Wallet Security & Recovery

Your registration is bound to the wallet that registered it. Chain Daddy cannot move a registration between wallets — the contract has no admin function for it. This is intentional:

• We cannot help you = we cannot be compelled to help anyone else
• No subjective dispute resolution = no wrong decisions
• Fully trustless = your keys, your registration

Under the hood: your registration is a soulbound (non-transferable) NFT. The only way ownership moves is through an announced deal.

Recommended: register from a Safe multisig

For important tokens, register from a Safe multisig wallet:

1. Create a 2-of-3 or 3-of-5 Safe
2. Use the Safe address when registering
3. If one key is compromised or lost, the remaining signers keep access

You get built-in key recovery via signer rotation, no single point of failure, and industry-standard security.

If you're locked out

If you lose access to the wallet that holds your registration:

1. Let the health score decay. A registration with no owner activity loses health over time.
2. Reclaim the expired slot. Once the registration expires, anyone — including you, from a new wallet — can reclaim it through the standard flow (see pricing).
3. You own it again, from the new wallet.

This is the intended recovery mechanism: activity decay reopens the slot for re-registration, so a lapsed registration can be recovered — while a squatter still can't hold a ticker without genuine on-chain activity.

Best practices

• Hardware wallets — use Ledger or Trezor for registrations you care about.
• Back up recovery phrases offline: safe deposit box, fireproof safe, or an encrypted backup with someone you trust.
• Separate hot/cold wallets — day-to-day transactions from a hot wallet; valuable registrations and large holdings in cold storage.

Emergency controls

The platform retains a pause() control for genuine emergencies (active exploits). Pausing stops all registrations and transfers and preserves state for investigation; unpausing requires multisig approval. Pause cannot transfer ownership or recover an individual registration.

Summary

Scenario	What to do
Lost wallet access	Let health decay, then reclaim the expired slot from a new wallet
Compromised key	Move assets immediately; if the registration is taken over, reclaim after expiry
Want recovery built in	Register from a Safe multisig from the start
Ownership dispute	The chain decides — ownership is whoever holds the registered wallet

The absence of admin recovery is a feature, not a limitation.