From ba1cca2225152fc0fa3a48b4b392fe713ea7d035 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pavol Rusnak Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 17:30:55 +0200 Subject: bip-0044: scan just external chains --- bip-0044.mediawiki | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/bip-0044.mediawiki b/bip-0044.mediawiki index 5229435..df6f8e6 100644 --- a/bip-0044.mediawiki +++ b/bip-0044.mediawiki @@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ still continue with discovery. Address gap limit is currently set to 20. If the software hits 20 unused addresses in a row, it expects there are no used addresses beyond this point -and stops searching the address chain. +and stops searching the address chain. We scan just the external chains, because +internal chains receive only coins that come from the associated external chains. Wallet software should warn when the user is trying to exceed the gap limit on an external chain by generating a new address. -- cgit v1.2.3