cryptoadvance / cryptoadvance/specter-desktop
Duplicating a Wallet on Accident
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- Python
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Description
I was instructed to write this report from an admin on Telegram:
My original question was: Hi! I had to reset my MyNode (thus my specter desktop was not able to connect). When I reset my node, it took a while for Specter to catch up. My wallet wasn't showing up in Specter so I ended up adding a new wallet from my coldcard when I should have just been patient. Now there are two wallets displayed but they are obviously from the same seed phrase so every transation I do is doubled in my wallets overview. Can I delete the "new" wallet I added without affecting my original and primary wallet?
Admin replied: Yes, you can. We should improve the UX to inform the user that he is duplicating a wallet. Would you mind opening a GitHub issue with your context so it doesn’t get lost.
Thank you.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the described flow: reset the node, wait for the original wallet to appear, then add the same wallet from a Coldcard. Trace the desktop wallet-creation flow and determine where the application can recognize or warn about a duplicate seed; done means users are clearly informed before creating a duplicate wallet.
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
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100