How to convert 12 word secret phrase to private key?

[julia335]

I have a 12 word secret phrase. I want to convert it to private key. Do you know any link?

[Helena Yu]

Link https://github.com/iancoleman/bip39/releases/

Tutorial https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@lovelyloon/retrieve-private-key-from-seed-phrase

Make sure you run it offline and in a safe device, otherwise someone might able to compromise your private credentials.

[Charles-Tim]

Run the Iancoleman offline. Its html file on an airgapped device is better for security reasons. Download the html and open it on a word editor.

You will see where you can past your seed phrase. Paste the seed phrase and scroll down. You will see the derivation part that you can click on to select the one you want. BIP44 for addresses that starts from 1 and the extended private key will start from xprv. BIP49 for addresses that start from 3 with extended private key that starts from yprv. BIP84 for segwit version 0 addresses, it has addresses that start from bc1q with extended private key that start from zprv. The private key to each address can be seen with the public keys beside the address if you scroll down further.

Iancoleman can not generate taproot address for now. I mean the bitcoin addresses that start from bc1p.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

I have a 12 word secret phrase. I want to convert it to private key. Do you know any link?

How did you get 12 words for your wallet seed phrase?

If it is your wallet, you actually knew what you did in the past to get that 12 words for seed phrase. What wallet you used to created your wallet in the past, you knew it. You maybe can forget the wallet name, software you used but with your question, I guess you bought a wallet from someone or just wanted to make a fake question.

How to back up a seed phrase has steps you need to do when creating a wallet, making back up and recovering your wallet from a seed phrase.

[Charles-Tim]

If it is your wallet, you actually knew what you did in the past to get that 12 words for seed phrase. What wallet you used to created your wallet in the past, you knew it. You maybe can forget the wallet name, software you used but with your question, I guess you bought a wallet from someone or just wanted to make a fake question.

This is common to wallet like like wallet.dat for Bitcoin Core. There many reasons  someone may want to derive the private from seed phrase in order to access the coins. I have told someone before to use it to get access to his altcoin. He used it and was able to access his altcoin and spent it. Also many wallets have the Iancoleman guide because there are some issues that needed there users to generate the private key and import it instead of seed phrase.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

This is common to wallet like like wallet.dat for Bitcoin Core. There many reasons  someone may want to derive the private from seed phrase in order to access the coins. I have told someone before to use it to get access to his altcoin. He used it and was able to access his altcoin and spent it. Also many wallets have the Iancoleman guide because there are some issues that needed there users to generate the private key and import it instead of seed phrase.

You don't need to go details more because I doubt this thread is a fake question.

I smelt it like this and I click on OP profile, what I see is some negative trust feedbacks. I am done here and the link to article of How to back up a seed phrase is my help, but I had to buy benefit of the doubt that OP did not make a fake question.

I still think there is high probability that this question is not from actual demand for help. I stop here and will not return to this thread even you replied me more.

[Mia Chloe]

Other members of the forum have made different suggestions and to a newbie some of them may seem a little bit difficult. Now I suggest you get an open source wallet like Electrum and access your wallet via the electrum software.You should be able to find your private key with a few toggles. If it is an HD wallet you will find both your master private key which was generated directly from your seed phrase and also your child keys which were generated with your master key.

Make sure to do All these under a safe and secure network connection. Also make sure that neither your keys or seed is exposed as they are direct access to your wallet .

[Davidvictorson]

Most of the users have made good suggestions with Iancoleman being the top tool. I want you to take caution before you visit the website and make sure that that you are visiting the real and original site as there are also a fake vairiations of the site which can steal your bitcoins if you enter your secret phrase. Scammers clone the website that they look so similar, difficult for the unsuspecting eyes to pick up. Consider this as a heads up - if you notice a name like INCOLEMAN or  IANCOLAMAN or any other variation instead of  IANCOLEMAN, then know that you are on the scammers site.

The correct and original weblink is - https://iancoleman.io/bip39/
You can also visit https://github.com/iancoleman/bip39/releases to download and use.

This topic on Fake Ian Coleman BIP 39 has already been discussed extensively on the forum by Dave1.

[Charles-Tim]

Make sure to do All these under a safe and secure network connection. Also make sure that neither your keys or seed is exposed as they are direct access to your wallet .

You can use Electrum without connecting it online. You can download Electrum on an airgapped device and import the seed phrase on it. It will generate the child keys and addresses without connect it online.

[riantolie]

Link https://github.com/iancoleman/bip39/releases/

Tutorial https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@lovelyloon/retrieve-private-key-from-seed-phrase

Make sure you run it offline and in a safe device, otherwise someone might able to compromise your private credentials.

I never thought that it was possible. I didn't actually search for it, but still.

[odolvlobo]

I have a 12 word secret phrase. I want to convert it to private key. Do you know any link?

It is very simple.

Download and install a software wallet on your device or computer. Use the wallet recovery feature instead of creating a new wallet.

The wallet will give you private keys.