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#asknostr

Imagine you have a hardware wallet with no passphrase, and it holds existing funds. Then you add a passphrase. Is the following correct?

1. The passphrase wallet will be new and empty

2. The original wallet still exists with all funds, and can be accessed by leaving the passphrase field blank (in Sparrow, or whatever watching wallet) when opening the wallet.

3. You can create a passphrase in your watching wallet without needing to reconnect the HWW, assuming you have previously imported the xpub.

Thanks in advance 🙏
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. 1y ago

Hardware wallets don't hold funds.

Seed that signs for uxtos is valid without passphrase

Adding a passphrase to that seed creates a separate set of entropy that is distinct, ie there will be no uxtos in that wallet

There is no way for the computer with the watch only to know your new passphrase xpub if it wasn't imported

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boston wine 1y ago

Thank you for the semantic correction — you’re right and I should be more precise 🤝

If I understand correctly, I must set the passphrase directly on the HWW (which will actually hold the additional word) rather than in Sparrow, Electrum, etc.?

Thinking it through from this perspective, that does make perfect sense.