diff --git a/src/components/welcome/WelcomeBackupPanel.vue b/src/components/welcome/WelcomeBackupPanel.vue
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+++ b/src/components/welcome/WelcomeBackupPanel.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="text-body1 q-mb-md">
+    Sets this device up from a downloaded backup file — no recovery phrase needed, as long as you
+    still know the password the backup was encrypted with. Notes from the file are merged into
+    storage either way.
+  </div>
+  <q-banner v-if="keySkipped" class="sattle-card text-warning q-mb-md" rounded>
+    <template #avatar><q-icon name="warning" color="warning" /></template>
+    This device already has a wallet, so the backup's own key was <strong>not</strong> installed.
+    Its notes were merged and will appear if the existing wallet is the one this backup belongs to.
+  </q-banner>
+  <template v-if="keyRestored">
+    <q-banner class="sattle-card text-warning q-mb-md" rounded>
+      <template #avatar><q-icon name="warning" color="warning" /></template>
+      The backup's key was installed. Whoever wrote that file may know it — only continue if you
+      trust the file's source completely. Otherwise set up a fresh wallet from your own recovery
+      phrase instead.
+    </q-banner>
+    <q-btn
+      unelevated
+      color="primary"
+      text-color="dark"
+      label="I trust this file — continue"
+      class="full-width"
+      @click="proceed"
+    />
+  </template>
+  <template v-else>
+    <div v-if="result" class="text-positive q-mb-md">
+      Backup restored: {{ result.added }} note(s) added, {{ result.skipped }} already present.
+      <span v-if="!result.linkingKeyRestored">
+        The file carried no usable key of its own — restore its recovery phrase to unlock the notes.
+      </span>
+    </div>
+    <div v-if="error" class="text-negative q-mb-md">{{ error }}</div>
+    <input
+      ref="fileInput"
+      type="file"
+      accept="application/json,.json"
+      class="hidden"
+      @change="restoreFile"
+    />
+    <q-btn
+      unelevated
+      color="primary"
+      text-color="dark"
+      label="Choose backup file"
+      icon="upload_file"
+      class="full-width"
+      :loading="busy"
+      @click="fileInput?.click()"
+    />
+  </template>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { ref } from 'vue';
+import { useRouter } from 'vue-router';
+import { Notify } from 'quasar';
+import { MAX_BACKUP_FILE_BYTES } from '@/lnurlcash/storage';
+import type { RestoreResult } from '@/lnurlcash/storage';
+import { useWalletStore } from '@/stores/wallet';
+
+const wallet = useWalletStore();
+const router = useRouter();
+const fileInput = ref<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
+const busy = ref(false);
+const error = ref('');
+const result = ref<RestoreResult | null>(null);
+const keySkipped = ref(false);
+const keyRestored = ref(false);
+const restoreFile = async (event: Event): Promise<void> => {
+  if (!(event.currentTarget instanceof HTMLInputElement)) return;
+  const input = event.currentTarget;
+  const file = input.files?.[0];
+  input.value = '';
+  if (!file) return;
+  busy.value = true;
+  error.value = '';
+  result.value = null;
+  keySkipped.value = false;
+  try {
+    if (file.size > MAX_BACKUP_FILE_BYTES) {
+      throw new Error('That file is far too large to be a wallet backup.');
+    }
+    const data: unknown = JSON.parse(await file.text());
+    const restored = await wallet.restoreFromBackup(data);
+    if (restored.linkingKeyRestored) {
+      keyRestored.value = true;
+      return;
+    }
+    if (restored.linkingKeySkipped) {
+      keySkipped.value = true;
+      return;
+    }
+    result.value = restored;
+    Notify.create({ type: 'positive', message: 'Backup restored.' });
+  } catch (caught) {
+    error.value = caught instanceof Error ? caught.message : 'Something went wrong.';
+    Notify.create({ type: 'negative', message: error.value });
+  } finally {
+    busy.value = false;
+  }
+};
+const proceed = async (): Promise<void> => {
+  await wallet.init();
+  await router.push('/');
+};
+</script>
diff --git a/src/components/welcome/WelcomeCreatePanel.vue b/src/components/welcome/WelcomeCreatePanel.vue
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+++ b/src/components/welcome/WelcomeCreatePanel.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+<template>
+  <template v-if="!createdPhrase">
+    <div class="text-body1 q-mb-md">
+      A fresh recovery phrase is generated in your browser. It is the master key to your wallet —
+      and the only way to recover your notes on another device.
+    </div>
+    <div class="text-caption text-grey-5 q-mb-sm">
+      Password (optional) — encrypts your wallet on this device and enables locking. Minimum
+      {{ MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH }} characters. Leave empty to store unencrypted.
