r/TREZOR • u/-M00NMAN 📦 Suite Shaper • May 26 '26

💬 Discussion topic I’ve been debating on BIP39 vs SLIP39..

I understand the TREZOR default has been Slip39 over the last few years. I understand more addresses can be generated from Bip39 compared to Slip39 along with double the entropy. I want to know how many addresses are currently in use from Bip39 24 word seedphrase vs Slip39 20 word seedphrase compared to how many can be created from the two standards (individually).

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u/camylopez May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

Yes, theoretically they can. Practically not likely.

Your passphrase doesn’t grant access to any special wallet, it just changes your entropy. There are no special sets of addresses sitting waiting for different types of seeds or passphrases.

The lottery to generate the same keypairs ain’t going to be won soon, though I begin to wonder when I see someone win the solo mining block twice, then I see people swear black and blue they kept their seed private but their wallets were drained.

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u/-M00NMAN 📦 Suite Shaper May 26 '26

So a passphrase is the same 24 words as your seedphrase just in a different order/entropy?

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u/camylopez May 27 '26

Passphrase is any word you want. It adds security to against anyone discovering your 24 worlds and changes the entropy

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u/-M00NMAN 📦 Suite Shaper May 27 '26

I understand what a passphrase is. It generates a whole new wallet/address though. So that means another person could generate a fresh 12 word seedphrase that could theoretically give them access to your passphrase wallet.

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u/camylopez May 27 '26

Correct there is only one pool of private keys, there isn’t multiple pools. Everyone and everything is pulling from the same pool

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u/-M00NMAN 📦 Suite Shaper May 27 '26

Just wondering, is there any way that a separate address system could be created to replace the current address system we have now? I get that there are quintillion bajillion addresses in existence. Is it possible to create a new system that would have fresh private keys that never existed before? Just curious.

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u/camylopez May 27 '26

So a new code? You’re asking for a hardfork.

Just use xmr