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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 🙏

GHOST 1y ago

Yes, yes, and no. Add a passphrase and you are spinning up a completely different wallet. New xpub and no way to discern that it has any connection to the original wallet

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boston wine 1y ago

Thanks - so do I need to reconnect the hww to the watching wallet if I want to set a new passphrase? As the additional word would be stored in the hww 🤔

GHOST 1y ago

No. The watching wallet would still only watch the wallet whose xpub was entered for it. The HWW would generate the new wallet with the new passphrase and then you would have to export that new xpub to a software watching wallet

boston wine 1y ago

Thank you! That makes a lot more sense. Finally feel like I’ve got this one figured out 🫡