+    </div>
+    <q-input
+      v-model="password"
+      type="password"
+      dark
+      outlined
+      color="primary"
+      label="Password"
+      autocomplete="new-password"
+      class="q-mb-sm"
+    />
+    <q-input
+      v-if="password !== ''"
+      v-model="confirmation"
+      type="password"
+      dark
+      outlined
+      color="primary"
+      label="Confirm password"
+      autocomplete="new-password"
+      class="q-mb-sm"
+    />
+    <div
+      v-if="password !== '' && password.length < MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH"
+      class="text-warning text-caption q-mb-sm"
+    >
+      At least {{ MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH }} characters — this password is the only thing standing
+      between an offline brute-force and your notes.
+    </div>
+    <div
+      v-if="confirmation !== '' && password !== confirmation"
+      class="text-warning text-caption q-mb-sm"
+    >
+      Passwords do not match.
+    </div>
+    <q-btn
+      unelevated
+      color="primary"
+      text-color="dark"
+      label="Create wallet"
+      class="full-width q-mt-sm"
+      :loading="busy"
+      :disable="!passwordValid(password, confirmation)"
+      @click="createWallet"
+    />
+  </template>
+  <template v-else>
+    <div class="text-body1 text-weight-medium q-mb-sm">
+      Your recovery phrase — shown once, never stored:
+    </div>
+    <div class="row q-gutter-xs q-mb-md">
+      <div v-for="(word, index) in createdPhrase.split(' ')" :key="index" class="word-chip">
+        <span class="text-grey-5 q-mr-xs">{{ index + 1 }}.</span>{{ word }}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <q-banner class="sattle-card text-warning q-mb-md" rounded>
+      <template #avatar><q-icon name="warning" color="warning" /></template>
+      Write these 12 words down and keep them somewhere safe. Anyone who knows them can spend your
+      notes; if you lose them, your notes are gone forever.
+    </q-banner>
+    <q-checkbox v-model="phraseConfirmed" color="primary" label="I wrote it down" class="q-mb-md" />
+    <q-btn
+      unelevated
+      color="primary"
+      text-color="dark"
+      label="Continue"
+      class="full-width"
+      :disable="!phraseConfirmed"
+      @click="router.push('/')"
+    />
+  </template>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { ref } from 'vue';
+import { useRouter } from 'vue-router';
+import { Notify } from 'quasar';
+import { useWalletStore } from '@/stores/wallet';
+import { MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH, passwordValid } from '@/composables/welcomePassword';
+
+const wallet = useWalletStore();
+const router = useRouter();
+const password = ref('');
+const confirmation = ref('');
+const busy = ref(false);
+const createdPhrase = ref<string | null>(null);
+const phraseConfirmed = ref(false);
+const createWallet = async (): Promise<void> => {
+  busy.value = true;
+  try {
+    createdPhrase.value = await wallet.create(password.value || undefined);
+    phraseConfirmed.value = false;
+  } catch (error) {
+    Notify.create({
+      type: 'negative',
+      message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Something went wrong.',
+    });
+  } finally {
+    busy.value = false;
+  }
+};
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.word-chip {
+  background: rgba(85, 255, 204, 0.08);
+  border: 1px solid rgba(85, 255, 204, 0.25);
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  padding: 4px 8px;
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/src/components/welcome/WelcomeNostrPanel.vue b/src/components/welcome/WelcomeNostrPanel.vue
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index 0000000..a0ee4a4
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+++ b/src/components/welcome/WelcomeNostrPanel.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="text-body1 q-mb-md">
+    If this wallet used nostr backup before, your notes, mints and settings are waiting on your
+    relays - encrypted so only your recovery phrase can read them.
+  </div>
+  <q-input
+    v-model="phrase"
+    type="textarea"
+    rows="3"
+    dark
+    outlined
+    color="primary"
+    label="Your 12-word recovery phrase"
+    placeholder="twelve words separated by spaces"
+    autocomplete="off"
+    autocapitalize="off"
+    spellcheck="false"
+    data-1p-ignore
+    data-lpignore="true"
+    class="q-mb-md"
+  />
+  <div class="text-caption text-grey-5 q-mb-xs">Relays to look on</div>
+  <RelaysEditor v-model="relays" />
+  <div v-if="error" class="text-negative q-my-sm">{{ error }}</div>
+  <template v-if="!found">
+    <div v-if="looked" class="text-warning q-my-sm">
+      No backup found for this phrase on those relays. Check the phrase and the relay list - or
+      restore from a backup file instead.
