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Single card share

Send one card with a passphrase, or a QR code when the person is beside you.

One card, not a family pocket

Single card share sends one card as its own encrypted payload. It does not add the other person to a pocket, and it does not give them the rest of your wallet. Family sharing is the tool for an ongoing household. This is the tool for one card, once.

Standing next to them

If the other person is beside you, CardWarden can show a QR code. They scan it in the app and receive the card without typing the passphrase. The passphrase is still the key. The QR carries it so nobody has to read it aloud at the counter.

When they are somewhere else

For someone who is not next to you, share the card and tell them the passphrase separately. The card is encrypted with ChaCha20-Poly1305 using a key derived from that passphrase with PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256 (200,000 iterations). Without the passphrase, the payload does not open. The QR code does not change that. It only saves the typing when you are in the same place.

CardWarden share card with a passphrase protected share link
CardWarden share card with a QR code for someone standing nearby

More of the wallet

Common questions

Does the QR code skip the passphrase?

No. The passphrase is still the key. The QR code lets someone beside you receive it without typing.

Is this the same as family sharing?

No. Family sharing keeps a pocket in sync for people you invite. Single card share sends one card and stops there.

What can the other person see?

That card. They do not get your other cards or unshared pockets.

How is the card encrypted?

ChaCha20-Poly1305 with a key derived from the passphrase. The security white paper has the full description.

Hand someone one card, not your whole wallet

Download CardWarden and send a loyalty or gift card in a few seconds. If they are standing next to you, a QR code is enough.

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