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how does one get a seed wallet in bitcoin_cli ?

I use a bitcoin-cli sethdseed command but get the error :invalid private key

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Bitcoin core wallets are deterministic by default i.e. all private keys are derived from a seed. However you can make sure that your wallet is deterministic by running the getwalletinfo command. In the response hdseedid will only be set if it's an HD wallet.

Bitcoin core does not encode the seed as a mnemonic of english words. To create a backup of the wallet use the backupwallet command.

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  • HI If I want to change it, how do I do it and what do you mean by HD? And how should I use SEEDID? – nick burcart Sep 01 '20 at 06:36
  • HD = hierarchical deterministic wallet i.e. a wallet where all address specific private keys are derived from a seed. i only mentioned seedid because it tells you whether your wallet is HD or not. If it's present you have an HD wallet. To change the seed you can use sethdseed: https://bitcoincore.org/en/doc/0.18.0/rpc/wallet/sethdseed/. However I don't recommend it. – Abdussamad Sep 03 '20 at 18:25
  • Hi, I read that link was useful, but I got an error Private Key and Can hdseed be used as a wallet recovery word? For example I am now in a bitcoincor wallet I have 1 bitcoin unit and I also have hdseed – nick burcart Sep 04 '20 at 19:17
  • @nickburcart see the second paragraph in my answer above about how to backup your wallet. i suggest you take your follow up questions to bitcointalk's technical support subforum. this place is not for back and forth discussions. – Abdussamad Sep 04 '20 at 19:44
  • Hi, I read that link was useful, but I got an error Private Key and Can hdseed be used as a wallet recovery word? For example I am now in a bitcoincor wallet I have 1 bitcoin unit and I also have hdseed Can I get 1 bitcoin in another full node bitcoincor using this sethdseed one? – nick burcart Sep 04 '20 at 19:49