+    </div>
+    <q-btn
+      unelevated
+      color="primary"
+      text-color="dark"
+      label="Look for a backup"
+      class="full-width q-mt-md"
+      :loading="busy"
+      :disable="!phraseValid || relays.length === 0"
+      @click="lookForBackup"
+    />
+  </template>
+  <template v-else>
+    <div class="text-body2 text-grey-4 q-my-md">
+      Found a backup: {{ found.notes }} note(s), {{ found.mints }} mint(s)<template
+        v-if="found.settings"
+        >, settings</template
+      >.
+    </div>
+    <div class="text-caption text-grey-5 q-mb-sm">
+      Password (optional) — encrypts your wallet on this device and enables locking. Minimum
+      {{ MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH }} characters. Leave empty to store unencrypted.
+    </div>
+    <q-input
+      v-model="password"
+      type="password"
+      dark
+      outlined
+      color="primary"
+      label="Password"
+      autocomplete="new-password"
+      class="q-mb-sm"
+    />
+    <q-input
+      v-if="password !== ''"
+      v-model="confirmation"
+      type="password"
+      dark
+      outlined
+      color="primary"
+      label="Confirm password"
+      autocomplete="new-password"
+      class="q-mb-sm"
+    />
+    <div
+      v-if="password !== '' && password.length < MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH"
+      class="text-warning text-caption q-mb-sm"
+    >
+      At least {{ MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH }} characters.
+    </div>
+    <div
+      v-if="confirmation !== '' && password !== confirmation"
+      class="text-warning text-caption q-mb-sm"
+    >
+      Passwords do not match.
+    </div>
+    <q-btn
+      unelevated
+      color="primary"
+      text-color="dark"
+      label="Restore this backup"
+      class="full-width q-mt-sm"
+      :loading="busy"
+      :disable="!passwordValid(password, confirmation)"
+      @click="restoreBackup"
+    />
+  </template>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { computed, ref } from 'vue';
+import { useRouter } from 'vue-router';
+import { Notify } from 'quasar';
+import { deriveWalletLinkingKey, isValidSeedPhrase } from '@/lnurlcash/keys';
+import { backupPubkey, deriveBackupKey, fetchBackup } from '@/lnurlcash/nostrBackup';
+import { useWalletStore } from '@/stores/wallet';
+import { DEFAULT_NOSTR_RELAYS } from '@/stores/nostrBackup';
+import RelaysEditor from '@/components/RelaysEditor.vue';
+import { MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH, passwordValid } from '@/composables/welcomePassword';
+
+const wallet = useWalletStore();
+const router = useRouter();
+const phrase = ref('');
+const relays = ref<string[]>([...DEFAULT_NOSTR_RELAYS]);
+const password = ref('');
+const confirmation = ref('');
+const busy = ref(false);
+const error = ref('');
+const looked = ref(false);
+const found = ref<{ notes: number; mints: number; settings: boolean } | null>(null);
+const phraseValid = computed(() => isValidSeedPhrase(phrase.value));
+const linkingKey = (): Uint8Array => deriveWalletLinkingKey(phrase.value.trim().toLowerCase());
+const errorMessage = (caught: unknown): string =>
+  caught instanceof Error ? caught.message : 'Something went wrong.';
+const lookForBackup = async (): Promise<void> => {
+  busy.value = true;
+  error.value = '';
+  found.value = null;
+  looked.value = false;
+  try {
+    const secretKey = deriveBackupKey(linkingKey());
+    const parts = await fetchBackup(backupPubkey(secretKey), relays.value, { secretKey });
+    looked.value = true;
+    if (parts.notes || parts.mints || parts.settings) {
+      found.value = {
+        notes: parts.notes?.length ?? 0,
+        mints: parts.mints?.length ?? 0,
+        settings: parts.settings !== undefined,
+      };
+    }
+  } catch (caught) {
+    error.value = errorMessage(caught);
+  } finally {
+    busy.value = false;
+  }
+};
+const restoreBackup = async (): Promise<void> => {
+  busy.value = true;
+  error.value = '';
+  try {
+    await wallet.restoreFromNostr(
+      phrase.value.trim().toLowerCase(),
+      relays.value,
+      password.value || undefined,
+    );
+    Notify.create({ type: 'positive', message: 'Backup restored - welcome back.' });
+    void router.push('/');
+  } catch (caught) {
+    error.value = errorMessage(caught);
+    Notify.create({ type: 'negative', message: error.value });
+  } finally {
+    busy.value = false;
+  }
+};
+</script>
diff --git a/src/components/welcome/WelcomeSeedPanel.vue b/src/components/welcome/WelcomeSeedPanel.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2605f06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/welcome/WelcomeSeedPanel.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+<template>
+  <q-input
+    v-model="phrase"
+    type="textarea"
+    rows="3"
+    dark
+    outlined
+    color="primary"
+    label="Your 12-word recovery phrase"
+    placeholder="twelve words separated by spaces"
+    autocomplete="off"
+    autocapitalize="off"
+    spellcheck="false"
+    data-1p-ignore
+    data-lpignore="true"
+    class="q-mb-md"
+  />
+  <div class="text-caption text-grey-5 q-mb-sm">
+    Password (optional) — encrypts your wallet on this device and enables locking. Minimum
+    {{ MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH }} characters. Leave empty to store unencrypted.
