That's exactly what it is.
Having only the seed phrase is a single point of failure. Introducing a mechanism to recover the wallet even if you lose the seed phrase eliminates this
In the future, we will be implementing something more standardized like SSKR and Seed XOR.
https://support.airgap.it/features/social-recovery/
The AirGap Vault signs a transaction and provides a QR code for the signed transaction. The wallet to which it is paired (e.g AirGap Wallet, Metamask, Sparrow, Spectre, Rabby) scans the QR code and broadcasts the transaction.
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