# BIP-39 mnemonic in Counterwallet

**URL:** <https://forums.counterparty.io/t/bip-39-mnemonic-in-counterwallet/6281>\
**Category:** Counterparty\
**Created:** [December 2, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/bip-39-mnemonic-in-counterwallet/6281 "2021-12-02T05:41:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![dancodery](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forums.counterparty.io/dancodery/32/1291_2.png) [@dancodery](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/dancodery)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/bip-39-mnemonic-in-counterwallet/6281/1 "2021-12-02T05:41:02Z")

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I recently participated in a hackathon and tried to develop a Counterparty app and ran into many problems.

So I decided to ask each one-by-one in these threads.

My first question is:

We generated our mnemonics according to BIP-39, but later found out that we could not double check our addresses in [wallet.counterwallet.io](http://wallet.counterwallet.io), because counterwallet uses an entirely different mnemonic standard.

**What is the purpose of using this Counterparty mnemonic standard and what is it called**?

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**Author:** ![jdogresorg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forums.counterparty.io/jdogresorg/32/1349_2.png) [@jdogresorg](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/jdogresorg)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/bip-39-mnemonic-in-counterwallet/6281/2 "2021-12-09T03:21:33Z")

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Counterparty existed before BIP-39 was created, that is why Counterwallet and counterparty wallets do not use BIP39.

Here is the wordlist that counterwallet uses.

> **[GitHub - ggozad/mnemonic.js](https://github.com/ggozad/mnemonic.js)**
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