+  </div>
+  <q-input
+    v-model="password"
+    type="password"
+    dark
+    outlined
+    color="primary"
+    label="Password"
+    autocomplete="new-password"
+    class="q-mb-sm"
+  />
+  <q-input
+    v-if="password !== ''"
+    v-model="confirmation"
+    type="password"
+    dark
+    outlined
+    color="primary"
+    label="Confirm password"
+    autocomplete="new-password"
+    class="q-mb-sm"
+  />
+  <div
+    v-if="password !== '' && password.length < MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH"
+    class="text-warning text-caption q-mb-sm"
+  >
+    At least {{ MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH }} characters.
+  </div>
+  <div
+    v-if="confirmation !== '' && password !== confirmation"
+    class="text-warning text-caption q-mb-sm"
+  >
+    Passwords do not match.
+  </div>
+  <div v-if="restoreError" class="text-negative q-mt-sm">{{ restoreError }}</div>
+  <q-btn
+    unelevated
+    color="primary"
+    text-color="dark"
+    label="Restore wallet"
+    class="full-width q-mt-sm"
+    :loading="busy"
+    :disable="!phrase.trim() || !passwordValid(password, confirmation)"
+    @click="restoreWallet"
+  />
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { ref } from 'vue';
+import { useRouter } from 'vue-router';
+import { Notify } from 'quasar';
+import { useWalletStore } from '@/stores/wallet';
+import { MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH, passwordValid } from '@/composables/welcomePassword';
+
+const wallet = useWalletStore();
+const router = useRouter();
+const phrase = ref('');
+const password = ref('');
+const confirmation = ref('');
+const busy = ref(false);
+const restoreError = ref('');
+const restoreWallet = async (): Promise<void> => {
+  busy.value = true;
+  restoreError.value = '';
+  try {
+    await wallet.restoreFromSeed(phrase.value.trim().toLowerCase(), password.value || undefined);
+    Notify.create({ type: 'positive', message: 'Wallet restored.' });
+    void router.push('/');
+  } catch (error) {
+    restoreError.value = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Something went wrong.';
+    Notify.create({ type: 'negative', message: restoreError.value });
+  } finally {
+    busy.value = false;
+  }
+};
+</script>
diff --git a/src/composables/welcomePassword.ts b/src/composables/welcomePassword.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d0cd05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/composables/welcomePassword.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export const MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH = 8;
+
+export const passwordValid = (password: string, confirmation: string): boolean =>
+  password === '' || (password.length >= MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH && password === confirmation);
diff --git a/src/pages/WelcomePage.vue b/src/pages/WelcomePage.vue
index e071e2e..cbb99d2 100644
--- a/src/pages/WelcomePage.vue
+++ b/src/pages/WelcomePage.vue
@@ -4,20 +4,15 @@
     <div class="text-subtitle1 text-grey-5 q-mt-sm q-mb-lg text-center">
       A wallet for lnurlcash bearer notes.
     </div>
-
     <q-banner
       v-if="wallet.state !== 'none'"
       class="sattle-card text-warning q-mb-md onboarding-panel"
       rounded
     >
-      <template #avatar>
-        <q-icon name="warning" color="warning" />
-      </template>
-      A wallet already exists on this device. Setting up a new one replaces its key —
-      notes belonging to the current wallet become unreadable until its own seed is
-      restored again.
+      <template #avatar><q-icon name="warning" color="warning" /></template>
+      A wallet already exists on this device. Setting up a new one replaces its key — notes
+      belonging to the current wallet become unreadable until its own seed is restored again.
     </q-banner>
-
     <q-btn-toggle
       v-model="tab"
       spread
@@ -35,564 +30,39 @@
         { label: 'Nostr backup', value: 'nostr' },
       ]"
     />
-
     <q-card class="sattle-card onboarding-panel q-pa-lg">
-      <!-- create -->
-      <div v-if="tab === 'create'">
-        <template v-if="!createdPhrase">
-          <div class="text-body1 q-mb-md">
-            A fresh recovery phrase is generated in your browser. It is the master key
-            to your wallet — and the only way to recover your notes on another device.
-          </div>
-          <div class="text-caption text-grey-5 q-mb-sm">
-            Password (optional) — encrypts your wallet on this device and enables
-            locking. Minimum {{ MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH }} characters. Leave empty to
-            store unencrypted.
