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Inform people about backups #1

Open octal opened 6 years ago

octal commented 6 years ago

The wallet should have informational messages during wallet creation (and possibly import) about the importance of backing up both the wallet file and the passphrase. A naive user might assume the wallet is recoverable from the passphrase alone, or not think about it at all and lose funds when a wallet file is lost.

I'd probably recommend a standard BIP39 unencrypted (or optionally encrypted) recovery phrase for HDD-backed wallets. For hardware-backed wallets (ledger, etc.), the hardware device could be relied on for that.