Switching wallets on YOM

Each wallet on YOM is a separate account. Hosts, earnings, quest progress, and licenses are all tied to the address you signed in with. This page covers the common scenarios for switching, signing in with multiple wallets, or migrating from one to another.

how YOM identifies you

Your wallet address is your identity on YOM. Whatever signs the auth challenge during sign-in determines what account you’re using. This means:

• Google login (via Particle) creates one wallet
• Apple login creates a different wallet
• MetaMask signs with whatever account you have selected in MetaMask
• Different MetaMask accounts in the same wallet = different YOM accounts

The displayed handle (eth_7ed407 etc.) is a friendly name derived from the address but the address itself is what matters.

switching to a different wallet temporarily

For example: you usually use MetaMask but want to sign in with a fresh Particle social login to check something.

1. Click your profile / address in the top right of app.yom.net
2. Click disconnect (or sign out)
3. Refresh the page (some browsers cache the previous session aggressively)
4. Click sign in and pick your new method
5. Complete the captcha + sign
6. You’ll see the new wallet’s hosts (none, if it’s new), earnings (0), and other data

Switching back is the same procedure with your original sign-in method.

signing into the same wallet from multiple devices

A single wallet can be signed in from your laptop, phone, and desktop at the same time. Particle handles session management.

If you used a social login (Google / Apple), signing in from a new device requires:

1. Click sign in with Google (or whichever)
2. Auth flows through Google as usual
3. Particle recognizes the social account and returns the same wallet

If you used MetaMask or another self-custody wallet:

1. Install the same wallet app on the new device
2. Import using your seed phrase (this is what the seed is for)
3. Sign in to YOM with MetaMask on the new device

Both routes end at the same wallet address, with the same hosts and earnings visible.

moving from social login to self-custody

A common path: you started with Google sign-in (easy), now you want full control via a self-custody wallet like MetaMask.

This is a one-way migration of value: you can’t change the underlying address of a Particle social account. What you can do is export the private key that Particle generated for you and import it into MetaMask.

1. In app.yom.net, click your profile
2. Look for wallet settings → export key (location may vary by Particle version)
3. Follow Particle’s export flow. You’ll be shown the private key once.
4. In MetaMask: Import account → paste the private key
5. The same wallet address now appears in MetaMask as a self-custody account
6. Sign out of YOM, sign back in with MetaMask

The wallet is now under your full control. Your hosts, earnings, and all YOM data are identical because the address didn’t change.

Critical: once you have the private key out of Particle, store it like you’d store a seed phrase. Never paste it into any website. Never send it to anyone. It’s the entire control over the wallet.

merging two wallets

You can’t, technically. Each wallet is a distinct on-chain address with its own history. If you accidentally created two YOM accounts (one with Google, one with MetaMask) and want to consolidate:

1. Transfer assets (token balances, NFT licenses) on-chain from one wallet to the other
2. Re-register hosts under the destination wallet (this requires re-running the NANO claim flow)
3. Past earnings stay on the original wallet (no way to retroactively reassign them)

It’s clunky. The lesson is to pick a primary sign-in method and stick with it from day one.

what about losing access?

If you lose access to your sign-in method (forgot Google password, lost MetaMask seed), see the Wallet won’t connect troubleshooter section on lost access. Recovery is possible for social logins via the provider’s normal account-recovery flow, but is impossible for self-custody wallets without the seed phrase.