# Variable: RECOVERY\_SEED\_BYTES

```ts
const RECOVERY_SEED_BYTES: 16 = 16;
```

Defined in: [packages/core/src/identity/recovery-code.ts:16](https://github.com/leifriksheim/minca/blob/main/core/src/identity/recovery-code.ts#L16)

How many bytes a seed is: 128 bits, 26 base32 characters. Anything else cannot be written as a code.