Bruno Krauss
On March 22nd, 2023, the Toronto-based company Decentral announced the retirement of its self-custodial crypto wallet Jaxx Liberty effective at 8 AM EST on March 27th.
However, that doesn’t mean you’ll lose all of your crypto if you’ve been using a desktop or mobile Jaxx Wallet. In fact, the Decentral team laid out a clear migration plan for people who used the Jaxx Liberty wallet to store their digital currencies.
If you have cryptocurrency in a Jaxx Wallet, you can recover your crypto on another self-custodial crypto wallet. Keep reading to learn the steps to safely retrieve your virtual assets from the retired Jaxx Liberty wallet. We’ll also explain common problems you may run into and how crypto recovery services can help.
Decentral’s decision to retire the Jaxx Liberty wallet was primarily due to the company’s increased focus on a new project called “Andiami: The Quest for Liberty.” Although Andiami is still in its early stages of development, its stated goal is to help crypto projects like Ethereum achieve node decentralization with new software and hardware tech. Now that Andiami has over 62,000 whitelisted guests, Decentral’s CEO Anthony Di Iorio signaled he wants to pivot the company’s focus to building the infrastructure for Andiami rather than maintaining the Jaxx Liberty wallet.
Decentral laid out a few basic steps to recover your Jaxx Liberty wallet:
If you’re having problems with your seed phrase or your Jaxx Wallet recovery is not working, no worries! Below, we’ll go over the Jaxx Liberty recovery process in greater detail.
Although the Jaxx Liberty wallet is now in retirement, the team at Decentral said they’d give users “a number of weeks” to view their seed phrase and create a proper backup if they didn’t already write it down or can’t find their copy of the seed phrase. If you need to backup your Jaxx Liberty seed phrase, open the “Security” tab by clicking the Menu icon on the top right of the app.
After selecting “Security,” you’ll see an option to “View Backup Phrase.”
Now, click “View Backup Phrase” to see the 12-word seed phrase appear on your mobile wallet.
Please be sure you’re in a private area when you open these words, and have a pen and paper nearby to write them down.
Decentral mentions it partnered with Exodus Wallet to make recovering funds from the Jaxx Liberty app as straightforward as possible.
Once you have your 12-word seed phrase for your Jaxx Liberty wallet, follow these steps to access your funds on Exodus:
If you already have an Exodus Wallet, you’ll need to set up another wallet using your Jaxx Wallet’s 12-word recovery phrase and transfer these crypto funds to whichever account you prefer to hold them in.
Note: Exodus points out a few virtual currencies may not appear on the Exodus Wallet. For instance, the Exodus Wallet will only display the last private key address recorded on the Jaxx Liberty wallet associated with coins like Ethereum (ETH) and Ethereum Classic (ETC). In case you are experiencing issues with Jaxx Wallet migration, reach out to ReWallet for assistance.
If you don’t want to use the Exodus Wallet, Decentral suggests importing your private keys on the Edge Wallet. Like the Exodus Wallet recovery, you must set up a new Edge Wallet and use your Jaxx Wallet’s 12-word seed phrase to recover your crypto.
While you can use the 12-word recovery phrase on other crypto wallets, Decentral recommends using Exodus and Edge because they are official partners, and both of these wallets offer detailed instructions and support for this migration process.
By the way, if you want to restore your Jaxx Liberty using the wallet file, you can find your Jaxx wallet file in the following directory:
Windows:
C:\Users\Your Computer's User Name>\AppData\Roaming\Jaxx\
MacOS:
~/Library/Application\ Support/Jaxx/
If the recovery process with Exodus or Edge isn’t going smoothly, you may be running into one of the following issues:
Although Decentral put together a clear transition plan for Jaxx Liberty users, some users may encounter issues in the recovery process. If you need assistance regaining access to the crypto stored on your Jaxx Liberty app or desktop wallet, please reach out to ReWallet for help. Our team of experts can identify your issue and suggest the best way to regain access to your cryptocurrency.
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Co-founder and CTO Bruno is a crypto native. Long before the public hype around Bitcoin, Ethereum & Co, Bruno was already active in the crypto field. The idea for ReWallet came to him a few years ago when he lost access to his own wallet.
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