From ea85ad410dbf56b60ff91d108eaaba050e448eb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matias Alejo Garcia Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 12:15:30 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e0d8fdcd7..54d669962 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ Information about Backup and recovery procedures is available at https://github. Previous versions of Copay use files as backups. See the following section. +It is possible to recover funds from a Copay Wallet without using Copay or the Wallet Service, check the [Copay Recovery Tool]( https://github.com/bitpay/copay-recovery) + + ## Wallet Export format Copay encrypts the backup with the [Stanford JS Crypto Library](http://bitwiseshiftleft.github.io/sjcl/). To extract the private key of your wallet you can use https://bitwiseshiftleft.github.io/sjcl/demo/, copy the backup to 'ciphertext' and enter your password. The resulting JSON will have a key named: `xPrivKey`, that is the extended private key of your wallet. That information is enough to sign any transaction from your wallet, so be careful when handling it!