People often ask how to sync Stackwallet between phone and desktop. Because it is non-custodial, the answer is different from a typical cloud app — and understanding it keeps your funds safe.
With a custodial app, a company stores your account in the cloud and any device that logs in sees the same data. Stackwallet is non-custodial, so there is no central account holding your wallet. Instead, your keys live locally on each device. To use the same wallet on a second device, you restore it there with your recovery seed phrase. After that, both devices independently sync with the blockchain to show up-to-date balances, but each holds its own local copy of the keys. This is by design: it is what stops any company — or any cloud breach — from controlling your funds.
Make sure your recovery seed phrase is written down and stored offline before you start.
Download Stackwallet from an official source on the second device and open it.
Choose restore and enter your recovery seed phrase directly in the app. Your wallet is recreated locally on that device.
Allow the wallet to sync with the blockchain to show current balances. This network sync is separate from the keys, which stay on the device.
Each device now holds your keys, so protect each with a strong device lock and the app's own security options.
Yes. Because Stackwallet is non-custodial, you use the same wallet on another device by restoring it there with your recovery seed phrase, rather than logging into a synced account. Each device then holds its own copy of the keys locally.
There is no central account that auto-syncs your wallet between devices, because the wallet is non-custodial and your keys stay local. The wallet does sync with the blockchain for balances, but the wallet itself is recreated on each device from your seed.
It can be, but each device now holds your keys, so each one must be secured. The more places your seed and keys exist, the more places they could be compromised. Many users limit how many devices hold a wallet and secure each one carefully.
Restore from your seed and download only from official sources.