Morana Network

Your recovery phrase

When you create a Morana wallet, it shows a 24-word recovery phrase (BIP39). The phrase derives the main keys for your wallet, MORID name, messenger and relay ownership. Write it on paper and keep it somewhere safe. Shadow has its own phrase by default.

Never store the phrase as plain text on a computer, in the cloud or in email.

The wallet can be restored only from this phrase.

The .morbak file

The wallet can save a .morbak file — an encrypted snapshot of the wallet database: addresses, history, sync state. It contains neither the recovery phrase nor keys. The file is bound to its network: a testnet backup will not restore on mainnet, and vice versa.

You can save a backup from the wallet's backup section.

The backup is encrypted with your wallet password — the same one you use to open the wallet. Anyone who knows this password and gets the file can read your transfer history from the .morbak, but cannot spend your money without the phrase.

Keep the .morbak file separate from the phrase, for example on removable storage that you connect only when needed.

Restoring from the phrase

Install the Morana wallet on the new device.
On the first screen, choose to restore from a phrase.
Enter the 24 words in order.
The wallet derives all your addresses by itself.
Let the wallet sync. Private notes (the coins held at your private address) are found by the regular scan; there is no separate button.

Restoring from .morbak

Import the .morbak file after restoring the wallet with the same 24-word recovery phrase. It restores history and synchronization state, but does not replace the phrase.

Restore the wallet from the 24-word phrase (see above).
Open the backup section and choose the .morbak file.
Enter the wallet password that was in use when the backup was made.
The wallet restores the saved history and sync state, then downloads any missing data.

A backup from another network will not restore.

What if I lose the phrase?

If you lose access to your wallet and your 24-word phrase, you will not be able to recover your funds. The .morbak file cannot help because it contains no keys. Morana does not store your phrase or a copy of your keys and cannot recover them for you.

The phrase restores your keys and access to funds. After syncing, the wallet finds its funds on the chain. The .morbak file preserves local history and sync state.

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