# Restore ADA **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Technical Support\ **Tags:** daedalus\ **Created:** [29 December 2020 10:06 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/restore-ada/43758 "2020-12-29T10:06:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lef1990](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@Lef1990](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Lef1990)\ **Post date:** [29 December 2020 10:06 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/restore-ada/43758/1 "2020-12-29T10:06:54Z")
Dear ADA Community, - I bought ADA one year ago approximately. - I have the voucher of purchase and the link for the Cardano blockchain explorer (address is visible there). - When I bought the coins they were visible in my balance in the Daedalus wallet version of that time. - I did not transfer them to the paper certificate as far as I remember. - A few weeks ago I download a new version of Daedalus. - I restore my paper wallet with the 27 word recovery phrase but the balance is 0. - I do not have any 12 word recovery phrase, never had. Any insight please, as I have lost my sleep for too many days in a row. ---
**Author:** ![Lgbeano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/lgbeano/32/46186_2.png) [@Lgbeano](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Lgbeano)\ **Post date:** [29 December 2020 10:10 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/restore-ada/43758/2 "2020-12-29T10:10:14Z")
27 seed phrase is for the byron paper wallet. 12 is for the byron daedalus. Your details contradict themselves, so it’s difficult to assist. Have you tried restoring a paper wallet? ---
**Author:** ![Lef1990](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@Lef1990](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Lef1990)\ **Post date:** [29 December 2020 10:16 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/restore-ada/43758/3 "2020-12-29T10:16:30Z")
Does this mean that the byron paper wallet and byron daedalus should be related to different addresses as well? ---
**Author:** ![Lef1990](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@Lef1990](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Lef1990)\ **Post date:** [29 December 2020 10:19 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/restore-ada/43758/4 "2020-12-29T10:19:08Z")
I am trying to make sense here to what has happened as well. I am not a tech expert, more of an amateur who bough ADA a long time ago and did not check any details ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Zyroxa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/zyroxa/32/17790_2.png) [@Zyroxa](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Zyroxa)\ **Post date:** [29 December 2020 10:29 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/restore-ada/43758/5 "2020-12-29T10:29:07Z")
Try to restore your wallet on [Adalite.io](http://Adalite.io) and migrate them to a Shelley wallet if possible. If you arent able to do that please contact the [IOHK Support](https://iohk.zendesk.com/hc/en-us). Cheers Fabian