From 771b9f1329e1bce332c119fc4614463887ad0d5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lennart <lennart@1200wd.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 17:58:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [FIX] Issue when using hexdecimal password for Mnemonic

---
 bitcoinlib/mnemonic.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bitcoinlib/mnemonic.py b/bitcoinlib/mnemonic.py
index 52612dad..54adbbf1 100644
--- a/bitcoinlib/mnemonic.py
+++ b/bitcoinlib/mnemonic.py
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ def to_seed(self, words, password='', validate=True):
         # Check if passphrase is valid
         if validate:
             self.to_entropy(words)
-        mnemonic = to_bytes(words)
-        password = to_bytes(password)
+        mnemonic = bytes(words, 'utf8')
+        password = bytes(password, 'utf8')
         return hashlib.pbkdf2_hmac(hash_name='sha512', password=mnemonic, salt=b'mnemonic' + password,
                                    iterations=2048)