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Seed, wallet, and address are not the same thing.
A seed backs up your wallet.
A wallet manages your keys.
An address is where you receive Bitcoin.
These terms get mixed up all the time.
But understanding the difference makes everything else much easier.
Published at
2026-03-21 07:21:16 UTCEvent JSON
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