-          </div>
-          <q-input
-            v-model="createPassword"
-            type="password"
-            dark
-            outlined
-            color="primary"
-            label="Password"
-            autocomplete="new-password"
-            class="q-mb-sm"
-          />
-          <q-input
-            v-if="createPassword !== ''"
-            v-model="createPasswordConfirm"
-            type="password"
-            dark
-            outlined
-            color="primary"
-            label="Confirm password"
-            autocomplete="new-password"
-            class="q-mb-sm"
-          />
-          <div
-            v-if="createPassword !== '' && createPassword.length < MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH"
-            class="text-warning text-caption q-mb-sm"
-          >
-            At least {{ MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH }} characters — this password is the only
-            thing standing between an offline brute-force and your notes.
-          </div>
-          <div
-            v-if="createPasswordConfirm !== '' && createPassword !== createPasswordConfirm"
-            class="text-warning text-caption q-mb-sm"
-          >
-            Passwords do not match.
-          </div>
-          <q-btn
-            unelevated
-            color="primary"
-            text-color="dark"
-            label="Create wallet"
-            class="full-width q-mt-sm"
-            :loading="busy"
-            :disable="!passwordValid(createPassword, createPasswordConfirm)"
-            @click="createWallet"
-          />
-        </template>
-
-        <template v-else>
-          <div class="text-body1 text-weight-medium q-mb-sm">
-            Your recovery phrase — shown once, never stored:
-          </div>
-          <div class="row q-gutter-xs q-mb-md">
-            <div v-for="(word, i) in createdPhrase.split(' ')" :key="i" class="word-chip">
-              <span class="text-grey-5 q-mr-xs">{{ i + 1 }}.</span>{{ word }}
-            </div>
-          </div>
-          <q-banner class="sattle-card text-warning q-mb-md" rounded>
-            <template #avatar>
-              <q-icon name="warning" color="warning" />
-            </template>
-            Write these 12 words down and keep them somewhere safe. Anyone who knows
-            them can spend your notes; if you lose them, your notes are gone forever.
-          </q-banner>
-          <q-checkbox
-            v-model="phraseConfirmed"
-            color="primary"
-            label="I wrote it down"
-            class="q-mb-md"
-          />
-          <q-btn
-            unelevated
-            color="primary"
-            text-color="dark"
-            label="Continue"
-            class="full-width"
-            :disable="!phraseConfirmed"
-            @click="finishCreate"
-          />
-        </template>
-      </div>
-
-      <!-- restore from seed -->
-      <div v-else-if="tab === 'restore'">
-        <q-input
-          v-model="restorePhrase"
-          type="textarea"
-          rows="3"
-          dark
-          outlined
-          color="primary"
-          label="Your 12-word recovery phrase"
-          placeholder="twelve words separated by spaces"
-          autocomplete="off"
-          autocapitalize="off"
-          spellcheck="false"
-          data-1p-ignore
-          data-lpignore="true"
-          class="q-mb-md"
-        />
-        <div class="text-caption text-grey-5 q-mb-sm">
-          Password (optional) — encrypts your wallet on this device and enables
-          locking. Minimum {{ MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH }} characters. Leave empty to store
-          unencrypted.
-        </div>
-        <q-input
-          v-model="restorePassword"
-          type="password"
-          dark
-          outlined
-          color="primary"
-          label="Password"
-          autocomplete="new-password"
-          class="q-mb-sm"
-        />
-        <q-input
-          v-if="restorePassword !== ''"
-          v-model="restorePasswordConfirm"
-          type="password"
-          dark
-          outlined
-          color="primary"
-          label="Confirm password"
-          autocomplete="new-password"
-          class="q-mb-sm"
-        />
-        <div
-          v-if="restorePassword !== '' && restorePassword.length < MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH"
-          class="text-warning text-caption q-mb-sm"
-        >
-          At least {{ MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH }} characters.
-        </div>
-        <div
-          v-if="restorePasswordConfirm !== '' && restorePassword !== restorePasswordConfirm"
-          class="text-warning text-caption q-mb-sm"
-        >
-          Passwords do not match.
-        </div>
-        <div v-if="restoreError" class="text-negative q-mt-sm">{{ restoreError }}</div>
-        <q-btn
-          unelevated
-          color="primary"
-          text-color="dark"
-          label="Restore wallet"
-          class="full-width q-mt-sm"
-          :loading="busy"
-          :disable="
-            !restorePhrase.trim() || !passwordValid(restorePassword, restorePasswordConfirm)
-          "
-          @click="restoreWallet"
-        />
-      </div>
-
-      <!-- restore from nostr backup -->
-      <div v-else-if="tab === 'nostr'">
-        <div class="text-body1 q-mb-md">
-          If this wallet used nostr backup before, your notes, mints and settings are
-          waiting on your relays - encrypted so only your recovery phrase can read
-          them.
