Since the release of Envoy v1.1.0, as well as being the easiest way to manage your Passport, Envoy is now a standalone Bitcoin mobile wallet. Now, anyone with an Android or iOS phone can enjoy the simplest Bitcoin wallet experience ever!

There are a number of ways you can set up your Envoy wallet. Newer users will love our automatic setup and backup process, whereas more advanced users might prefer the advanced solution to manage their seed words and wallet data. We have everyone covered.

Upon launch, Envoy only allows for a single mobile wallet per app. We plan to expand this in a later release, but for now, if you want to replace your Envoy Wallet, please follow these steps.

Since Envoy can now store Bitcoin directly on your phone, it is recommended to enable PIN or Biometric authentication from the Settings .

Automatic Setup

Automatic Setup uses Magic Backups to generate, encrypt, and back up your Mobile Wallet Key to your phone's iCloud Keychain (iOS) or Android Auto-Backup. No seed words to write down, no backup files to manage. This is the default flow for new Envoy users.

1. Open Envoy. On the Welcome screen, tap Create a Mobile Wallet.

2. Read the Magic Backups intro and tap Continue.

3. Envoy now creates your Mobile Wallet Key in your phone's secure element, encrypts a backup of your wallet data, and uploads the encrypted backup. These three screens advance automatically.

4. When the success screen appears, tap Continue. Your Mobile Wallet is ready to send and receive Bitcoin.

Prefer to manage your own seed words instead of using Magic Backups? Tap Advanced in the top right of the Welcome screen and follow the Advanced Setup flow below.

Android Backup

Android backups are completed automatically, every 24 hours, usually when the device is on charge at night. But to ensure no data is lost after initial set up, it is advised to manually create the initial backup from your device's settings. These steps should be completed only once, immediately after Envoy wallet creation.

As there are many different flavors of Android, the following steps may not exactly match your OS, but the basic steps should be similar.

1. Open the Settings app and search for Backup.
2. Choose the Google backup option.
3. Tap Back up now.
4. Depending on how much data is on your phone, the backup process could take a short while.
5. Once complete, head to the Backup menu in the Envoy settings and check that the 'Envoy Seed' states Stored in Android Auto-Backup.

Data Management

Here’s how Envoy Magic Backups work.

1. Envoy generates a Bitcoin seed for your Envoy wallet and stores it on your phone’s secure element.
2. Since most users have iCloud Keychain or Android Auto-Backup enabled, the seed is automatically synced to your other iOS or Android devices – fully end-to-end encrypted, without needing to give Envoy permission to access your iCloud or Google account.
3. Envoy then creates a backup file containing your app settings, account labels, and other non-sensitive app data. We call this the Envoy Backup File. The backup file is end-to-end encrypted with your Envoy seed, meaning Foundation can never see the contents. It does not contain your seed words.
4. The fully encrypted Envoy Backup File is uploaded to Foundation’s servers, alongside a hash of the seed (a cryptographic representation of the seed, not the seed itself!) so that we can ensure no one else can attempt to download your backup without proving knowledge of your seed phrase.
5. There is no Foundation user account – all you need is access to your Apple or Google account and you’re all set.

iCloud Keychain iCloud protects your information with end-to-end encryption, which provides the highest level of data security. Your data is protected with a key that's made from information unique to your device, and combined with your device passcode, which only you know. No one else can access or read this data, either in transit or storage.

Learn more here .

Android Auto-Backup Android preserves app data by uploading it to the user's Google Drive—where it's protected by the user's Google account credentials. The backup is end-to-end encrypted on devices running Android 9 or higher using the device's pin, pattern, or password.

Learn more here .

Magic Recovery

If you lose your phone or delete the Envoy app, restoring your Envoy Wallet takes only a few seconds with our Magic Backup. The flow is slightly different on iOS and Android. Find your platform below.

iOS

On iOS, you must be signed in to the same Apple ID (iCloud account) on your new device that was used when you originally set up Envoy on your previous device, with iCloud Keychain enabled. Envoy retrieves your encrypted seed backup from iCloud Keychain. If you're signed in to a different Apple ID, or iCloud Keychain is turned off, Envoy will have nothing to restore.

1. Sign in to the same Apple ID on your new device and ensure iCloud Keychain is enabled. This step is required and cannot be skipped.
2. Install Envoy and tap Set Up Mobile Wallet on the opening screen.
3. Envoy will automatically restore your wallet.

That's it!

Android

On Android, you must first restore a full Google backup from your previous device onto your new phone. This is what makes your encrypted Envoy seed backup available to Envoy. If you skip this step, Envoy will have nothing to restore.

1. Set up your new Android phone and complete a full Google backup restoration from your previous device. This step is required and cannot be skipped.
2. Install Envoy and tap Set Up Mobile Wallet on the opening screen.
3. Envoy will automatically restore your wallet.

That's it!

