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## Preamble
Idea: #142
Title: Wallet Recovery Compatibility
Status: Draft
Created: 2018-04-04
Requires (*optional): #94 Wallet Compatibility
Replaces (*optional): <Idea number(s)>
## Summary
A user should be able to recover accounts created in MyCrypto, MetaMask, Toshi, Cipher Browser, and other
mnemonic wallets.
## Swarm Participants
- Lead Contributor: @pilu
- Testing & Evaluation: <!-- @username -->
- Contributor: <!-- @username -->
- Contributor: <!-- @username -->
- PM: <!--- @username -->
- UX (if relevant): <!-- @username -->
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## Product Overview
The wallets named above create the private key with the mnemonic words but without password.
In those wallets, the password is only used to lock the account, and it's not needed to recover it.
In Status, the same password is used to generate the account and to recover it,
so a user cannot recover a wallet created with the 12 words but without password.
To be compatible with those wallets, we should create and recover wallets without password,
and use the passoword only to lock the account on the phone.
### Product Description
[need help from UX team]
### Requirements & Dependencies
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Requires Idea #94 (Wallet Compatibility)
### Minimum Viable Product
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## Dates
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## Success Metrics
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## Exit criteria
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Accounts created with the mnemonic wallets named above can be recovered in Status.
## Supporting Role Communication
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## Copyright
Copyright and related rights waived via [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).