THE PLATE B FIELD GUIDE

How to use a seed phrase plate
Check. Mark. Preserve.

Four letters. Five steps. A physical backup you can keep in your own hands.

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UNDERSTAND THE MARKING PATTERN

Four letters.
Four positions.

For the BIP39 word APPLE, record A, P, P and L. In each matching letter cell, use the corner assigned to that letter’s position in the word.

APPLE / A · P · P · L

01 / Upper leftA
02 / Upper rightP
03 / Lower leftP
04 / Lower rightL

This diagram shows the corner order, not four letters written into a single cell. Find each letter’s row on Plate B and mark the assigned corner.

Three-letter wordsLeave the fourth position blank.

12 / 24 wordsOne word per column, in order. Use the required sides for your phrase length.

Why the first four?The 2,048 words in the BIP39 English list can be distinguished by their first four letters.

Original Plate B layouts with columns 1 to 24
ORIGINAL PRODUCT LAYOUT / ONE WORD PER COLUMN
FIVE ESSENTIAL STEPS

One step.
One careful check.

Prepare Plate B, the automatic punch, marker and recovery sheet. Work privately, away from cameras and onlookers.

  1. 01

    Draft with the marker

    Use one column per word and record its first four letters. Mark the matching letter cells in this order: upper left, upper right, lower left, lower right. For a three-letter word, leave the fourth position blank.

  2. 02

    Read back. Check every word.

    Decode the four letters from your draft onto a recovery sheet. Compare each word with your original backup. Remove any mistakes with alcohol and rewrite them before punching.

  3. 03

    Practice the punch first

    Hold the automatic center punch upright on a piece of expendable metal. Press down steadily until it clicks. Practice the pressure and check the dot it leaves.

  4. 04

    Punch each mark. Check each dot.

    Press the punch vertically onto each drafted mark to make a permanent dot. Work in word order across the required sides, checking after every punch so nothing is missed.

  5. 05

    Clean the draft. Store securely.

    Remove the marker with alcohol, leaving the punched dots. Check the finished record and store it where others cannot access it. Do not photograph, upload or send your backup to support.

BEFORE YOU PUT IT AWAY

Backup complete.
Checks complete.

Verify through your wallet’s official safe backup-check procedure. Never enter recovery phrases on this website or in support messages.

Final check

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ORIGINAL CHINESE / ENGLISH / JAPANESE INSTRUCTIONSThe full instructions. Ready to reference.

The original instruction sheet is retained below. Use it alongside the five-step guide to confirm the marking rules.

Original Plate B instruction sheet in Chinese, English and JapaneseOpen the full-resolution sheet
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