This Python script encodes and decodes BIP39 seed phrases into pairs of Unicode Egyptian hieroglyphs. It provides a fun and unique way to represent seed phrases while maintaining compatibility with BIP39 standards.
It was created (as a joke) after Tuur Demeester posted to twitter:
"Ancient Egyptian titanium tablet, est. 1,400 B.C., speculated to be a 24 word seed phrase."
Followed by a picture of an Egyptian tablet.
- Python 3.6 or higher
mnemonicpackage:pip3 install mnemonicorpip3 -r src/requirements.txt
The script provides two modes of operation: encoding and decoding.
To encode a BIP39 seed phrase into hieroglyphs, use the -e or --encode flag followed by the seed phrase:
python3 src/seed_phrase_hieroglyphs.py encode "pistol maple dutch crunch cereal lawsuit song glory excite breeze canyon"
The script will output the corresponding hieroglyphs.
To decode a sequence of hieroglyphs into a BIP39 seed phrase, use the -d or --decode flag followed by the hieroglyphs:
python3 src/seed_phrase_hieroglyphs.py decode "𓀔𓀫𓀐𓀼𓀈𓀣𓀆𓀧𓀄𓀬𓀏𓀱𓀙𓀹𓀌𓀜𓀉𓀶𓀃𓀜𓀄𓀎"
The script will output the corresponding seed phrase.
This implementation supports only the English BIP39 word list. The hieroglyphs are mapped to the words using a deterministic algorithm, and the number of hieroglyphs can be easily adjusted to support other languages or BIP39-compatible word lists.
This repo was created as a joke, and should not be used for anything.
This project is released under the GPL-3 License. See the LICENSE file for more details.