The passphrase explains itself: a tap on "What's this?" says it's an optional 13th word, not a login or encryption

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index cdb939e..b1b7107 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -817,7 +817,15 @@ function optionsPanel() {
   return h(
     'label',
     { class: 'field' },
-    h('span', { class: 'lab' }, t('passphrase')),
+    h('span', { class: 'lab' },
+      t('passphrase'),
+      // People assume a password logs in or encrypts; a BIP39 passphrase does
+      // neither, and getting that wrong loses money — worth a sentence here.
+      h('button', {
+        class: 'linklike small', type: 'button', style: 'margin-left:8px',
+        onClick: (e) => { e.preventDefault(); ui.passInfoOpen = !ui.passInfoOpen; render(); },
+      }, t('passWhatsThis'))),
+    ui.passInfoOpen ? h('p', { class: 'small muted', style: 'margin:0 0 6px' }, t('passInfo')) : null,
     h(
       'div',
       { class: 'input-group' },
diff --git a/src/i18n.js b/src/i18n.js
index c603a28..665d6be 100644
--- a/src/i18n.js
+++ b/src/i18n.js
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ const STR = {
     seedPhrase: 'Seed phrase',
     seedPlaceholder: 'enter your seed words separated by spaces',
     passphrase: 'Passphrase',
+    passWhatsThis: 'What’s this?',
+    passInfo: 'An optional 13th word: if someone gets hold of your 12 seed words, they still can’t open your wallet without this one. It’s not a login password and it doesn’t encrypt anything — each passphrase opens its own separate wallet, so to recover your funds you’ll need your seed words and this passphrase, exactly as written.',
     show: 'Show',
     hide: 'Hide',
     invalidSeed: 'Invalid seed phrase — check the spelling and word order.',