From a78b211d23788dd0bcbc57f54abf6a223356b839 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pavol Rusnak Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2020 16:39:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] bip39: discourage from using localized wordlists --- bip-0039.mediawiki | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/bip-0039.mediawiki b/bip-0039.mediawiki index c5ab9bb9..08985ac1 100644 --- a/bip-0039.mediawiki +++ b/bip-0039.mediawiki @@ -113,7 +113,14 @@ will make the desired wallet available. ==Wordlists== -* [[bip-0039/bip-0039-wordlists.md|Moved to separate document]] +Since the vast majority of BIP39 wallets supports only the English wordlist, +it is '''strongly discouraged''' to use non-English wordlists for generating +the mnemonic sentences. + +If you still feel your application really needs to use a localized wordlist, +use one of the following instead of inventing your own. + +* [[bip-0039/bip-0039-wordlists.md|Wordlists]] ==Test vectors==