-        </div>
-        <q-input
-          v-model="nostrPhrase"
-          type="textarea"
-          rows="3"
-          dark
-          outlined
-          color="primary"
-          label="Your 12-word recovery phrase"
-          placeholder="twelve words separated by spaces"
-          autocomplete="off"
-          autocapitalize="off"
-          spellcheck="false"
-          data-1p-ignore
-          data-lpignore="true"
-          class="q-mb-md"
-        />
-        <div class="text-caption text-grey-5 q-mb-xs">Relays to look on</div>
-        <RelaysEditor v-model="nostrRelays" />
-
-        <div v-if="nostrError" class="text-negative q-my-sm">{{ nostrError }}</div>
-
-        <template v-if="!nostrFound">
-          <div v-if="nostrLooked" class="text-warning q-my-sm">
-            No backup found for this phrase on those relays. Check the phrase and the
-            relay list - or restore from a backup file instead.
-          </div>
-          <q-btn
-            unelevated
-            color="primary"
-            text-color="dark"
-            label="Look for a backup"
-            class="full-width q-mt-md"
-            :loading="nostrBusy"
-            :disable="!nostrPhraseValid || nostrRelays.length === 0"
-            @click="lookForNostrBackup"
-          />
-        </template>
-
-        <template v-else>
-          <div class="text-body2 text-grey-4 q-my-md">
-            Found a backup: {{ nostrFound.notes }} note(s), {{ nostrFound.mints }}
-            mint(s)<template v-if="nostrFound.settings">, settings</template>.
-          </div>
-          <div class="text-caption text-grey-5 q-mb-sm">
-            Password (optional) — encrypts your wallet on this device and enables
-            locking. Minimum {{ MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH }} characters. Leave empty to
-            store unencrypted.
-          </div>
-          <q-input
-            v-model="nostrPassword"
-            type="password"
-            dark
-            outlined
-            color="primary"
-            label="Password"
-            autocomplete="new-password"
-            class="q-mb-sm"
-          />
-          <q-input
-            v-if="nostrPassword !== ''"
-            v-model="nostrPasswordConfirm"
-            type="password"
-            dark
-            outlined
-            color="primary"
-            label="Confirm password"
-            autocomplete="new-password"
-            class="q-mb-sm"
-          />
-          <div
-            v-if="nostrPassword !== '' && nostrPassword.length < MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH"
-            class="text-warning text-caption q-mb-sm"
-          >
-            At least {{ MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH }} characters.
-          </div>
-          <div
-            v-if="nostrPasswordConfirm !== '' && nostrPassword !== nostrPasswordConfirm"
-            class="text-warning text-caption q-mb-sm"
-          >
-            Passwords do not match.
-          </div>
-          <q-btn
-            unelevated
-            color="primary"
-            text-color="dark"
-            label="Restore this backup"
-            class="full-width q-mt-sm"
-            :loading="nostrBusy"
-            :disable="!passwordValid(nostrPassword, nostrPasswordConfirm)"
-            @click="restoreNostrBackup"
-          />
-        </template>
-      </div>
-
-      <!-- restore from backup file -->
-      <div v-else>
-        <div class="text-body1 q-mb-md">
-          Sets this device up from a downloaded backup file — no recovery phrase
-          needed, as long as you still know the password the backup was encrypted
-          with. Notes from the file are merged into storage either way.
-        </div>
-
-        <q-banner v-if="backupSkipped" class="sattle-card text-warning q-mb-md" rounded>
-          <template #avatar>
-            <q-icon name="warning" color="warning" />
-          </template>
-          This device already has a wallet, so the backup's own key was
-          <strong>not</strong> installed. Its notes were merged and will appear if the
-          existing wallet is the one this backup belongs to.
-        </q-banner>
-
-        <template v-if="backupKeyRestored">
-          <q-banner class="sattle-card text-warning q-mb-md" rounded>
-            <template #avatar>
-              <q-icon name="warning" color="warning" />
-            </template>
-            The backup's key was installed. Whoever wrote that file may know it — only
-            continue if you trust the file's source completely. Otherwise set up a
-            fresh wallet from your own recovery phrase instead.
-          </q-banner>
-          <q-btn
-            unelevated
-            color="primary"
-            text-color="dark"
-            label="I trust this file — continue"
-            class="full-width"
-            @click="proceedWithBackupKey"
-          />
-        </template>
-
-        <template v-else>
-          <div v-if="backupResult" class="text-positive q-mb-md">
-            Backup restored: {{ backupResult.added }} note(s) added,
-            {{ backupResult.skipped }} already present.
