Seed + Passphrase File

📋 Overview

Mode 9 takes a seed phrase file and a passphrase file and tests every (seed, passphrase) pair. This is the Cartesian product: if you have 1,000 seed phrases and 500 passphrases, wrecover performs 500,000 address-derivation tests.

Use this mode when both the seed phrase and the passphrase are uncertain and both can be represented as finite lists.

⚠️ CPU only — no GPU support

This mode runs on CPU only (both Free and Pro versions). If -gpu is passed, wrecover falls back to CPU and logs an info message.

📄 File Formats

Seed phrase file (`-sf`)

Plain text, one complete seed phrase per line. .txt extension required for new search. A .bin index is generated at first run.

# seeds.txt

abandon ability able about above absent absorb abstract absurd accuse accident account

zoo zone zebra young yellow wire wisdom wire wide weird weekend weasel

Passphrase file (`-pps`)

Plain text, one passphrase candidate per line. .txt extension required for new search. A .bin index is generated at first run.

# passphrases.txt

MyPassphrase

password123

Satoshi2009

🚀 Commands

New search

wrecover -m 9 -sf seeds.txt -pps passphrases.txt -addr "1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa" -wlang en -ws -wf recovery.wrec -wp "this workfile password"

Resume (provide both .bin files)

wrecover -wi -wf recovery.wrec -wp "this workfile password" -sf seeds.bin -pps passphrases.bin

📖 Parameter Reference

Option	Description	Required
`-m 9`	Select Mode 9	Yes
`-sf <file.txt\|.bin>`	Seed phrase list (.txt new, .bin resume)	Yes
`-pps <file.txt\|.bin>`	Passphrase list (.txt new, .bin resume)	Yes
`-addr <address>`	Target blockchain address	Yes
`-wlang <code>`	BIP39 wordlist language	Yes
`-ws`	New search	Yes*
`-wi`	Resume from work file	Yes*
`-wf <file.wrec>`	Work file path	Yes
`-dpath <path>`	Override derivation path	No
`-t <N>`	CPU threads (Free: max 10; Pro: unlimited)	No
`-wp <password>`	Encrypt work file	No
`-save-only`	Create work file only	No

* Use either -ws (new search) or -wi (resume) — not both.

⚠️ No GPU support

-gpu, -startp, and -endp are not supported in Mode 9.

🌎 Languages & Address Types

Languages (`-wlang`)

Code	Language
`en`	English
`es`	Spanish
`fr`	French
`it`	Italian

Address types (auto-detected)

Address format	Type	Default derivation path
Starts with `1`	Bitcoin Legacy (P2PKH)	`m/44'/0'/0'/0`
Starts with `3`	Bitcoin SegWit P2SH	`m/49'/0'/0'/0`
Starts with `bc1q`	Bitcoin Native SegWit	`m/84'/0'/0'/0`
Starts with `0x`	Ethereum	`m/44'/60'/0'/0`

⚡ Performance

Total tests = seeds × passphrases. Each test involves BIP39 validation + address derivation.

Seeds	Passphrases	Total tests	CPU 1 thread	CPU 8 threads
10	100	1,000	~1 sec	Instant
100	500	50,000	~1 min	~8 sec
1,000	1,000	1,000,000	~14 min	~2 min
10,000	5,000	50,000,000	~12 hours	~90 min