diff --git a/docs/rfcs/2026-09-10-wallet-keys.md b/docs/rfcs/2026-09-10-wallet-keys.md
index f2923dd2c7..ecf5215a2a 100644
--- a/docs/rfcs/2026-09-10-wallet-keys.md
+++ b/docs/rfcs/2026-09-10-wallet-keys.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Internal API. The names commands will call these; users will not.
 ```
 /_wallet                           the next name addresses
 /_wallet create new                generate the seed
-/_wallet create mnemonic=<phrase>  take the seed from a mnemonic
+/_wallet create mnemonic=<phrase>  take the entropy from a mnemonic
 /_wallet export                    the seed mnemonic
 /_wallet export <name>             one derived secret, as 0x and 64 hex digits
 /_wallet delete                    delete the seed
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ not leave the device, and the raw command would be logged there.
 ```sql
 CREATE TABLE wallet_seeds (
   wallet_seed_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
-  seed BLOB NOT NULL,
+  entropy BLOB NOT NULL,
   next_name_index INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
   single_seed INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1
 );
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ CREATE TABLE wallet_seeds (
 
 No other table is touched.
 
+What is stored is the BIP-39 entropy, 16 to 32 bytes. The mnemonic comes back
+from it exactly, as the entropy and its checksum determine the words, and that
+is what export returns. The seed itself, the 64 bytes PBKDF2 derives from the
+mnemonic, is computed when a key is needed and never stored.
+
 `next_name_index` is a high-water mark, not a count of names held. A name a
 device no longer tracks still owns its address, so an index is never reused.
 
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Postgres/Migrations/M20260908_wallet_seeds.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Postgres/Migrations/M20260908_wallet_seeds.hs
index d8617d0841..7dd970d8f6 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Postgres/Migrations/M20260908_wallet_seeds.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Postgres/Migrations/M20260908_wallet_seeds.hs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ m20260908_wallet_seeds =
   [r|
 CREATE TABLE wallet_seeds (
   wallet_seed_id BIGINT GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
-  seed BYTEA NOT NULL,
+  entropy BYTEA NOT NULL,
   -- see the SQLite migration
   next_name_index BIGINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
   -- one seed per device for now
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Postgres/Migrations/chat_schema.sql b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Postgres/Migrations/chat_schema.sql
index c5e5fa52e5..1cdf43e011 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Postgres/Migrations/chat_schema.sql
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Postgres/Migrations/chat_schema.sql
@@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@ ALTER TABLE test_chat_schema.users ALTER COLUMN user_id ADD GENERATED ALWAYS AS
 
 CREATE TABLE test_chat_schema.wallet_seeds (
     wallet_seed_id bigint NOT NULL,
-    seed bytea NOT NULL,
+    entropy bytea NOT NULL,
     next_name_index bigint DEFAULT 1 NOT NULL,
     single_seed smallint DEFAULT 1 NOT NULL
 );
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/M20260908_wallet_seeds.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/M20260908_wallet_seeds.hs
index a2fdc2b500..9f3b0468c9 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/M20260908_wallet_seeds.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/M20260908_wallet_seeds.hs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ m20260908_wallet_seeds =
   [sql|
 CREATE TABLE wallet_seeds (
   wallet_seed_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
-  seed BLOB NOT NULL, -- BIP-39 entropy, 16-32 bytes
+  entropy BLOB NOT NULL,
   -- known issue: after an import this starts at 1, so it can hand out a name
   -- key at a path that already owns a name
   next_name_index INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/chat_schema.sql b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/chat_schema.sql
index 80c72a42e7..a3c86389db 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/chat_schema.sql
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/SQLite/Migrations/chat_schema.sql
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ CREATE TABLE rcv_roster_transfers(
 ) STRICT;
 CREATE TABLE wallet_seeds(
   wallet_seed_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
-  seed BLOB NOT NULL, -- BIP-39 entropy, 16-32 bytes
+  entropy BLOB NOT NULL,
   -- known issue: after an import this starts at 1, so it can hand out a name
   -- key at a path that already owns a name
   next_name_index INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Wallets.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Wallets.hs
index bd09feb3a0..a9a098b96c 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Wallets.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Wallets.hs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ toSeed (sId, seed) = WalletSeed {wsId = sId, wsEntropy = seed}
 getDeviceSeed :: DB.Connection -> IO (Maybe WalletSeed)
 getDeviceSeed db =
   maybeFirstRow toSeed $
-    DB.query_ db "SELECT wallet_seed_id, seed FROM wallet_seeds ORDER BY wallet_seed_id LIMIT 1"
+    DB.query_ db "SELECT wallet_seed_id, entropy FROM wallet_seeds ORDER BY wallet_seed_id LIMIT 1"
 
 -- | The index the next name bought on this device takes.
 getNextNameIndex :: DB.Connection -> SeedId -> IO NameIndex
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ createSeed :: DB.Connection -> ByteString -> IO Bool
 createSeed db entropy =
   getDeviceSeed db >>= \case
     Just _ -> pure False
-    Nothing -> True <$ DB.execute db "INSERT INTO wallet_seeds (seed) VALUES (?)" (Only $ DB.Binary entropy)
+    Nothing -> True <$ DB.execute db "INSERT INTO wallet_seeds (entropy) VALUES (?)" (Only $ DB.Binary entropy)
 
 deleteSeed :: DB.Connection -> SeedId -> IO ()
 deleteSeed db sId = DB.execute db "DELETE FROM wallet_seeds WHERE wallet_seed_id = ?" (Only sId)