# Bisq on two devices with same seed

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/bisq-on-two-devices-with-same-seed/6810>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 20, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bisq-on-two-devices-with-same-seed/6810 "2018-12-20T11:30:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![donacid](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/donacid/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@donacid](https://bisq.community/u/donacid)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bisq-on-two-devices-with-same-seed/6810/1 "2018-12-20T11:30:19Z")

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Could it cause any problems if I run bisq on two devices with the same seed simultaneously?

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**Author:** ![peoples](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/peoples/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@peoples](https://bisq.community/u/peoples)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bisq-on-two-devices-with-same-seed/6810/2 "2018-12-20T11:42:10Z")

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It won’t cause any catastrophic issues. You will always be able to recover your funds with your seed. However, the app data files will differ between your installations and cause problems when listing trades and making/taking offers.

I think the recommendation is to only have one instance running. Backing up and moving app-data files when you need to switch machines. I’m sure somebody smarter than me will have more insight.

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**Author:** ![donacid](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/donacid/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@donacid](https://bisq.community/u/donacid)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bisq-on-two-devices-with-same-seed/6810/3 "2018-12-20T12:58:30Z")

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thanks.

I guess I’ll go the safer route then, and set up a 2nd account on the other device.

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**Author:** ![alexej996](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/alexej996/32/491_2.png) [@alexej996](https://bisq.community/u/alexej996)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bisq-on-two-devices-with-same-seed/6810/4 "2018-12-20T21:40:01Z")

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Yeah, it is safer to not use anything from one instance on another at the same time.

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**Author:** ![ManfredKarrer](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/manfredkarrer/32/26_2.png) [@ManfredKarrer](https://bisq.community/u/ManfredKarrer)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bisq-on-two-devices-with-same-seed/6810/5 "2018-12-23T11:56:43Z")

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You should not do that. On hte Bitcoin side there should not be any big issues but on P2P network side you cannot run 2 times the same onion address. The earlier started one would not be recognied anymore.