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Wasabi Wallet Recovery Service

Wasabi wallet recovery: seed phrase, password and passphrase - free assessment, success-based.

Quick answers

What is the Wasabi backup format?

The backup may be a 12-word BIP-39 phrase or SLIP-39 shares of 20 words each. SLIP-39 requires the configured threshold of complete shares. Keep the original passphrase if one was set. A Wallet.json backup is another route; it is not the same format as either word-based backup.

Does a passphrase hide Wasabi wallets?

Yes - Wasabi supports an optional passphrase. Without it, the seed alone restores the standard wallet, not the hidden one.

Why does my restored balance look wrong?

CoinJoin outputs and account indexes can hide balances until the right path and gap limit are used - check those before concluding loss.

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Wasabi is a privacy-focused Bitcoin desktop wallet. Its backup may use 12 BIP-39 recovery words or SLIP-39 shares. A Wallet.json file can also provide a recovery route. Identify the backup format and whether a passphrase was set before restoring.

What you are actually dealing with

12-word backup: a BIP39 recovery phrase. Restoring it recreates the wallet when combined with the original passphrase, if one was set.
SLIP-39 backup: multiple shares of 20 words, with a threshold chosen when the backup was created. Restore with the required number of complete shares and the original passphrase, if one was set. These shares are not a BIP-39 phrase.
Passphrase: an optional secret used with the 12 words. In Wasabi it is also the wallet password, not a replaceable local app password: it encrypts the private key in the wallet file and participates in BIP-39 derivation. When restoring from the words, entering a different passphrase or omitting one that was previously set derives a different wallet.
The wallet file (Wallet.json) contains encrypted data for the current installation.

When professional recovery is the right call

Several words are missing, unreadable or in the wrong order. A search checks candidate phrases against the BIP-39 word list and checksum, then verifies the resulting addresses against known wallet data using the original passphrase, if one was set.
The passphrase is forgotten - this is the hardest common Wasabi case, and remembered fragments can help focus a structured search.
The backup is partial (e.g., words noted on different papers) and you need help reconstructing the phrase.
A restored wallet shows no balance across the standard address range.

Recovery limits

No usable recovery words, sufficient SLIP-39 shares, wallet file or other copy of the keys: there is no key material to recover from.
A forgotten passphrase requires case-specific assessment.

Practical notes

Never enter a Wasabi seed into a website or app that offers to "check" your balance.