-            <span v-if="!backupResult.linkingKeyRestored">
-              The file carried no usable key of its own — restore its recovery phrase
-              to unlock the notes.
-            </span>
-          </div>
-          <div v-if="backupError" class="text-negative q-mb-md">{{ backupError }}</div>
-          <input
-            ref="backupFileInput"
-            type="file"
-            accept="application/json,.json"
-            class="hidden"
-            @change="restoreFromBackupFile"
-          />
-          <q-btn
-            unelevated
-            color="primary"
-            text-color="dark"
-            label="Choose backup file"
-            icon="upload_file"
-            class="full-width"
-            :loading="backupBusy"
-            @click="pickBackupFile"
-          />
-        </template>
-      </div>
+      <KeepAlive>
+        <WelcomeCreatePanel v-if="tab === 'create'" />
+        <WelcomeSeedPanel v-else-if="tab === 'restore'" />
+        <WelcomeNostrPanel v-else-if="tab === 'nostr'" />
+        <WelcomeBackupPanel v-else />
+      </KeepAlive>
     </q-card>
   </q-page>
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { ref, computed } from 'vue';
-import { useRoute, useRouter } from 'vue-router';
-import { Notify } from 'quasar';
-
-import { deriveWalletLinkingKey, isValidSeedPhrase } from '@/lnurlcash/keys';
-import {
-  backupPubkey,
-  deriveBackupKey,
-  fetchBackup,
-  restoreFromNostr,
-} from '@/lnurlcash/nostrBackup';
+import { ref } from 'vue';
+import { useRoute } from 'vue-router';
 import { useWalletStore } from '@/stores/wallet';
-import { DEFAULT_NOSTR_RELAYS } from '@/stores/nostrBackup';
-import { applyBackup, MAX_BACKUP_FILE_BYTES } from '@/lnurlcash/storage';
-import type { RestoreResult } from '@/lnurlcash/storage';
-import RelaysEditor from '@/components/RelaysEditor.vue';
-
-// the key's ciphertext sits in local storage AND travels inside every backup
-// file by design, so this password is the only thing between an offline
-// brute-force and every note the wallet holds - a one-character password is
-// no password at all
-const MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH = 8;
+import WelcomeBackupPanel from '@/components/welcome/WelcomeBackupPanel.vue';
+import WelcomeCreatePanel from '@/components/welcome/WelcomeCreatePanel.vue';
+import WelcomeNostrPanel from '@/components/welcome/WelcomeNostrPanel.vue';
+import WelcomeSeedPanel from '@/components/welcome/WelcomeSeedPanel.vue';
 
 type Tab = 'create' | 'restore' | 'backup' | 'nostr';
-
 const wallet = useWalletStore();
-const router = useRouter();
 const route = useRoute();
-
 const tab = ref<Tab>(
   route.query.tab === 'restore' || route.query.tab === 'backup' || route.query.tab === 'nostr'
     ? route.query.tab
     : 'create',
 );
-
-const errorMessage = (err: unknown): string =>
-  err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Something went wrong.';
-
-// ---- optional password (create + restore-seed share the rules) ----
-const createPassword = ref('');
-const createPasswordConfirm = ref('');
-const restorePassword = ref('');
-const restorePasswordConfirm = ref('');
-
-const passwordValid = (password: string, confirm: string): boolean => {
-  if (password === '') return true; // optional - empty means unencrypted
-  return password.length >= MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH && password === confirm;
-};
-
-// ---- create ----
-const busy = ref(false);
-const createdPhrase = ref<string | null>(null);
-const phraseConfirmed = ref(false);
-
-const createWallet = async () => {
-  busy.value = true;
-  try {
-    createdPhrase.value = await wallet.create(createPassword.value || undefined);
-    phraseConfirmed.value = false;
-  } catch (err) {
-    Notify.create({ type: 'negative', message: errorMessage(err) });
-  } finally {
-    busy.value = false;
-  }
-};
-
-const finishCreate = () => {
-  void router.push('/');
-};
-
-// ---- restore from seed ----
-const restorePhrase = ref('');
-const restoreError = ref('');
-
-const restoreWallet = async () => {
-  busy.value = true;
-  restoreError.value = '';
-  try {
-    await wallet.restoreFromSeed(
-      restorePhrase.value.trim().toLowerCase(),
-      restorePassword.value || undefined,
-    );
-    Notify.create({ type: 'positive', message: 'Wallet restored.' });
-    void router.push('/');
-  } catch (err) {
-    restoreError.value = errorMessage(err);
-    Notify.create({ type: 'negative', message: restoreError.value });
-  } finally {
-    busy.value = false;
