cryptoadvance / cryptoadvance/specter-desktop
UI idea: Multisig disaster recovery
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 847
- Forks
- 259
- Avg merge
- 6d 18h
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- 2
Description
The following scenario: After a disaster all that remains of the 2/3 multisignature wallet is:
1. seed 1
2. seed 2
3. xpub 3
There seems to be no intuitive way in Specter to recover. One has to know that one can create a custom device in Specter that contains only xpubs and is not from a signing device.
**Idea**
One could add a button (see below) to make clear one can add the public keys without a physical device:

Automatic conversions between different xpub types would also be extremely helpful. Something like: https://jlopp.github.io/xpub-converter/
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with Specter's custom-device creation flow and the recovery scenario described in the issue, using the linked screenshot as the UI reference. Done should make adding public keys without a signing device discoverable and clarify whether automatic xpub-type conversion is included.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100