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### BIP39 English wordlist and BIP39 algorithm

When using the BIP39 algorithm, the passphrase is derived directly from an entropy of random bits,
When using the BIP39 algorithm, the passphrase is derived directly from a specific number of random bits,
which are then padded with bits from a checksum at the end.

For example, for a BIP39 mnemonic sentence consisting of 12 words, one has to use 128 random bits
appended by 4 bits of checksum bits.

The checksum bits do not add entropy, nor are any of the initial entropy bits discarded.

So the entropy of a BIP39 mnemonic sentence is simply the number of random bits
The entropy of a BIP39 mnemonic sentence is simply the number of random bits
it was generated from in the first place.

Specifically, BIP39 has five different possible mnemonic sentence lengths, each with
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