With BIP-85, you can derive multiple Bitcoin keys from your single, primary backup.

"One Seed to rule them all, One Key to find them, One Path to bring them all, And in cryptography bind them."

Using the Coldcard, you can create multiple additional backups, different from the original created during the device initialization. The entropy is derived using the Coldcard backup and can be imported into other wallets.

This is a deterministic process, so you can recover these new wallets using the Coldcard's original backup. One cannot reverse a new bitcoin wallet created with BIP-85 to obtain the Coldcard's original backup.

Available export formats:

• BIP-39

• 12 seed words

• 18 seed words

• 24 seed words

• WIF (private key)

• XPRV (BIP-32)

• Hex

• 32 bytes

• 64 bytes

Steps:

1. Select 'Advanced'

2. Select 'Derive Entropy' and read the displayed message. Press OK to continue.

3. Select a backup format.

4. Enter an index number. This can be any number between 0 and 9999. Write down this index number in case you need to recover this seed in the future. Press OK when you're done.

5. The derived seed value and other information will appear on the screen. Scroll down to see the available options. The options available depend on the chosen seed format:

   1. Press 1 to save the value to a microSD card

   2. Press 2 to use the derived seed, temporarily, on your COLDCARD (BIP-32 and BIP-39 only)

   3. Press 3 to show the value's QR code

Tips

• You can use this feature on a seed with a BIP-39 passphrase. However, access to the derived seed will require that same passphrase in the future if you ever need to restore it. This can complicate the recovery process, so you may want to avoid deriving entropy from passphrase-protected seeds by using the Derive Entropy function before entering your passphrase.

• If you forget the index number, it's possible to search for the correct index because there are only 10,000 possible choices.

• Derived XPRVs or BIP-39 seed words (12, 18, or 24) can be used on another COLDCARD.

• Temporarily using the derived seed on your COLDCARD allows you to sign PSBT files associated with the derived wallet. The key stays in effect until next you turn off the COLDCARD or log out. You will probably need to consult Walletrecovery.org in order to build specialized PSBT files for recovery purposes.

We will be using the BIP-85 feature in the Coldcard to create the wallet we wish to use in Wasabi for their CoinJoin protocol.

Steps:

1. Select 'Advanced'

2. Select 'Derive Entropy' and read the displayed message. Press OK to continue.

3. Select the 12 word backup format.

4. Enter an index number. This can be any number between 0 and 9999. Write down this index number in case you need to recover this seed in the future. Press OK when you're done.

5. The derived seed value and other information will appear on the screen. Scroll down to see the available options.

   1. Press 2 to use the derived seed

6. In the Coldcard main menu, select Passphrase.

7. Enter a passphrase (see here for steps).

8. Open the Wasabi Wallet app.

9. In the 'Wallet Manager', select 'Recover Wallet'.

10. Enter the 12 words obtained from your Coldcard.

11. Enter your passphrase in the password box.

12. Click on 'Recover'.

13. Double-click on the wallet in the right-hand menu to open it.