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| author | Ava Chow <github@achow101.com> | 2024-04-17 11:28:48 -0400 |
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| committer | Ava Chow <github@achow101.com> | 2024-04-17 11:29:50 -0400 |
| commit | 003785c961e1b25f7052ee48d6751c5e7d1d774b (patch) | |
| tree | ed161903b178555378e8dae7f58cc511f1559416 /doc | |
| parent | 5562f698b7f4a2b5905b0aaa7c1e54cb78989739 (diff) | |
| parent | 24b67fa9f602cdeac0e9736256f77d048f616c48 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-003785c961e1b25f7052ee48d6751c5e7d1d774b.tar.xz | |
Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#28373: doc: Add example of mixing private and public keys in descriptors
24b67fa9f602cdeac0e9736256f77d048f616c48 doc: Add example of mixing private and public keys in descriptors (Anton A)
Pull request description:
closes: #27414
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diff --git a/doc/descriptors.md b/doc/descriptors.md index 1baf652f30..3b94ec03e4 100644 --- a/doc/descriptors.md +++ b/doc/descriptors.md @@ -243,7 +243,18 @@ Often it is useful to communicate a description of scripts along with the necessary private keys. For this reason, anywhere a public key or xpub is supported, a private key in WIF format or xprv may be provided instead. This is useful when private keys are necessary for hardened derivation -steps, or for dumping wallet descriptors including private key material. +steps, for signing transactions, or for dumping wallet descriptors +including private key material. + +For example, after importing the following 2-of-3 multisig descriptor +into a wallet, one could use `signrawtransactionwithwallet` +to sign a transaction with the first key: +``` +sh(multi(2,xprv.../84'/0'/0'/0/0,xpub1...,xpub2...)) +``` +Note how the first key is an xprv private key with a specific derivation path, +while the other two are public keys. + ### Compatibility with old wallets |