How Do I Take Self-Custody Of My Cardano Wallet?

Ready to take full control of your Digital Assets? Here is a walk-through of taking a Self-Directed Wallet to a Self-Custody Wallet (Cardano).

Migrating your Book.io wallet over to Eternl:

Important Note: Once your self-directed wallet is exported to a third-party wallet, Book.io will no longer be able to recover your seed phrase or password. Please write down and store your seed phrase in a safe place. If you lose access to your Eternl wallet and do not have your recovery phrase, your assets will be lost.

1. Log into your Book.io account
   
   
2. Click on your account name then "Account Settings"
   
   
3. On your Account Settings pages hit the 3 dots next to the wallet you want to take sef-custody of. Then click "View Seed Phrase".
   
   
   
4. A pop-up will appear, asking you to enter your 4-digit pin for your account, then click "Unlock".
   
   
5. A new pop-up will appear, make sure no one is around to copy your seed phrase and click "View Seed Phrase".
   
   
6. Your seed phrase will be revealed (like below but with all words visible).
7. Highlight and copy your seed phrase (it's a good practice to write down your seed phrase and put it in a secure place, such as a safe). Never store your seed phrase on your computer or phone.
   
   
8. Next, you will enter your seed phrase into a Cardano wallet, for example, Eternl. Click on the Eternl extension, this will launch a webpage.
   
   
9. Select "Add Wallet".
   
   
10. Now select "Restore Wallet".
    
    
11. Select 24 words and click next.
    
    
12. The recovery phrase screen will appear. You can Paste the seed phrase into box 1 (you can also manually enter word by word).
    
    
13. The individual words will autofill into the appropriate boxes. Then click "Continue".
    
    
14. You will then need to create a password for your Cardano Wallet. Create your password and click "Save"
    

You now have a Self-Custody wallet. All your Digitally Encrypted Assets will be in your MetaMask wallet. Account recovery will no longer be accessible by Book team members, so please do not lose your seed phrase.

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