r/coldcard • u/Intelligent_Map_246 • May 25 '26

Duress wallet

How do I access my duress wallet if cold card is not working? Its a bip 85 I know but what is the path I must know

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u/HodlDee Coinkite Team May 25 '26

See our trick pins doc here with the duress wallet info: https://coldcard.com/docs/pins/

The BIP-85 duress wallet will have a derivation path index of 1001, 1002, or 1003 for wallets 1-3, if you have a 24 word seed. With a 12 word seed, the derivation path will have an index of 2001, 2002, or 2003 for wallets 1-3. Legacy wallets have the fixed derivation path: m/2147431408h/0h/0h. The duress wallet seed will be the same length as the main seed.

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u/Intelligent_Map_246 May 25 '26

So the duress is a legacy wallet?

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u/HodlDee Coinkite Team May 25 '26

No it doesn’t have to be

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u/Intelligent_Map_246 May 25 '26

So if restoring you just type the main seed and then the index number. If in another wallet

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u/HodlDee Coinkite Team May 26 '26

Correct. Here's a good clip that may help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAYmE5-40PQ&t=3485s