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Improve warning about seeds are not a data backup. #4375

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MwithM opened this issue Jul 25, 2020 · 0 comments · Fixed by #4379
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Improve warning about seeds are not a data backup. #4375

MwithM opened this issue Jul 25, 2020 · 0 comments · Fixed by #4379

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MwithM commented Jul 25, 2020

Description

A user formatted his computer saving only the seed and not the backup, while having open trades. As expected, he lost Bisq data and can't access locked and reserved funds.

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Any

Steps to reproduce

This is user error, not a bug: remove Bisq data and restart Bisq only with seed while having open trades.

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wallet seed and backup

Additional info

To help preventing this user error, I request to display a pop-up warning before entering the password to display the seeds, showing the text inside the red square at the screenshot above Please note that the seed words are NOT a replacement for a backup. You need to create a backup... Importing seed words is only recommended for emergency cases. The application will not be functional without a proper backup of database files and keys!

It could be nice to add the wiki page https://bisq.wiki/Backing_up_application_data for extended info.
@ghost ghost mentioned this issue Jul 27, 2020
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m52go pushed a commit to m52go/bisq that referenced this issue Jul 29, 2020
Warn that seeds are not a data backup
4a60e3a 
Display a mandatory warning when the seed backup/restore
screen is shown.  The warning informs the user that a data
directory backup is necessary to restore the full state of
bisq, not just the wallet seed words.

Fixes bisq-network#4375
m52go pushed a commit to m52go/bisq that referenced this issue Jul 29, 2020
Warn that seeds are not a data backup
2a83ccb 
Display a mandatory warning when the seed backup/restore
screen is shown.  The warning informs the user that a data
directory backup is necessary to restore the full state of
bisq, not just the wallet seed words.

Fixes bisq-network#4375
@MwithM MwithM mentioned this issue Aug 20, 2020
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