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Co-authored-by: dstadulis <[email protected]>
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guggero and dstadulis authored Oct 12, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ using only the `lnd` seed. If `tapd`'s database is lost or corrupted,
access to all assets minted or received by that `tapd` **is lost**.
Additionally, custody the BTC, used to carry/anchor the assets would also be lost.

**To avoid loss of funds, make sure you back up your `/home/<user>/.tapd` folder
regularly.** If you are using a Postgres database as the database backend, it
is enough to make backups of that database.
**To avoid loss of funds:
1) make sure the `/home/<user>/.tapd` directory is backed up regularly.** If `tapd` is configured to use Postgres as the database backend, backups this database is
sufficient to preserve access to funds.
2)`lnd`'s seed phrase has been securely backed up, as all `tapd` assets private
keys are derived from it.

And of course, you also need `lnd`'s seed phrase which is what all private keys
for all assets in a `tapd` instance are derived from.
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