Issues with CSV Seed Phrases and Checksum Errors

I found some seeds in a csv file but they keep throwing invalid checksum errors. Some are wrapped in < and > signs and others have a * in front. What's up with that? Examples: "<word1 word2... word24>" checksum error "*<word1 word2... word24>" checksum error "*word1 word2... word24" checksum error But "word1 word2... word24" works fine. Anyone got a clue?

It might be the order that's messed up or the 24th word could be off. What wallet are you trying to use? Electrum seeds don’t match BIP39.

Yeah, special chars like '*' aren’t part of BIP39. You or some tool probably messed up the seed words. They might be valid but mixed up or even some replaced words. Only you or the creator would know what’s wrong with them.

To figure this out, you need to explain what that CSV file is. Where did it come from? Who made it? Such info matters.

I think the formatting is the problem. Those < and > brackets are likely the issue. They aren’t in the BIP39 wordlist.

What recovery tool are you using? That asterisk could mean it’s compressed or encrypted, so make sure your wallet supports that. Also, the order is super important for BIP39.

Yeah, if you don’t know where any word goes, you’re looking at a massive amount of combinations. Brute-forcing 24 words is tough.

That could really mean different things. Those symbols might just mean a specific order, not the actual words. So you need to check it.

For more insight, I saw OP mentioned similar info in another thread. He was advised to create this topic because it got off-topic.

Which site are we talking about? We might need some testing! If someone can replicate that CSV with a test wallet, it’d help.

Whether it follows BIP39 or Electrum, those symbols aren't in any specs. Got a link to the site for documentation?

I don’t have any info about that site, just know it’s a WordPress site.

So why are we wasting time? Anyone can whip up a random seed. That doesn’t guarantee its validity.

With so little to go on, you might wanna check the list of WordPress plugins for crypto. Look for ones that create wallets or recovery phrases. But beware, 380+ plugins for bitcoin.