You can, but some people feel more comfortable having the option to write down a seed phrase.
The relay backup is entirely optional, but if you are signed in and push the backup to your relays you can always restore it without looking for the seed phrase.
(Note that it takes a few seconds for the balance to sync after restoring.)
daniel / The Daniel 🖖
npub1ae…q4nwx
2026-03-11 23:04:17 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…e6s6
Author Public Key
npub1aeh2zw4elewy5682lxc6xnlqzjnxksq303gwu2npfaxd49vmde6qcq4nwxPublished at
2026-03-11 23:04:17 UTCEvent JSON
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