diff --git a/ch05_wallets.adoc b/ch05_wallets.adoc index e9e5235f..5d7d1632 100644 --- a/ch05_wallets.adoc +++ b/ch05_wallets.adoc @@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ doesn't "run out" of keys. .Mind the Gap **** -An extended public key can generate approximately 4 billion direct +An ((("gap limit", id="gap-limit")))extended public key can generate approximately 4 billion direct child keys, far more than any store or application should ever need. However, it would also take a wallet application an unreasonable amount of time to generate all 4 billion keys and scan the blockchain for @@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ been proposed, such as asking the spender's wallet to construct (but not broadcast) a transaction paying a possibly reused address before they receive a fresh address for the actual transaction. However, these other solutions have -not been used in production as of this writing. +not been used in production as of this((("gap limit", startref="gap-limit"))) writing. **** Another common application of this solution is for