How to Memorise Your Seed Phrase

To memorise my 24 word seed phrase, I use something called a peg list. A peg list is a list of items associated with the numbers 1-24 that can be linked to a secondary list (i.e. a seed phrase) through the vivid visualisation of a (preferably dramatic) scene/image between each corresponding item on each list. Here’s how it works: Step 1: Create a list of items associated with the numbers 1-24 e.g. - No.3 can be “stool” as stools have 3 legs - No.9 can be “cat” as a cat has nine lives - No.12 can be “egg”, etc. The list can be whatever you want. See my full peg list below for inspiration. Step 2: For each word in your seed phrase, visualise a scene or an image between that word and its corresponding word on the peg list. Preferably, the scene should be dramatic and/or crazy as it’s easier to remember the unusual, e.g. - If your third seed phrase word is “anchor”, you could imagine an anchor falling from the sky and smashing a stool. - If your ninth seed phrase word is “baby”, you could imagine a baby riding a cat as it runs around the room and jumps on furniture. Some seed phrase words aren’t nouns which can make this process more difficult. This may require additional creativity. Step 3: Practise reciting your seed phrase from memory, using the peg list as memory prompts, and see how many you get correct. Notes: - This is a technique I learnt from a memory course called mega memory. - I don’t recommend memorisation without physical back up of your seed phrase. Memorisation just increases the number of points of failure for you to lose your wallet. - While seed phrases themselves strictly shouldn’t be stored on your phone or other devices connected to the internet, your peg list can be, which can then serve as a prompt for your to to remember your seed phrase. Below is my list and why they’re associated to each number. 1. Tree - number 1 looks like a tree 2. Light switch - a light switch can be in two states, on or off 3. Stool - stools have 3 legs 4. Car - cars have 4 wheels 5. Glove - gloves have 5 fingers 6. Gun - six shooters 7. Dice - lucky number 7 8. Skate - rhymes with eight - figure skater making figures of eight in ice 9. Cat - cats have 9 lives 10. Bowling ball - ten pin bowling 11. Goal post - posts can look like the number 11 12. Eggs - 12 eggs in a carton 13. Witch - unlucky number 13 14. Ring - 14 carat gold 15. Pay check - people get paid on the 15th of the month 16. Candy - sweet sixteen 17. Magazine - as per the magazine called 17 18. Voting booth - age when someone can vote 19. Golf club - number of holes in a golf course 20. Cigarette - number of cigarettes in a carton 21. Black jack table - 21 is associated with blackjack 22. Taylor swift - as per her song “22” 23. Chromosome - number of pairs of chromosomes in humans 24. Alarm clock - 24 hr clock submitted by /u/butterch1cken [link] [comments]

Apr 21, 2025 - 16:08

To memorise my 24 word seed phrase, I use something called a peg list.

A peg list is a list of items associated with the numbers 1-24 that can be linked to a secondary list (i.e. a seed phrase) through the vivid visualisation of a (preferably dramatic) scene/image between each corresponding item on each list.

Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Create a list of items associated with the numbers 1-24 e.g. - No.3 can be “stool” as stools have 3 legs - No.9 can be “cat” as a cat has nine lives - No.12 can be “egg”, etc. The list can be whatever you want. See my full peg list below for inspiration.

Step 2: For each word in your seed phrase, visualise a scene or an image between that word and its corresponding word on the peg list. Preferably, the scene should be dramatic and/or crazy as it’s easier to remember the unusual, e.g. - If your third seed phrase word is “anchor”, you could imagine an anchor falling from the sky and smashing a stool. - If your ninth seed phrase word is “baby”, you could imagine a baby riding a cat as it runs around the room and jumps on furniture. Some seed phrase words aren’t nouns which can make this process more difficult. This may require additional creativity.

Step 3: Practise reciting your seed phrase from memory, using the peg list as memory prompts, and see how many you get correct.

Notes: - This is a technique I learnt from a memory course called mega memory. - I don’t recommend memorisation without physical back up of your seed phrase. Memorisation just increases the number of points of failure for you to lose your wallet. - While seed phrases themselves strictly shouldn’t be stored on your phone or other devices connected to the internet, your peg list can be, which can then serve as a prompt for your to to remember your seed phrase.

Below is my list and why they’re associated to each number. 1. Tree - number 1 looks like a tree 2. Light switch - a light switch can be in two states, on or off 3. Stool - stools have 3 legs 4. Car - cars have 4 wheels 5. Glove - gloves have 5 fingers 6. Gun - six shooters 7. Dice - lucky number 7 8. Skate - rhymes with eight - figure skater making figures of eight in ice 9. Cat - cats have 9 lives 10. Bowling ball - ten pin bowling 11. Goal post - posts can look like the number 11 12. Eggs - 12 eggs in a carton 13. Witch - unlucky number 13 14. Ring - 14 carat gold 15. Pay check - people get paid on the 15th of the month 16. Candy - sweet sixteen 17. Magazine - as per the magazine called 17 18. Voting booth - age when someone can vote 19. Golf club - number of holes in a golf course 20. Cigarette - number of cigarettes in a carton 21. Black jack table - 21 is associated with blackjack 22. Taylor swift - as per her song “22” 23. Chromosome - number of pairs of chromosomes in humans 24. Alarm clock - 24 hr clock

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