of carelessly writing the wrong letter when recording, and so on. Due to the characteristic of "only recognizing the private key but not the person" of digital currency, these small errors are likely to lead to the inability to retrieve the assets.
It is therefore recommended that:
1. Imtoken wallet mnemonic is the only voucher that can restore wallet digital assets! Please make sure to make a backup and keep it properly. For the safety of your property, please try to avoid saving mnemonic words by saving screenshots to mobile phone photo album. You can save your mnemonic backup to USB flash disk and encrypt it! If you save mnemonic words by handwriting, please be sure to carefully check whether your mnemonic words are copied correctly!
2. Be sure to verify whether the mnemonic words of the imtoken wallet backed up are correct for many times. Ensure that the mnemonic words backed up are accurate and check whether the mnemonic words are correct for many times. You can use other wallets that support mnemonic words to import the mnemonic words you backed up, check whether the mnemonic words backed up are correct, and compare them back and forth several times. Don't be afraid of trouble, Once you copy one or two wrong letters (pay attention to the case of letters, and remember to leave a space between each word when entering) it's useless to cry for your father and mother!
3. Use physical backup. After backup, be sure to keep it properly. If you are not afraid of hacker intrusion, you can also use any networked device to store it. The safest thing is your own brain (not necessarily, in case you forget!).
