Seed scheme

Feather uses Polyseed for 16 word mnemonic seeds. Versions prior to 2.0.0 used the (deprecated) monero-seed library for 14 word mnemonic seeds.

Feather can restore wallets from Polyseeds, 14 word and 25 word seeds.

Polyseed has a number of advantages over Monero’s standard seeds:

• The wallet creation date is embedded in the mnemonic seed. This way you no longer have to worry about restoring your wallet from the correct restore height.
• It uses BIP-39 wordlists. These wordlists container shorter and more common words than Monero’s lists.
• Polyseeds seeds are quicker to write down and memorize.

I have a 14 word seed, will I be able to restore it in the future?

Yes. Feather will support restoring 14 word seeds indefinitely. You do not need to transfer the funds to a new wallet.

Can I convert my 14 word seed into a Polyseed?

No, this is not possible. If you want a Polyseed you must create a new wallet.

Convert Polyseed seed into 25-word seed

Go to Wallet → Seed, enter your password, and check Show 25 word seed. Make sure to also note the restore height to make restoring the wallet faster.

Convert 25-word seed into Polyseed

This is not possible. Polyseed uses a KDF to derive the actual spendkey, this operation is non-reversible.