Explainer

1. Envoy checks the secure element on your phone and looks for the seed.
   1. If it discovers a seed on the secure element, Envoy hashes the seed and sends the hash to our server. This only proves your knowledge of the seed and does not reveal your seed itself to Foundation.
   2. If it does not discover a seed, it downloads the encrypted seed backup from your iCloud Keychain or Android Auto-Backup and restores the seed to the phone's secure element. Envoy then hashes the seed and sends the hash to the Foundation server.
2. The server then sends the encrypted Envoy Backup file to Envoy.
3. Envoy uses the seed to decrypt the Envoy Backup file locally and restores all user settings, account labels, and other app data, so your Envoy looks identical to the last time you left it.

Advanced Setup

The following setup options are for users that do not wish to leverage automatic cloud backups and would prefer to manage and/or import their own seed words to Envoy.

Generate New Seed

1. Open Envoy. On the Welcome screen, tap Advanced in the top right corner. (If you are an existing Envoy user, tap the + on the Accounts screen first, then tap Advanced.)

2. On the Advanced screen, turn off the Magic Backups toggle, then tap the back arrow in the top left.

3. Back on the Welcome screen, tap Create a Mobile Wallet.

4. Read the Set up Mobile Wallet intro and tap Continue.

5. On the Keep Your Seed Private screen, once you are in a private location, tap Generate Seed.

6. Carefully write down all 12 of your seed words in order. Tap Next 12 Words to scroll through the list as needed.

7. On the Let's Verify Your Seed screen, tap Continue. Envoy will then ask you a few questions to confirm you recorded your seed words correctly.

8. On the Create Envoy Backup File screen, tap Create Envoy Backup File. This file is encrypted by your seed words and contains your account names, tags, notes, and app settings. Store it separately from your phone — a personal cloud, a microSD card, or a USB drive all work.

9. Your wallet setup is now complete and you are ready to send and receive Bitcoin!

Import Seed

1. Open Envoy. On the Welcome screen, tap Advanced in the top right corner. (If you are an existing Envoy user, tap the + on the Accounts screen first, then tap Advanced.)

2. On the Advanced screen, turn off the Magic Backups toggle, then tap the back arrow in the top left.

3. Back on the Welcome screen, tap Create a Mobile Wallet.

4. On the Set up Mobile Wallet screen, tap Recover in the top right corner.

5. On the Import Your Seed screen, choose how you want to import:

• 12 Word Seed — enter a 12-word seed manually
• 24 Word Seed — enter a 24-word seed manually
• Recover with QR Code — scan a SeedQR (for example, exported from Passport's Key Manager ) or another Envoy wallet via Advanced Recovery

6. If you chose 12 or 24 words, enter your seed words carefully into the input grid, then tap Continue.

7. On the Import Envoy Backup File screen, choose:

• Import Envoy Backup File if you have a backup file from your previous Envoy wallet — pick the file from your chosen storage location
• Create Envoy Backup File if you don't have a backup file — Envoy will create a fresh encrypted backup containing your account labels, settings, and other app data

8. Your wallet setup is now complete and you are ready to send and receive Bitcoin! Envoy will automatically load any balances and transaction history.

Data Management

Choosing either of the manual seed management setups puts you in full control of all data. Your seed words should be stored somewhere secure using a medium that is resistant to theft, fire and water etc.

Your backup file is encrypted with your seed words. It contains app settings, account info and transaction labels, and can be stored anywhere you like. This could be any combination of your phone, a personal cloud server, or on something physical like a microSD card or USB drive.

Advanced Recovery

There are two ways to recover an Envoy wallet that wasn't backed up via Magic Backups, or where Magic Recovery isn't an option.

1. You've lost access to your old phone

Use the Import Seed flow above. You'll need your written seed words and, if you have one, your encrypted Envoy Backup File from your chosen storage location.

2. You still have access to your old phone — Changing Phones

This is the right path when:

• Magic Recovery isn't working
• You set up your old Envoy with Magic Backups disabled (manual backup)
• You're switching between iOS and Android

Steps:

1. On the new phone, install Envoy. On the Welcome screen, tap Create a Mobile Wallet, then tap Recover in the top right corner of the next screen, then tap Recover with QR Code.
2. On the old phone, open Envoy and go to Settings > Backups > View Mobile Wallet Seed > Show as QR code.
3. Use the new phone to scan the QR code displayed on the old phone. Envoy on the new phone restores your seed.
4. For non-Magic-Backup users only: at the next step, download your Settings & Data Backup File from the old phone and import it into the new Envoy app to restore your account labels, settings, and other app data.

Delete Envoy Wallet

Completing these steps will permanently remove your wallet information from your phone, your chosen cloud storage (if you have one), as well as any encrypted wallet data stored by Foundation. This action will not remove any connected Passport accounts.

1. Tap the down icon in the top left corner of the screen, then tap Backups.
2. Tap Erase Wallets and Backups at the bottom of the screen.
3. Accept the warning info text.
4. If your Envoy Wallet account is not empty, you will be prompted to empty it now. You can choose to do so from the Accounts screen, or Erase the Wallet anyway.
5. Next you'll be shown your Envoy Wallet seed and then asked to verify you have backed it up correctly.
6. Finally you'll have the option to download your Envoy Wallet backup file. Your backup file is encrypted with your seed words. It contains app settings, account info and transaction labels, and can be stored anywhere you like.
7. Accept the final delete screen and your wallet and corresponding data will be erased.