python-mnemonic vs electrum

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python-mnemonic		electrum
	Project
70	Mentions	602
802	Stars	7,090
1.7%	Growth	2.1%
6.8	Activity	9.9
4 months ago	Latest Commit	about 18 hours ago
Python	Language	Python
MIT License	License	MIT License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

python-mnemonic

Posts with mentions or reviews of python-mnemonic. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-06.

Need help understading BIP39
1 project | /r/cryptography | 10 Jul 2023

Yes. BIP39 defines a check word to ensure the previous words are correct. You can read the spec here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawiki
What happens if I lose my cold card device?
1 project | /r/BitcoinBeginners | 19 May 2023

ColdCard follows the BIP-39 standard for encoding the wallet's seed as a series of 24 words (a.k.a. "seed menmonic", sometimes called a recovery phrase). If you followed the instructions you were given when initializing it and you've stored your seed mnemonic safely in the real world (not digitally where it can be more easily discovered), you're fine. In the event you lose or damage your ColdCard, you can initialize a new wallet--ANY wallet that follows the BIP-39 standard, which is pretty universal these days--and the wallet will regenerate the same private keysthat your original ColdCard did, in the same order.
How to add a 25th word to your seed ?
1 project | /r/ledgerwallet | 14 May 2023
Question about wallet security
3 projects | /r/Bitcoin | 6 Apr 2023

... and BIP-39
If you broke your phone right now, could you still access your crypto?
1 project | /r/CryptoCurrency | 4 Apr 2023
Can the private key of a 24 word seed + passphrase be the same as of a different 24 word seed without passphrase?
2 projects | /r/ledgerwallet | 23 Mar 2023

Look-up "BIP32", "BIP39" and "BIP44", those will point you to documents describing precisely how seed phrases are converted into crypto keys.
is there a way to programmatically generate a wallet from a 12 word seed phrase that would give the same result in metamask?
2 projects | /r/ethdev | 9 Mar 2023

i think bip39 is what you want to look up.
Is my maths correct?
1 project | /r/Bitcoin | 16 Feb 2023

Not correct See this: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawiki
Mentor Monday, January 23, 2023: Ask all your bitcoin questions!
1 project | /r/Bitcoin | 23 Jan 2023
Technical Hardware wallet question
2 projects | /r/Bitcoin | 14 Jan 2023

electrum

Posts with mentions or reviews of electrum. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-15.

Nix is a better Docker image builder than Docker's image builder
21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Mar 2024

Yes, fantastic work. Downside is that snapshot.debian.org is extremely slow, times out / errors out regularly - very annoying. See also e.g. https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/8496 for complaints (but it's pretty apparent once you integrate this in your builds).
Safe 3 and compatibility with Bitcoin wallets, sparrow, electrum and others
3 projects | /r/TREZOR | 9 Dec 2023
Noob question, laugh at will
1 project | /r/Electrum | 5 Dec 2023

I have been looking at exchanges and different wallet options but I am 99% sure its from electrum.org
Help wanted in verifying the Electrum signatures on Ubuntu
1 project | /r/Electrum | 10 Nov 2023

gpg: Good signature from "Thomas Voegtlin (https://electrum.org) <[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])>" [unknown]
Please can someone help me? I am new to Bitcoin but I'm not sure what Obama or Sonic have to do with it?
1 project | /r/Bitcoin | 27 Oct 2023

https://electrum.org - Solid choice, Open Source and Non-Custodial, one of the oldest and most trusted Bitcoin Wallets.
1000 btc wallets adresses
1 project | /r/Electrum | 26 Oct 2023

Hello, i have question, When i download wallet from electrum.org, and have 1 btc wallet adress. Can i made like 1000 btc wallet adress now ? Best regards
Failing to "gpg --verify" on linux
1 project | /r/Electrum | 12 Oct 2023

I am following the Linux instructions from electrum.org, I'm using Ubuntu (fist timer, know zero to nothing about coding) and ChatGPT to help me write the code.
How to import Bitcoin Address as a watch only
1 project | /r/Bitcoin | 8 Oct 2023

Electrum (https://electrum.org) can do that. Under "View" enable the tab "Coins" and then right click on the UTXO you're interested in, "Copy" > "Long Output point".
NEWB ⚠️ I have a small amount of bitcoin stored in cash app. is there any pros to storing it elsewhere?
1 project | /r/Bitcoin | 4 Jul 2023

I use electrum.org
Lost Bitcoin on Lightning Trampoline Channel
1 project | /r/Electrum | 2 Jul 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing python-mnemonic and electrum you can also consider the following projects:

bip39 - BIP-39 tools using Node and implemented in Coffeescript

BlueWallet - Bitcoin wallet for iOS & Android. Built with React Native

bip39 - A web tool for converting BIP39 mnemonic codes

monero-gui - Monero: the secure, private, untraceable cryptocurrency

MyEtherWallet - MyEtherWallet (our friends call us MEW) is a free, client-side interface helping you interact with the Ethereum blockchain.

specter-desktop - A desktop GUI for Bitcoin Core optimised to work with hardware wallets

FinderOuter - Easy to use bitcoin recovery tool to fix damaged private key, mini-private key, address, BIP38 encrypted key, mnemonic (seed phrase), BIP-32 derivation path, Armory backups, recover passwords and more

sparrow - Desktop Bitcoin Wallet focused on security and privacy. Free and open source.

bitaddress.org - JavaScript Client-Side Bitcoin Wallet Generator

python-hdwallet - Python-based library for the implementation of a hierarchical deterministic wallet generator for more than 140+ multiple cryptocurrencies.

trezor-suite - :candy: Trezor Suite Monorepo