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JavaScript implementation of Bitcoin BIP39: Mnemonic code for generating deterministic keys
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Mnemonics generated by Electrum fail validation #136

Closed UndefinedBehaviour closed 4 years ago

UndefinedBehaviour commented 4 years ago

Mnemonics generated by Electrum (tried versions 3.3.8 and 4.0.2) fail validation. I tried a few e.g.

> const mnemonic = 'material young jeans angry consider creek normal before air maze vendor chest'
undefined
> bip39.validateMnemonic(mnemonic)
false

Is there an issue? Or maybe Electrum uses a newer seed generation spec that this library doesn't implement yet?

junderw commented 4 years ago

Electrum does not use BIP39

Electrum version >=2: https://github.com/bitcoinjs/electrum-mnemonic Electrum version <2: https://github.com/you21979/node-electrum-oldmnemonic