To restore the Verge wallet on the IOS phone, is it 12 words or 18 words? #191
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Hello, To restore the Verge wallet on the IOS, is it 12 words or 18 words? I ask because when I tried to restore the Verge wallet for iPhone, it Thank you. |
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The iOS restore key is 12 words, but it also needs the pass phrase you created when setting the wallet up. So your HD private key is made up of two parts:
The possible mnemonic words can be found here: https://github.com/vergecurrency/BitcoinKit/blob/50c2c09656f7d1b0c3f159fe1b2cfa66fd2e0c11/Sources/BitcoinKit/Core/WordList.swift#L31 If you have listed any other word, it is wrong. When restoring your wallet which different credentials from the original setup the application will open up a new empty wallet. |
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The iOS restore key is 12 words, but it also needs the pass phrase you created when setting the wallet up.
Otherwise it will open a new wallet.
So your HD private key is made up of two parts:
The possible mnemonic words can be found here: https://github.com/vergecurrency/BitcoinKit/blob/50c2c09656f7d1b0c3f159fe1b2cfa66fd2e0c11/Sources/BitcoinKit/Core/WordList.swift#L31
If you have listed any other word, it is wrong.
When restoring your wallet which different credentials from the original setup the application will open up a new empty wallet.
In this case you can remove that wallet …