-  }
-};
-
-// ---- restore from backup file ----
-const backupFileInput = ref<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
-const backupBusy = ref(false);
-const backupError = ref('');
-const backupResult = ref<RestoreResult | null>(null);
-const backupSkipped = ref(false);
-const backupKeyRestored = ref(false);
-
-const pickBackupFile = () => backupFileInput.value?.click();
-
-const restoreFromBackupFile = async (event: Event) => {
-  const input = event.currentTarget as HTMLInputElement;
-  const file = input.files?.[0];
-  input.value = '';
-  if (!file) return;
-  backupBusy.value = true;
-  backupError.value = '';
-  backupResult.value = null;
-  backupSkipped.value = false;
-  try {
-    if (file.size > MAX_BACKUP_FILE_BYTES) {
-      throw new Error('That file is far too large to be a wallet backup.');
-    }
-    const data: unknown = JSON.parse(await file.text());
-    const result = applyBackup(data);
-    if (result.linkingKeyRestored) {
-      // never activated automatically: whoever wrote the file necessarily had
-      // the key (encrypted or not), so the restore pauses for an explicit
-      // source-trust acknowledgment
-      backupKeyRestored.value = true;
-      return;
-    }
-    if (result.linkingKeySkipped) {
-      backupSkipped.value = true;
-      return;
-    }
-    backupResult.value = result;
-    Notify.create({ type: 'positive', message: 'Backup restored.' });
-  } catch (err) {
-    backupError.value = errorMessage(err);
-    Notify.create({ type: 'negative', message: backupError.value });
-  } finally {
-    backupBusy.value = false;
-  }
-};
-
-// ---- restore from nostr backup ----
-// phrase in -> derive the linking key (and from it the backup key) -> fetch
-// the encrypted parts -> preview what was found -> applyBackup via
-// restoreFromNostr, then install the key through the ordinary seed path
-const nostrPhrase = ref('');
-const nostrRelays = ref<string[]>([...DEFAULT_NOSTR_RELAYS]);
-const nostrPassword = ref('');
-const nostrPasswordConfirm = ref('');
-const nostrBusy = ref(false);
-const nostrError = ref('');
-const nostrLooked = ref(false);
-const nostrFound = ref<{ notes: number; mints: number; settings: boolean } | null>(null);
-
-const nostrPhraseValid = computed(() => isValidSeedPhrase(nostrPhrase.value));
-
-const nostrLinkingKey = (): Uint8Array =>
-  deriveWalletLinkingKey(nostrPhrase.value.trim().toLowerCase());
-
-const lookForNostrBackup = async () => {
-  nostrBusy.value = true;
-  nostrError.value = '';
-  nostrFound.value = null;
-  nostrLooked.value = false;
-  try {
-    const secretKey = deriveBackupKey(nostrLinkingKey());
-    const parts = await fetchBackup(backupPubkey(secretKey), nostrRelays.value, {
-      secretKey,
-    });
-    nostrLooked.value = true;
-    if (parts.notes || parts.mints || parts.settings) {
-      nostrFound.value = {
-        notes: parts.notes?.length ?? 0,
-        mints: parts.mints?.length ?? 0,
-        settings: parts.settings !== undefined,
-      };
-    }
-  } catch (err) {
-    nostrError.value = errorMessage(err);
-  } finally {
-    nostrBusy.value = false;
-  }
-};
-
-const restoreNostrBackup = async () => {
-  nostrBusy.value = true;
-  nostrError.value = '';
-  try {
-    const linkingKey = nostrLinkingKey();
-    // merge the fetched parts into local storage FIRST (the same applyBackup
-    // path as a file restore), then installing the seed activates the wallet
-    // and loads what was just restored
-    await restoreFromNostr(linkingKey, nostrRelays.value);
-    await wallet.restoreFromSeed(
-      nostrPhrase.value.trim().toLowerCase(),
-      nostrPassword.value || undefined,
-    );
-    Notify.create({ type: 'positive', message: 'Backup restored - welcome back.' });
-    void router.push('/');
-  } catch (err) {
-    nostrError.value = errorMessage(err);
-    Notify.create({ type: 'negative', message: nostrError.value });
-  } finally {
-    nostrBusy.value = false;
-  }
-};
-
-// the backup installed its own key into local storage behind the wallet
-// store's back - a full reload re-runs the boot sequence so the app comes up
-// against the restored key (unlock screen if it was password-encrypted)
-const proceedWithBackupKey = () => {
-  window.location.assign('/');
-};</script>
+</script>
 
 <style lang="scss" scoped>
 .onboarding-panel {
   width: 100%;
   max-width: 480px;
 }
-
-.word-chip {
-  background: rgba(85, 255, 204, 0.08);
-  border: 1px solid rgba(85, 255, 204, 0.25);
-  border-radius: 6px;
-  padding: 4px 8px;
-  font-size: 0.85rem;
-}
 </style>