diff --git a/src/nostr/identity.rs b/src/nostr/identity.rs
index 7fa3d3d0..299561e6 100644
--- a/src/nostr/identity.rs
+++ b/src/nostr/identity.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 //! default (one seed restores money AND identity) or imported from an nsec.
 //! Stored at rest as NIP-49 ncryptsec encrypted with the wallet password.
 
+use nostr_sdk::nips::nip44;
 use nostr_sdk::nips::nip49::{EncryptedSecretKey, KeySecurity};
 use nostr_sdk::prelude::FromMnemonic;
 use nostr_sdk::{FromBech32, Keys, SecretKey, ToBech32};
@@ -243,6 +244,67 @@ impl NostrIdentity {
 			.map_err(|e| IdentityError::Key(format!("bech32 failed: {e}")))?;
 		Ok(())
 	}
+
+	/// A single, fully-encrypted, portable backup of this identity (the contents
+	/// of a `GOBLIN-*.backup` file). Two sealed layers, no plaintext: the secret
+	/// key is the password-protected NIP-49 ncryptsec, and the rest of the
+	/// identity (username, history, source) is NIP-44-sealed to our own key. An
+	/// outside party sees only ciphertext — no npub, no name. Any Goblin wallet
+	/// reopens it with the backup's password. `keys` must be this identity's
+	/// unlocked keys (the caller unlocks with the password first).
+	pub fn to_encrypted_backup(&self, keys: &Keys) -> Result<String, IdentityError> {
+		let json = serde_json::to_string(self)?;
+		let sealed = nip44::encrypt(
+			keys.secret_key(),
+			&keys.public_key(),
+			json,
+			nip44::Version::V2,
+		)
+		.map_err(|e| IdentityError::Key(format!("seal failed: {e}")))?;
+		let envelope = serde_json::json!({
+			"goblin_backup": 1,
+			"k": self.ncryptsec,
+			"d": sealed,
+		});
+		serde_json::to_string(&envelope).map_err(IdentityError::from)
+	}
+
+	/// True if `s` is a Goblin encrypted-backup envelope (vs a bare nsec or the
+	/// legacy plaintext identity JSON).
+	pub fn is_encrypted_backup(s: &str) -> bool {
+		serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(s.trim())
+			.ok()
+			.and_then(|v| v.get("goblin_backup").cloned())
+			.is_some()
+	}
+
+	/// Open an encrypted backup with its password, returning the embedded
+	/// identity and its unlocked keys.
+	pub fn from_encrypted_backup(
+		envelope: &str,
+		password: &str,
+	) -> Result<(NostrIdentity, Keys), IdentityError> {
+		let v: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(envelope.trim())?;
+		let k = v
+			.get("k")
+			.and_then(|x| x.as_str())
+			.ok_or_else(|| IdentityError::Key("backup missing key".into()))?;
+		let d = v
+			.get("d")
+			.and_then(|x| x.as_str())
+			.ok_or_else(|| IdentityError::Key("backup missing data".into()))?;
+		// Unlock the wrapper key with the password, then open the sealed JSON.
+		let enc = EncryptedSecretKey::from_bech32(k)
+			.map_err(|e| IdentityError::Key(format!("invalid backup: {e}")))?;
+		let secret = enc
+			.decrypt(password)
+			.map_err(|_| IdentityError::WrongPassword)?;
+		let keys = Keys::new(secret);
+		let json = nip44::decrypt(keys.secret_key(), &keys.public_key(), d)
+			.map_err(|_| IdentityError::WrongPassword)?;
+		let identity: NostrIdentity = serde_json::from_str(&json)?;
+		Ok((identity, keys))
+	}
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -268,6 +330,27 @@ mod tests {
 		assert!(b.unlock("old-pw").is_err());
 	}
 
+	#[test]
+	fn encrypted_backup_roundtrips_and_is_opaque() {
+		// A .backup file: sealed under one password, reopened with it. The
+		// envelope must carry no plaintext npub/name, and a wrong password fails.
+		let (mut a, keys) = NostrIdentity::create_random("pw-1").unwrap();
+		a.nip05 = Some("jimbob@goblin.st".to_string());
+		a.anonymous = false;
+		let envelope = a.to_encrypted_backup(&keys).unwrap();
+		assert!(NostrIdentity::is_encrypted_backup(&envelope));
+		// Opaque: neither the public key nor the username leaks in the file.
+		assert!(!envelope.contains(&a.npub));
+		assert!(!envelope.contains("jimbob"));
+		// Reopen with the password → same identity.
+		let (restored, rkeys) = NostrIdentity::from_encrypted_backup(&envelope, "pw-1").unwrap();
+		assert_eq!(restored.npub, a.npub);
+		assert_eq!(restored.nip05.as_deref(), Some("jimbob@goblin.st"));
+		assert_eq!(rkeys.public_key(), keys.public_key());
+		// Wrong password can't open it.
+		assert!(NostrIdentity::from_encrypted_backup(&envelope, "wrong").is_err());
+	}
+
 	#[test]
 	fn random_identities_are_unlinked_and_unlock() {
 		let (a, ka) = NostrIdentity::create_random("pw-1").unwrap();