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Seed phrase

Your 25-word seed phrase is the master key to your wallet. Anyone with it can restore your wallet and spend your funds.
Never store your seed phrase digitally — no photos, no cloud notes, no password managers. Write it on paper and store it in a physically secure location. Make a second copy and store it separately.
If your wallet file is lost or corrupted, your seed phrase is the only recovery path.

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Wallet file

The wallet file (*.keys) is encrypted with your password. A strong password protects against an attacker who obtains the file. Back up the file to an external drive or encrypted storage.

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Daemon RPC port

The daemon exposes an RPC port (28080 mainnet, 28280 testnet) on 127.0.0.1 by default. Never expose this port to the internet — it has no authentication and anyone with access can query your node.

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Address validation

Before sending any amount, verify the recipient address:
  • Length: exactly 98 characters
  • Prefix: starts with lowercase f
There is no transaction reversal. An error here is permanent.

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Alias security

Aliases are stored on-chain as a hash of your address — observers cannot derive your address from the alias. However, when you send to an alias, your wallet resolves it to the full address via the daemon. Always confirm the resolved address before sending large amounts.

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Privacy model

Ring signatures provide probabilistic privacy. Your transaction is hidden among a ring of decoys — the larger the ring, the stronger the privacy. Fuego uses a dynamic ring size. Commitment deposits hide amounts behind cryptographic commitments. The chain records that a deposit exists and when it matures, but not how much XFG it holds.
Privacy is strongest when you avoid patterns that reduce the anonymity set: splitting exact amounts repeatedly, depositing and withdrawing in the same block, or reusing addresses across contexts.