New computer, restored with "recovery key", BAT is gone

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I tried searching the topics, saw similar threads, but couldn’t get a straight answer.

This seems as though it should be straightforward, but it’s not.

I had 100+ BAT. I got a new computer, then restored with the “recovery key”, the long list of words. I expected my 100+ BAT to be there. There was zero. What? Isn’t that the sole purpose of a recovery key (seed phrase)?

Also, I must say that I didn’t read the note below the text entry box. I fell that I know what a recovery key is supposed to do. It wouldn’t have mattered if I had read the note though, because these instructions are inane: “Restoring with a recovery key will replace your current wallet. So make sure you empty or back up your current wallet before restoring.” What is the purpose of a recovery key if it zeroes out what you’re trying to recover? Isn’t that called an “erase and make new wallet key”?

Help!

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The recovery key only save your pending rewards, to save the bat in your wallet (the ones payed to you) you should have linked it to an uphold account. :confused:

Do you still have the old computer?

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@crrdlx - was your wallet linked to an Uphold account?

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@crrdlx The recovery key stores only stores pending rewards. you want to link with uphold to secure your calmed BATs

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yes, I can still see the BAT there

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No. I’ve been holding off from starting an Uphold account. My thinking was that the “restore key” was to restore a wallet and BAT, independent of an external wallet (like Uphold).

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So a “recovery key” only recovers rewards that have yet to be rewarded? Hmm. If that’s the case, there might be a better name for it.

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the same thing happened to me, I lost 10$ worth of BAT :confused:

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Sorry to hear that. I think mine is still there on my old computer, in that browser. It just seems odd to me that the wallet seems to be browser/computer specific. I still don’t know exactly what the “restore key” was even for then. Hang in there!

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I had made my Recovery Key some time back. I had to reload my computer on 9-11-2020. Did I loss all the BAT I had. I think it was close to $85.00. Is there a way to pull the data? I think I have my old Brave folder backed up.

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I’m in the same boat…can see the BAT on the old computer. I don’t know of a way to “pull” the data, like finding a wallet file with bitcoin or doge. I thought that was what the restore key was for. I’m afraid the answer they’re going to give is, “Run it through Uphold.” I imagine that would work, but then, again, what’s the “restore key” for exactly? I don’t know.

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The only recovery key I have is for the other wallets in Crypto Wallets. I can’t back up BAT at all. The only way to still have BAT on a new computer is use uphold or have someone(not yourself to be safe) else to send BAT to, that will return it to you.

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