Tutorial

Encrypt your first seed

Learn how to protect your crypto seed phrase with military-grade AES-256 encryption in just a few minutes. Watch the product overview, then follow the step-by-step guide.

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A 40-second cinematic walkthrough of SeedCrypt's key features, security model, and user experience.

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Activate your licence

Adding a new seed needs a licence. One visit to seedcrypt.app/activate is enough — after that, SeedCrypt verifies it offline, for good.

Step 1

Read your installation ID

Open SeedCrypt, go to Settings → Licence. Your installation ID is shown there (e.g. K7M2-9QX4). It is different on every machine.

Step 2

Exchange your entitlement code

On seedcrypt.app/activate, enter the entitlement code from your purchase email (e.g. SC-SO-1234567-89012345), the email you paid with, and that installation ID.

Step 3

Paste the licence back

You get a block of about 103 characters. Copy it into SeedCrypt, then activate. Verification is entirely offline from then on — permanently.

Good to know

Your saved seeds always open

Decrypting, reading and exporting the seeds you already saved is never blocked, licence or not. Only adding a new seed requires one.

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How to encrypt a seed phrase

Follow along as we encrypt a seed phrase from start to finish. Every click, every field, explained.

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Step 1

Select storage

Choose where to save: USB key, external disk, or local folder. Your encrypted .json file will be saved there.

Step 2

Open SeedCrypt

Launch the app. No account needed, no internet required. The sidebar shows your available actions.

Step 3

Click "Encrypt"

Select the Encrypt action from the home screen. The encryption form opens with a 3-step process.

Step 4

Enter your seed phrase

Type your 12 or 24 BIP-39 words. SeedCrypt validates each word in real-time against the BIP-39 wordlist.

Step 5

Choose a password

Pick a strong password. It's stretched through 600,000 PBKDF2-SHA512 iterations into the AES-256 key.

Step 6

Done — seed encrypted

Your seed is now AES-256-GCM encrypted. The file is unreadable without your password. Export to QR or PDF anytime.

How to decrypt a seed phrase

Recover your seed in seconds — same password, same encrypted file, anywhere SeedCrypt runs. The encrypted file stays untouched after every decryption.

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Step 1

Launch SeedCrypt

Open the app. It auto-scans the storage paths you selected (USB key, external disk, internal folder) for encrypted .json files.

Step 2

Pick the seed

The home screen lists every encrypted seed found on your storage, labeled with the name and creation date. Tap the one you want to open.

Step 3

Enter your password

The same password you used when encrypting. SeedCrypt derives the AES-256 key via PBKDF2-SHA512 with 600,000 iterations — same as encryption.

Step 4

View your words

The 12 or 24 BIP-39 words appear as numbered cells. Tap any single word to copy it, or use the "Copy all" button to copy the full mnemonic.

Step 5

Auto-clear protection

Clipboard wipes after 30 s, plaintext disappears from screen after 60 s. A countdown shows the time left. You can hide manually at any time.

Step 6

Encrypted file untouched

Decryption never modifies the .json file. Decrypt as many times as you need — the encrypted backup stays the same, always recoverable with the same password.

Every way to decrypt

Five real-world situations and how to handle each one.

Case 1

From your daily device

Your encrypted seed lives on a USB key. Plug it in, open SeedCrypt — your seed appears on the home screen automatically. Tap it, enter your password, view the words, unplug the USB. Zero trace.

Case 2

From a borrowed computer

Install SeedCrypt on a borrowed/library machine. Plug your USB key in — SeedCrypt scans and finds the encrypted seed. Decrypt with your password. When you leave, no plaintext copy is left on disk.

Case 3

From a paper QR backup

You printed your encrypted seed as a PDF with a QR code. On Android, tap "Decrypt" → "Scan QR" → point at the paper. The encrypted payload loads. Type your password to reveal the seed.

Case 4

On a brand-new device

New laptop or phone? Install SeedCrypt, connect the USB or import the .json file, and the seed is recognized immediately. No account migration, no cloud sync — your password unlocks it anywhere.

Case 5

From a copied JSON payload

If you saved the encrypted JSON to a note, an email draft, or a friend's drive, paste the payload into the "Decrypt" screen's text field. SeedCrypt parses it and asks for your password.

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