Liana Wallet
Bitcoin timelock and recovery-policy desktop wallet
We reviewed Liana Wallet using 5 official and public sources. The notes below focus on custody, recovery, and security trade-offs.
Liana offers unusually explicit recovery and timelock policy controls, but descriptor/key separation and on-chain delay semantics make it a specialist self-custody product.
- advanced Bitcoin users needing timelocked recovery or inheritance-like policies
- multisig users who can maintain descriptors and signer separation
Key specifications
- Brand
- Wizardsardine
- Role
- Consumer Wallet
- Custody
- Self Custody
- Platforms
- WindowsMacosLinux
- Networks
- bitcoin
- Pricing
- Free
Free to download and use
Liana is a policy wallet rather than a single mnemonic wallet. Recovery research must test descriptor, signer, timelock, and multisig combinations separately.
- Key setup
- Seed Based HdMultisigGenerated KeysImported KeysWatch onlyHardware Backed
- Backup options
- signer mnemonic or external-signer backupwallet descriptor/configuration backupseparate recovery-path key backup
Bitcoin self-custody with policy and timelock complexity; security depends on correct descriptor/key separation, signed binaries, signer availability, node privacy, and operational recovery testing.
- Encrypts keys locally
- Yes
- Privacy note
- Privacy depends strongly on node/backend selection and descriptor/address handling; do not infer it from the timelock design alone.
Third-party providers can affect uptime, privacy, and recovery. They are documented here for context, not as ranking points.
- Bitcoin Core (Node; KYC: Not Required)
- Liana Connect (Other; KYC: Provider Dependent)
- Affiliate
- No affiliate relationship recorded
Sources we checked
5 sources reviewed, with 4 documented claims tied to specific fields.
- Liana repository
Liana describes primary and recovery spending paths, multiple keys per path, and Bitcoin Script timelocks enforced on-chain.
- Liana try and recovery guide
The official guide requires backing up mnemonic material and descriptors and demonstrates recovery after the configured block delay.
- Liana repository
The repository states that Liana is available on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
- Liana Wallet official site
The official site describes the community wallet as free, open source, self-custody, own-node software with reproducible and signed builds.
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