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| author | Justus Ranvier <justusranvier@riseup.net> | 2015-12-18 10:47:44 -0600 |
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| committer | Justus Ranvier <justusranvier@riseup.net> | 2015-12-18 10:47:44 -0600 |
| commit | 07ab320513843bf75b55def318d60ced47434548 (patch) | |
| tree | 3d2427f40651d34586a517b3e8007a79799ff9c4 /bip-0047.mediawiki | |
| parent | 876af7fa87945870eaf4ec5bf4b4ec5a01f1f715 (diff) | |
clarify the various types of child keys derived from an identity
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| -rw-r--r-- | bip-0047.mediawiki | 24 |
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diff --git a/bip-0047.mediawiki b/bip-0047.mediawiki index 3119040..650c095 100644 --- a/bip-0047.mediawiki +++ b/bip-0047.mediawiki @@ -31,9 +31,29 @@ Payment codes add identity information to transactions which is useful in a merc We define the following 3 levels in BIP32 path: -<pre> +<code> m / purpose' / coin_type' / identity' -</pre> +</code> + +The child keys derived from an identity are used in different ways: + +<code> +m / purpose' / coin_type' / identity' / 0 +</code> + +The 0th (non-hardened) child is the notification key. + +<code> +m / purpose' / coin_type' / identity' / 0 through 2147483647 +</code> + +These (non-hardened) keypairs are used for ECDH to generate deposit addresses. + +<code> +m / purpose' / coin_type' / identity' / 0' through 2147483647' +</code> + +These (hardened) keypairs are ephemeral payment codes. Apostrophe in the path indicates that BIP32 hardened derivation is used. |