Ledger Recovery Key is Ledger's innovative recovery solution: a PIN-protected card designed as a secure, physical offline spare key to your assets. It's crafted to simplify asset recovery and ease the burden of managing the crucial Secret Recovery Phrase, which remains the cornerstone of true digital ownership and self-custody. No KYC. No cloud storage. Equipped with a Secure Element chip and operating system, and protected by a user-defined PIN, this durable 5cm square key allows for secure, effortless backup and restoration with just a few taps on your Ledger touchscreen device. Ledger Recovery Key offers enhanced security as a complement to a standard paper Recovery Sheet providing an additional, highly secure backup option within Ledger's suite of solutions. It expands your choices for managing digital assets, reinforcing personal responsibility without compromising on Ledger’s industry-leading security model.

Ledger Recovery Key is your secure, PIN-protected, private, offline backup. A true spare key for your digital assets. It simplifies self-custody by allowing you to:

• Securely Back Up Your Secret Recovery Phrase and Restore Access to your Assets : perform these two critical operations effortlessly with just a few taps, leveraging encrypted NFC and mutual authentication for secure transfers.

• Benefit from Advanced Security: Enjoy peace of mind with a Secure Element chip (the same type of technology used in all Ledger devices). The PIN you created, and all Ledger Recovery Key data is automatically wiped after three incorrect PIN attempts, ensuring your data remains protected.

• Verify Our Claims: The application's business logic, managing secure data transfers, secure storage, and cryptographic computations, is available for public review on GitHub, upholding our "Don’t Trust, Verify" ethos.

Ledger Recovery Key is compatible with Ledger secure touchscreen devices that include NFC capabilities, as of now, Ledger Stax™ and Ledger Flex™.

These cutting-edge touchscreen devices are equipped to facilitate secure, and easy-to-use functionalities, ensuring your digital assets are always within reach while upholding Ledger's uncompromising security standards through mutual authentication and encrypted communication.

Ledger Recovery Key does not replace your Recovery Sheet. You absolutely need to write down your Secret Recovery Phrase, as your Recovery Sheet remains the foundational backup solution and your first line of defense in self-custody.

Ledger Recovery Key is designed as a secure, private spare key that complements your standard paper Recovery Sheet, not as a replacement. It is the latest addition to Ledger's suite of recovery solutions, empowering user choice, as there is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to self-custody.

Your Secret Recovery Phrase is the ultimate key to your digital assets, embodying true ownership and complete control. It is crucial to retain your Recovery Sheet as your final fallback, particularly because:

• Ledger Recovery Key is PIN-protected; three incorrect PIN attempts will automatically wipe the device, permanently erasing its backup.

• Access to your Secret Recovery Phrase recorded on your Recovery Sheet gives you the freedom to restore access to your assets on your own terms, with any BIP39-compatible wallet.

Ledger Recovery Key and Ledger Recover are distinct optional solutions for backing up your Secret Recovery Phrase, offering different formats and methods of protection to the mandatory paper Recovery Sheet.

Ledger Recovery Key is a private, durable 5 cm square card that acts as a "spare key" for your assets. It securely stores your Secret Recovery Phrase offline, directly on the card’s built-in Secure Element chip. Access is protected by a user-defined 4 to 8-digit PIN code. Three incorrect attempts to use it wipe the device. It communicates securely via encrypted NFC with compatible Ledger touchscreen devices. Its purpose is to provide a reliable backup to the Recovery Sheets included in all Ledger hardware devices by providing a convenient, PIN-protected private backup.

Ledger Recover is a digital resilience layer, and a subscription service that securely backs up separate encrypted fragments of your Secret Recovery Phrase. When subscribed, your Ledger device encrypts and splits a version of your Secret Recovery Phrase into three fragments, with each fragment encrypted and then stored by a separate, independent company using Hardware Security Modules (HSMs). These fragments are useless on their own, and the Secret Recovery Phrase is never exposed in a usable form.

To recover, two of the three encrypted fragments must be reassembled only on your Ledger device, requiring explicit consent and identity verification through Ledger Live. It is designed to mitigate risks like loss, damage, or human error associated with purely physical backups. To find out more information about Ledger Recover, please consult Ledger Recover FAQ 

Ledger believes in optionality there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to secure self-custody. That’s why we offer multiple solutions to meet users where they are, whether they prefer physical backups, HSM based redundancy, or both.

The data exchanged over NFC is encrypted within secure channels to communicate between Ledger Recovery Key and your Ledger Hardware Wallet.

This process directly links the secure elements of both devices, ensuring communication without intermediaries, and this technology is patent-pending.

This secure implementation means that your Secret Recovery Phrase is strongly protected from eavesdropping and tampering, whether it is in transit or in use.

Specifically, Ledger Recovery Key and your Ledger Hardware Wallet (such as Ledger Stax™ or Ledger Flex™) engage in a mutual authentication process.

Their communication is secured through a cryptographic protocol that guarantees both the confidentiality and authenticity of the data and secrets being transferred.

No, Ledger Recovery Key is not a hardware wallet.

• It cannot be used to manage assets or sign transactions.

• Its sole function is to securely back up your Secret Recovery Phrase and restore it to a Ledger device.

• A fundamental aspect of a secure hardware wallet is its secure screen, which allows you to verify transactions and avoid "blind signing." All interactions with Ledger Recovery Key are triggered and confirmed on the secure display of the Ledger Hardware Wallet.

No, Ledger Recovery Key is designed as a private offline backup and is not connected to the internet in any way.

Ledger Recovery Key's security model prioritizes keeping your Secret Recovery Phrase offline and protected. Ledger Recovery Key itself communicates directly and exclusively with your Ledger Hardware Wallet, such as a Ledger Flex™ or Ledger Stax™ device, using encrypted data exchanges over NFC. This direct, secure communication ensures that data and secrets are transferred confidentially and authentically between the two devices without any external connectivity.

Thank you for being an early supporter! 

As a token of our appreciation for being a Ledger Flex™ and Ledger Stax™ customer, you have the opportunity to receive a complimentary Ledger Recovery Key to enhance your security and control.

Discounted shipping fees apply.

Available until end of August 30th

Claim your complimentary Ledger Recovery Key: Here

When you receive your Ledger Recovery Key, you’ll find:

• Ledger Recovery Key: a smart card that securely stores an encrypted backup of your Secret Recovery Phrase.

• An RFID-blocking sleeve: designed to shield the card from any unwanted NFC communication when not in use. The sleeve protects the card from an attacker interacting with your Ledger Recovery Key in order to submit invalid PIN attempts.

That’s it! Simple, secure, and designed to give you peace of mind.