Criterion · method version 1.2.0
Recovery options
What this criterion measures in each category, from method version 1.2.0.
Criterion id: recovery · from release method-v1.2.0
What it measures
In Hardware wallets
The ways to restore access after the loss, theft or failure of the device. Evidence: the supported backup schemes (seed phrase, passphrase, Shamir or multi-share backups, social recovery), whether recovery works without the maker, and whether it was tested by WhatTheChain.
In Mobile wallets
The ways to restore access after the loss, theft or failure of the phone, or the loss of an account. Evidence: the supported backup schemes (seed phrase, passphrase, encrypted cloud backup, social recovery, provider-assisted account recovery), whether recovery works without the provider, and whether it was tested by WhatTheChain.
Evidence and confidence
Every score of this criterion cites evidence items with their sources, and carries one of four confidence labels.
- high
- Primary sources checked at the assessment date, confirmed by a WhatTheChain test or a second independent source.
- medium
- Primary sources that could not be confirmed independently, or some older than the last scheduled review.
- low
- Only secondary sources, or sources that conflict; the rationale explains which one the value follows.
- estimate
- No direct source: derived from documented properties and comparable designs, and the rationale says how.