Entering the password after the recovery words

[yahiheb]

The password/passphrase is also called a 13th/25th word, it is an extension to the recovery words and in most bitcoin wallets a user is asked to enter it after the recovery words. We should do the same.

[soosr]

I thought we are doing this

[soosr]

Yes, it seems to me we do exactly like that.

I have entered the 12 rec words then press enter, and the password dialog popped.

[yahiheb]

Yes, it seems to me we do exactly like that.

I have entered the 12 rec words then press enter, and the password dialog popped.

Not when we generate a new wallet.

[danwalmsley]

This would require @zkSNACKs/code-team to do some huge refactor.

We need the password so we can generate the wallet, to get the seed words.

we cant have the password afterwards.

Feel free to re-open if you think its important.

[yahiheb]

This would require @zkSNACKs/code-team to do some huge refactor.

I don't think it requires a lot of change.

We need the password so we can generate the wallet, to get the seed words.

we cant have the password afterwards.

I don't think that is how it works, first we get the seed words, then we can add a password, and with those two sources of entropy we generate a wallet.

This is how Wasabi works: after generating the mnemonics the user can provide a password that is used as 13rd word (as described in bip 39) and as encryption password (as described in bip38). With the mnemonics + password the extended seed is derived.

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IMO this is an important UX.