Recover Your Wallet

Recovery means proving that your backup can recreate spend authority for the same funds. Do this while the balance is small. Do not wait until a device has failed.

Recovery paths

Backup type	Recovery path
Tidecoin Core wallet backup	Restore or load the wallet backup with Tidecoin Core.
Core exported wallet data	Use the matching Core import flow, then rescan if needed.
PQHD master seed hex	Use `importpqhdseed` in a Core wallet that supports PQHD.
Browser or Android mnemonic	Restore through the same wallet family that created the phrase, unless compatibility is documented.
WIF private key	Import into a wallet that supports the key’s original Tidecoin signature scheme.

Core PQHD seed import

If you have a raw 32-byte PQHD master seed in hex form, import it with:


tidecoin-cli -rpcwallet="<wallet>" importpqhdseed "<32_byte_seed_hex>"

Then confirm that expected addresses appear or can be derived. If the wallet needs historical transactions, rescan according to the Core wallet flow.

Recovery checklist

Install a trusted wallet on a clean device.
Restore from the backup.
Let the wallet synchronize or connect to its chain data source.
Verify that expected receiving addresses can be reproduced.
Verify the balance or transaction history.
Send a tiny test transaction if you are validating spend recovery.

What not to assume

Descriptor exports describe scripts and derivation intent, but PQHD seeds are wallet-local secret material. Do not assume a descriptor string by itself is a complete recovery backup.