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Creating initial seeds in Sparrow with #passphrase is straightforward because the option to create a seed with or without a passphrase is visible before you generate the seed. On the Bitbox, however, this option is not readily apparent. Is it accurate that you can start with an old initial seed created without a passphrase and then add a passphrase to this existing seed ex post? It seems that you can choose to add a passphrase through the "manage device settings" menu, but this is only possible if the wallet was initially set up already without a passphrase. After confirming and unplugging the device, then replugging it, you are prompted to enter a "new" passphrase with still referring on the old seed (obviously). If you enter a passphrase that has never been used before, does this mean that the old seed is now associated with this new passphrase, resulting in a completely new wallet?

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Bitpower 4mo ago

The passphrase is an ephemeral addition to the seed, never stored by the signing device or "wallet". The reason most wallets do not present this up front is because it is very prone to user error, unlike the seed itself, or less so with the seed itself since the wallet stores it on the secure chip and can therefor be recovered later.

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