Hi. So just to confirm this. When you create a shift wallet, you get a 12 word passphrase like you do with say electrum etc. Now let say you do not put a second passphrase. When you turn on your laptop and open the shift wallet, will it display your wallet automatically and your balance and anyone could send the shift if they had access to your computer at that moment?
Everytime you open the shift wallet from your computer, you have to copy/paste the 12 word passphrase each time? In electrum, you get to choose a password if you want to not have your balance shown in wallet when you turn on electrum and when you send btc from it. Thus to be more secure, you put a password because when you do this, someone who turns on your computer or has access to your computer, they cannot view your btc balance on electrum... and also they can't send btc from it unless they have your electrum password. Almost all people put a password for sending btc with electrum. But not all ppl would enable the not show balance etc.
But obviously you should because that way no one know how much btc you have in electrum when you turn it on.
So with shift, the 2nd passphrase is for sending transactions. But you cannot put your own password or passphrase for sending shift? I find that a bit strange.
Every time you launch your Shift wallet you need to enter the 12 words or you have the option to save your public address and next time you open your Shift wallet you can automatically see your Shift balance and transactions.
Saved accounts: This will save public key of your account on this device, so next time it will launch without the need to log in. However, you will be prompted to enter the passphrase once you want to do any transaction.
Then if you have only the 1st passphrase activated , enter it to make a transaction. No password is possible to choose.
Don't copy/paste your passphrase, that's is a bad idea..
Also you say best to put a 2nd passphrase for security as anyone who has your 12 word passphrase cannot send the shift from the wallet.
So the 2nd passphrase for sending shift from the shift wallet... do you make up the 2nd passphrase yourself as you choose the passphrase/password for it? Or does the shift wallet generate that for you as well and thus you don't have that option to put your own password?
The second passphrase is a additional security for your Shift wallet.
Yes, I have it activated..Shift wallet securely generates it itself. You don't have a option to put a password only the passphrases. Same thing is having the Lisk and Ark wallets.