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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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Satoshi Coffee Co. 1y ago

I’m 99% sure the xpubs are different once you add a passphrase to the seed. You will typically need to reimport the new xpub depending on the wallet…

seedwords = xpub1

seedwords+passphrase1 = xpub2

seedwords+passphrase2 = xpub3

etc.

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boston wine 1y ago

Thank you! Will test 🫡

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