Back up and restore

Your recovery words

When you create a wallet, bWalletX shows you 12 recovery words. They are the wallet. Anyone with them can spend your money, and without them nobody, us included, can get it back.

FIG. Recovery phrase (blurred here)

FIG. Back up before receiving

• Write them on paper. Keep them somewhere safe and private.
• Never type them into a website, a chat or an email. bWalletX staff will never ask for them.
• The app keeps your keys encrypted with your password on the device (the iOS Keychain or Android Keystore). They are not in iCloud or Google backups.

A new phone or computer

Install bWalletX on the new device and choose Restore. Enter your 12 words. Your coins, tokens and names come back, because they live on the chain and in your keys, not on the old device.

Caution

Labels, pot settings and lock payout schedules are stored on the device. Your locked coins can still be claimed without them, but the labels won’t come back.

Bring in an old wallet

Old BSV wallets still work with their 12 words. bWalletX can restore one as an account (same keys, nothing moves), or sweep it into one of your accounts (new transactions, a small network fee).

Wallet	How
bWalletX, Yours, Panda	Restore as an account
RelayX	Restore as an account (payment m/44'/236'/0'/0/0, ordinals m/44'/236'/0'/2/0)
Twetch	Restore as an account
SimplyCash, Money Button, other BIP44 wallets, an xprv	Sweep
A single private key (WIF)	Restore or sweep
bWalletX master backup or USB key	Restore the whole wallet

The full table, with paths, is at bwalletx.com/restore.

Status

• ✓ Recovery words, restore on a new device
• ✓ Restore and sweep from the wallets above
• ✓ Master backup file and USB key