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| author | Jonas Schnelli <dev@jonasschnelli.ch> | 2016-06-10 11:04:16 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonas Schnelli <dev@jonasschnelli.ch> | 2016-06-10 11:30:13 +0200 |
| commit | 17c0131fad62bfc966da93b7e42c7f0e07948b51 (patch) | |
| tree | d2286b10dd74214f132f49faa114c26603afdcb4 /doc/release-notes.md | |
| parent | c022e5b15dd0b26bb6ef77a382279987c2efa93f (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-17c0131fad62bfc966da93b7e42c7f0e07948b51.tar.xz | |
[Docs] Add release notes and bip update for Bip32/HD wallets
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 7d44b8cda9..72f69446f8 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -112,6 +112,24 @@ feerate. [BIP 133](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0133.mediawik ### Wallet +Hierarchical Deterministic Key Generation +----------------------------------------- +Newly created wallets will use hierarchical deterministic key generation +according to BIP32 (keypath m/0'/0'/k'). +Existing wallets will still use traditional key generation. + +Backups of HD wallets, regardless of when they have been created, can +therefore be used to re-generate all possible private keys, even the +ones which haven't already been generated during the time of the backup. + +HD key generation for new wallets can be disabled by `-usehd=0`. Keep in +mind that this flag only has affect on newly created wallets. +You can't disable HD key generation once you have created a HD wallet. + +There is no distinction between internal (change) and external keys. + +[Pull request](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8035/files), [BIP 32](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawiki) + ### GUI ### Tests |