From 18dda6c171a1782fa43c9d6425db83a4d3fbd3ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "judymcconville@roadrunner.com" Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:42:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Edited ch05.asciidoc with Atlas code editor --- ch05.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch05.asciidoc b/ch05.asciidoc index c5ef37a4..e99a6704 100644 --- a/ch05.asciidoc +++ b/ch05.asciidoc @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ https://dcpos.github.io/bip39/[]. ==== Creating an HD Wallet from the Seed -((("wallets", "technology details", "creating HD wallets from root seed")))((("root seeds")))HD wallets are created from a single _root seed_, which is a 128-, 256-, or 512-bit random number. Most commonly, this seed is generated from a _mnemonic_ as detailed in the previous section. +((("wallets", "technology details", "creating HD wallets from root seed")))((("root seeds")))((("hierarchical deterministic (HD) wallets")))HD wallets are created from a single _root seed_, which is a 128-, 256-, or 512-bit random number. Most commonly, this seed is generated from a _mnemonic_ as detailed in the previous section. Every key in the HD wallet is deterministically derived from this root seed, which makes it possible to re-create the entire HD wallet from that seed in any compatible HD wallet. This makes it easy to back up, restore, export, and import HD wallets containing thousands or even millions of keys by simply transferring only the mnemonic that the root seed is derived from.