Hello, i downloaded the Eclair windows wallet, have it setup connected to my core node and funded a channel. what i worry is if something happens to my hard drive, while a channel is open, i dont know how to backup my windows eclair wallet. Nowhere did it ask me to initialize or write down a SEED words, and i cannot find where to find them. I notice a SEED.dat file in the eclair folder. do i just need to back up this file just the same as a wallet.dat file? i would PREFER to write my words down on paper INSTEAD of just backing up a file, where and how can i find my SEED words? or should i just keep multiple backups of seed.dat
thanks!
As far as I know, there is no channel backup feature and wallet recovery (seed is not being displayed to the user). It's weird because their
Android wallet generates the seed at the first boot, allows user to set a passphrase with additional PIN protection and Google Drive can be used for backing up channel data. If you are only going to spend money on the Lightning Network then this app is a good choice. On windows, I would stick to LND or Zap wallet which is based on LND.
Sorry for my late reply. Someone might find this information useful.