The Process of Wallet Decryption and Access on a New Device

The process of accessing your wallet on a new Android device underscores the non-custodial nature of Tonkeeper. When you install the app on a new phone, you are not “logging in” to an account that holds your funds. Instead, you are decrypting your wallet on the new device using your secret seed phrase. You select the “Import Wallet” option and enter your 24 recovery words. The tonkeeper application then uses this phrase to mathematically regenerate your exact same set of private and public keys. This process happens locally on your device. Once completed, the new installation of the wallet has the same access to your assets on the blockchain as the old one. This demonstrates that your funds are not in the app; the app is merely a window. This powerful concept of self-sovereignty means that as long as you possess your seed phrase, your assets are accessible from any compatible wallet on any device, forever.