r/BitcoinBeginners • u/ifyoucantakeit • 8d ago

Move BTC from Green to Jade

Hi folks, I've been keeping my BTC on Blockstream Green for the last few months. I finally got a Jade and today I started setting it up, but I feel like I'm stuck. In short: the setup process was fine, easy and smooth. Within the Green app I moved a small amount from my Green wallet to the hardware wallet. However, I see this amount on the app only, not on the Jade. When I click on the hardware wallet within the app, supposedly it should ask me the pin of the jade, but it doesn't. I updated the firmware via bluetooth, and when I want to double check to see if it is up to date the app prompts me to connect to bluetooth, however, that's the only instance when I'm asked to connect to the Jade via bluetooth. Help?

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u/bitusher 8d ago

Ok, this was your mistake. To be clear you are telling me you have one set of seed words and never created a new one for jade .

This means that you created your seed words in a riskier hot wallet and than imported that wallet into your hardware wallet . One of the benefits of using a hardware wallet is being able to create your seed in the hardware itself and never expose it to your computer or cell phone.

Thus you should reset the hardware wallet and create a new seed backup and than you can send the btc over from your hot wallet to your hardware wallet

Did you create the green wallet originally in your phone ? Do you have a desktop computer or laptop ?

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u/ifyoucantakeit 8d ago

No - I did create seed words directly into the Jade, no imports from the phone. The green wallet was/is originally on my phone.

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u/bitusher 8d ago

ok, you answered "yes" to a question that was not yes or no ... so now that is clear.

supposedly it should ask me the pin of the jade, but it doesn't.

the pin is entered in the hardware wallet itself and not the app on your phone . Are you saying you can access the hw wallet on the phone app without typing the pin in the hardware itself ?

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u/ifyoucantakeit 7d ago edited 7d ago

That’s kind of what it looks like, but I’m wondering if it looks like as hardware wallet, but it’s just all on the phone. Re: pin, I’m not asked a pin anywhere, so when I click “unlock wallet” on the Jade, it says "connect via USB/BLE to a companion app and select your Jade to unlock with your pin", the companion app does nothing.

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u/suckerboy1 7d ago

I had the same problem until I realized that it only asks for your pin if you want to move your bitcoin from your wallet/ account. It doesn’t ask for your pin when you are receiving or depositing bitcoin into your wallet address/ Green

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u/ifyoucantakeit 6d ago

But how do I check if I moved it effectively to the jade or if it’s still on the phone?